Converse’s Mighty MUBs Foster Festival
Tossing beach balls to huge crowds, fetching supper for a big-time country star, and booking nearly two dozen bands put Converse’s Music Business & Technology students center stage—and backstage—at Spring …
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Theatre Grad Receives Helen Flanders Dunbar Award
Rev. Dr. Delois “Dee” Brown-Daniels ’76 has been named the 2018 Helen Flanders Dunbar Award honoree by The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education (ACPE). ACPE presents this award to …
Professor Tekulve Publishes Fourth Book, ‘Second Shift: Essays”
Professor Susan Tekulve has a new book-length collection of essays titled Second Shift, published by Del Sol Press. The book has already been received with rave reviews. Professor Tekulve is …
Converse Hosting Leadership Conference for Professional Women June 21-22
Aiming to promote women in leadership at the early and middle career stages, the Upstate Women in Leadership Conference is a first-time event that will be held Thursday and Friday, …
Chemistry Student Wins ‘Top Female Scientist’ at SC Annual Science Meeting
Chemistry students and faculty attended the South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting and the South Carolina Upstate Research Symposium. At the South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting (SCAS), …
Art Therapy Grad Secures Position with Department of Defense
Laura Miles ’10 (Nisbet Honors) accepted a position as registered art therapist working with the Department of Defense in Washington D.C., where she works with returning veterans who have post-traumatic …
Dr. Young Explores How Harry Potter Can Teach Economics
Dr. Madelyn Young presented “Lumos! Using Harry Potter to Illustrate and Illuminate Labor Economic Theory” at the Teaching of Economics: New Approaches iPedagogy session of the 84th International Atlantic Economic …
Faculty and MLA Student Attend ‘Transcribathon’ in Charlotte
Dr. Laura Feitzinger Brown, Dr. Gabriel Ford and MLA student Ann “Holly” Robbins attended the Transcribathon at UNC-Charlotte. Sponsored by the Early Modern Paleography Society, the Transcribathon assembles students, faculty, …
Vocal Performance Grad Receives Full Fellowship to Symposium in Italy
Éowyn Melaragno ’09 was accepted into the competitive Bassi Brugnatelli Symposium in Robbiate, Italy. This nine-day vocal intensive is designed to develop the relationship between singers, conductors, and orchestras. Participants …