Converse Announces New Director of Alumni Relations
Inspired by her professional poise and passion for education, Converse University announced that Dr. Andrea Weatherman Kikkert, member of the Class of 2005, will serve …
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Welcome Guest Director of Opera Elizabeth Margolius ’90
Converse alumna and five-time Joseph Jefferson Award nominee, stage and movement director Elizabeth Margolius’ selected directorial credits include London Road for Shattered Globe Theatre, Tidy and Rose for Renaissance Theaterworks, Crimes …
Converse Hosts Second Annual Data & Cybersecurity Week
Converse University hosted the second annual Data and Cybersecurity Week from October 17 through the 19th. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month; this event offered sessions …
Ellen Bryant Voigt ’64 Publishes ‘Collected Poems’
Ellen Bryant Voigt ’64, MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and former Poet Laureate of Vermont recently published a definitive collection of more than five decades …
Alumna Teaches Empathy Through Work with Immigrant & Refugee Families
Converse alumna Laurann Gallitto Patel ’09, ’15, has spent more than eight years supporting immigrant and refugee children and their families as they adjust to …
Education Grad Named District 2 Teacher of the Year
Sylvia Tillerson Landrum ’03, ’06 was voted the Spartanburg District 2 Teacher of the Year. Landrum has been a Special Education teacher at Chesnee High …
Historic Cudd Hall Transformed
Converse University officials proudly unveiled the transformation of historic Cudd Hall on Thursday afternoon, September 21, 2023. Members of the campus and local communities, as …
Faculty & Alumna Present at 17th World Congress of Music Therapy
Associate Professor & Director of Music Therapy Carol L. Shultis presented at the 2023 World Congress of Music Therapy in Vancouver, British Columbia, in July. Dr. …
MFA Creative Writing Program Celebrates Multiple Achievements
From selection to a prestigious jury panel to receiving a Pushcart Prize, summer was a time of significant achievement for the alumni, students, and faculty …