Podcast of Miles Hoffman on “Walter Edgar’s Journal”
Miles Hoffman, Dean of Converse’s Petrie School of Music, was the featured guest on the January 9th edition of the wildly popular “Walter Edgar’s Journal,” …
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Lawson Trio to Present Chamber Music Classics in Intimate Setting
A January 24th concert by The Lawson Trio will provide an opportunity to experience works by three legends of chamber music performed in a distinctively …
Converse to Host Leslie Pietrzyk for Public Reading
Leslie Pietrzyk, author of Pears on a Willow Tree (Avon) and Year and a Day (William Morrow), a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, will give a public …
Printmaking Professor Uses Drifters for Inspiration; Makes Splash in Hawaii with Works
Fair Weather Family I Fair Weather Family II Andrew Blanchard seems to find inspiration just about everywhere he looks. The printmaker and Assistant Professor of …
Converse Symposium to Examine Role of Hymns in Southern Culture
In late January, Converse College will host a four-day symposium to explore the many roles hymns have played in the South. The event, which will …
Creative and Professional Writing Program Continues to Produce Award Winners
Another year, another bounty of impressive awards for graduates of Converse’s Creative and Professional Writing Program. A poem by Converse II graduate Martha Miller ’08 …
High School Seniors Take on Creativity Challenge
They came, they conquered, and they created! More than 60 prospective students hit the Converse College campus in mid-November for a scholarship competition aimed at …
Sculpture Artist Transforms Three Thousand Pounds of Stone from Michelangelo's Marble Mountain
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Converse Recognized as a Leader of Educational Excellence
Converse has received the designation “College of Distinction” in the newly-released 2008-2009 edition of Colleges of Distinction. Unlike traditional numeric-based college guidebooks, this book recognizes …