Converse Celebrates First NCAA Championship Athlete
Converse College’s swimming program, which launched just last year, is making great strides by producing the first athlete in the history of the college to qualify for a NCAA National …
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Converse College Receives US Presidential Community Service Award
Converse College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, …
Biology Grad Makes Strides in Public Health Sector: Holly Gilmore Hayes ’03
Holly Gilmore Hayes ′03 graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Master of Science in Public Health and received the USC Arnold School of Public Health Jeffrey K. …
Embracing Converse’s Student-Oriented Biology Curriculum: Belda Thomas ’08
Belda Thomas ′08 is pursuing a doctor of Pharmacy degree at Wingate University. She says, “I fell in love with the school’s philosophy on the pharmacists of tomorrow. They have …
Megan Madison, Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Jordan
“At times the experience has been challenging and at other times it is rewarding or exciting,” says Megan Madison, speaking about her year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in …
Crazy Leprosy Outbreak in the Hazel B Abbott!
Come get inoculated! Theatre/Converse is proud, or at least willing, to present Brent Glenn’s newest performance piece, One Hour with 3 Lepers!? Running in the Hazel B. Abbott Theatre February …
Converse Celebrates 200th Anniversary of Chopin's Birth
Frédéric Chopin – the name conjures the very essence of Romantic piano music and piano playing. Born to a Polish mother and a French father in 1810 in a town …
"Transatlantic Collaborations" Features Work of Tunisian and US Artists
Converse College will host the exhibition “Transatlantic Collaborations,” featuring the work of Tunisian artist Hamadi Ben Sâad and North Carolina artist Ray Cooper, from February 17 – March 11 in …
The Writer’s Journey: Susan Tekulve’s Italian Travel Class
“There, where the road ends, the real journey begins.” Campbell McGrath For most of us, Italy, like many European destinations, is a place to savor great foods and historic locations. …