Living Our Values: A Follow Up to Our Call to ACT JUSTLY
Last week, President Newkirk called on the Converse family to step up efforts to address racial injustice in the Converse community. She shared some of the initiatives that have been …
Community News
Music Performance Senior Wins National Graduate Fellowship
Music Performance major Jennings Cavin ’20 was awarded the Dr. Maude Etheredge Graduate Fellowship for the 2020-21 academic year from Alpha Lambda Delta. She plans to attend the University of …
Grad Writes Coming of Age Novel-In-Verse
Award-winning alumna Caroline DuBois ‘93 has written her debut, middle-grade, novel-in-verse, The Places We Sleep. The coming-of-age story, written in poetic verse, is published by Holiday House and will be …
Living Our Values: A Call to ACT JUSTLY
“See clearly, decide wisely, ACT JUSTLY.” The most recent events of racism and injustice have been very hard to witness, but they are harder for our black students who have …
Converse Announces 2020 Fall Term Updates
In order to provide the safest environment possible for its community and to minimize the risk of health hazards that can result from travel, Converse College is adjusting the fall …
Converse Welcomes Taylor Woolard as Women’s Lacrosse Coach
Converse College has selected Taylor Woolard as the head coach for the Valkyries women’s lacrosse team. Woolard comes to Converse from Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana), where she most recently served …
Living Our Values: A Call to Do Better
Below is the letter sent to the Converse community from President Krista L. Newkirk on June 2, 2020. That each of us “may be enabled to see clearly, decide wisely, …
Converse Grad Braves the COVID-19 Frontlines in NYC: Meet Mallory Begley ’09
Commitment to hard work and determination are qualities alumna Mallory Begley ‘09 (Nisbet Scholar) is no stranger to. Begley saw these characteristics personified in her father, a New York Firefighter, …
Class of 2020 Makes Converse History with First Virtual Commencement
Converse has experienced many ‘firsts’ and milestones in just the first five months of 2020. In March, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Converse shifted to teaching all classes online, and …