President Newkirk Named as One of Region’s Most Influential People
President Krista Newkirk is one of only 50 people selected by Greenville Business Magazine as one of the region’s most influential people. President Newkirk was …
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A Letter from President Newkirk: Our Vision for 2020
Welcome to 2020! As we ring in the new year, we celebrate not only a new year but also a new decade. It gives us …
Dr. Weeks Performs with Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Dr. Doug Weeks performed the Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Beethoven Choral Fantasy with the Converse Symphony and Festival …
Creative & Professional Writing Senior Attends Honors Conference in New Orleans
Kelly Ferguson ’20 (Nisbet Honors) attended the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) annual conference in New Orleans as part of the editorial team for the …
2019-2020 Creativity, Community and Cultural Enrichment Grants Awarded
Converse’s Creativity, Community, and Cultural Enrichment Grants celebrate the creative solutions that result from thinking in new ways and across disciplines, backgrounds and cultures. The …
MFA Faculty Member Named on 2019 Best Fiction Books List
Professor Sheila O’Connor announced that her newest novel, Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions, was listed as one of the Best …
Students Attend Music Therapy Conference in Minneapolis
Audrey Hamilton ’20, Victoria Heyworth ’20 and Abigail Rutherford ’20 (Nisbet Honors) attended the annual conference of the American Music Therapy Association in Minneapolis. They …
Professor Goldhour and Students Complete Redesign for Jewish Community Center
Assistant Professor of Interior Design Meirav Goldhour worked with students to complete a design project for a Jewish Community Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Chabad …
Strengthening Our Global Society: Converse’s First Interfaith Studies Graduates
In professions ranging from medicine to education to diplomacy, the ability to bridge cross-cultural and cross-religious divides is vital – and increasingly in high demand. …