The Childbloom Guitar Connection
A Trip of a Lifetime By Ann Hodge, Childbloom Guitar Parent Sometimes the smallest occurrences converge to lead to the most amazing discoveries. Seemingly unrelated incidents can lay the foundation …
Community News
Alumna’s "Velvet Skirts, Glass Ceilings" Concert Celebrates Women Composers
Converse alumnae Teri Ann Johnson, soprano, and Julie Smith, piano, will give a concert featuring works by women composers from the 19th and 20th centuries on Saturday, February 19, at …
Art Therapist Exhibits Paintings Aimed to "Dismantle the Merry-Go-Round"
Beginning Feb. 10, the Milliken Art Gallery at Converse College will host a selection of paintings by Hendersonville, NC artist and art therapist Heidi Hayes. Dismantling the Merry-Go-Round features the …
Converse College Mourns Philanthropist Roger Milliken
Textile magnate, philanthropist, community leader, builder, unabashed patriot and family man, Roger Milliken died Thursday, Dec 30, at the age of 95. During his lifetime, Milliken epitomized the tenacity of …
Converse to Host "Women and Books: Uncovered–A Decade Later"
Beginning January 6, the Milliken Art Gallery at Converse College will host a unique exhibition of artists’ books created by many of the women who were featured in the 2001 …
Converse Celebrates Joe Ann Lever's Legacy to the College
After four decades on the Converse College campus, there’s no question that Joe Ann Lever’s fingerprints are all over this institution. And yet, the enduring impact of her career, despite …
Darius Rucker to Headline Converse Annual Spring Concert
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT In true cowboy fashion, the whoops and hollers rang out on campus with the news that country-western music star Darius Rucker will perform …
Dr. Ann Pletcher Named 2010 Accounting Educator of the Year
As a college freshman, Ann Pletcher had her sights set on teaching French in high school, but her students today will tell you she now speaks an entirely different language …
Dr. Monica McCoy Named CASE 2010 South Carolina Professor of the Year
Dr. Monica McCoy has long been dubbed one of the coolest professors on the Converse campus, but that unofficial title has just been trumped by the real deal. Singled out …