Art Education Grad Has Sights Set on Med School
Art Education grad Sarah Spears ’21 has had her work in nine shows both locally and nationally over the past year. Recently, she exhibited her work at West Main Artists …
Community News
Converse Kicks Off First-Gen Week With Blue Duck Scooters
Converse University is kicking off its 2021 First-Generation Week with Blue Duck scooters. On November 8, 2021, Converse is collaborating with Blue Duck to offer students a code to rent …
MFA Professor Ashley Jones Featured on Good Morning America, NPR & The NY Times
Ashley M. Jones has had a whirlwind fall. She was interviewed by ABC News’ Byron Pitts about being honored as Alabama’s poet laureate, her love of the South, and her …
Dr. Keen Talks to NY Times About Cruella De Vil
Dr. Rich Keen was interviewed by the New York Times about the 2021 movie Cruella. He was quoted in the Times article, “The Surprising Evolution of Cruella de Vil” which …
Converse Awards Five C3 Grants for the 2021-2022 Year
Converse’s Creativity, Community, and Cultural Enrichment Grants (C3 Grants) celebrate the creative solutions that result from thinking in new ways and across disciplines, backgrounds and cultures. Students, faculty and staff …
Student-designed Mural Amplifies Montgomery Student Center
The Student Government Association (SGA) and Multicultural Suites in Montgomery Student Center have been recently renovated with fresh interior furnishing and decorations and now include a student-designed mural as the …
Biology Major Gets Field Experience at Hobcaw Barony
As part of her South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) grant, Samantha Jaccard ’22, spent her summer getting firsthand experience in the field with faculty mentor Dr. Doug Jensen …
Converse II Senior’s Art Selected for Spartanburg Libraries Exhibition
Studio Art major Cathy Ceva ’22 won an award for her piece, Black Marketed Seahorses, during Spartanburg County Public Libraries‘ 8th Annual Juried Exhibition reception. The juror for this year’s exhibition, Zane …
Alumna Finds Family Roots in Mickel Library Music Room
During a trip to the East Coast from California, alumna Buffie Tronnes Wong ’85 stopped in Converse’s Mickel Library, inquiring about a plaque honoring one of her relatives, alumna Mary …