$2.5 Million Given to Construct Marsha H. Gibbs Field House
Responding to explosive growth of the Converse Valkyries Athletics Program over the last decade, Jimmy Gibbs and his wife, Converse Trustee Marsha Gibbs, have made …
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Visiting Writers Series to host Robert Olmstead for Reading
Olmstead’s most recent book, The Coldest Night, was published in April. Publishers Weekly called it “(An) elegiac, gritty coming-of-age novel, powerful, desolate and well crafted.” …
U.S.News & World Report Ranks Converse as Top University
Converse was ranked #17 among Southern Regional Universities and as the #3 Best Value in that category in U.S.News & World Report’s 2013 edition of …
SGA "High Heel Hundred" to Raise Awareness of Gender Pay Gap
The Converse College Student Government Association presents the second annual “Hub-City High Heel Hundred,” a 100-meter dash in your favorite pumps, on Friday, Sept. 14 …
Golf Team Opens Inaugural Season with Home Invitational
The Converse Golf team has partnered with Founders Credit Union to host the first home tournament of the sport’s inaugural season. The Converse Invite will …
Alumna Michel Stone, Author of "The Iguana Tree," to Speak
As they prepared to begin college careers, Converse freshman spent their summers delving into alumna Michel Stone’s debut novel, The Iguana Tree. Arriving on campus …
Converse Ranks 3rd in Nation for Research, Service and Social Mobility
Washington Monthly has released its annual ranking of colleges based on “their contribution to the public good,” with Converse as the #3 Master’s University in …
New Students Arrive at Converse
Converse welcomed 212 new students to campus on August 23, continuing last year’s trend of enrolling the highest number of new students in more than …
Professor’s Exhibit in Asheville Offers "Rowdy, Southern good time"
The Flood Gallery in Asheville, NC is exhibiting a new body of screen-prints on wood panel and paper by Converse art professor Andrew Blanchard. Described …