Southeastern Composers Converge at Converse to Share New Music
Composers from across the Southeast will gather at Converse College on Feb. 26 – 28, 2015, to explore and share new music during the 2015 Southeastern Composers League Annual Forum. …
Creative Collaboration
Converse Mandalas Exhibited for SC Celebration of Art Therapy
A collection of mandalas created by Converse students and faculty will be on display as part of the exhibition Circles of Hope and Healing: Art Therapy in South Carolina, sponsored …
Fryin’ Eggs and Boilin’ Hammy: Okra to Opera 2014 Conference
Okra to Opera: The Conference on Southern Culture returns for its second year, this time exploring the diverse ways that food touches on every aspect of life – from religion, …
High School Students Team with Converse Faculty for Research
A $5,000 grant from the Spartanburg County Foundation will support a unique science-based mentoring initiative for five local high school students to work collaboratively with Converse College faculty members this …
Converse Professor Starts Foundation Strengthening Ties to Tunisia
Converse College was set to host a Tunisian activist for an event focused on the international uprisings commonly known as the Arab Spring. Instead, the school will honor the memory …
Converse Hosting Southern Forum on Agricultural, Rural and Environmental History on April 26-27
Scholars from 11 states and Great Britain will share ideas that push the boundaries of agricultural, rural, and environmental history at Converse College on Friday and Saturday, April 26-27. The …
New Bicycle-Sharing Stations at Converse and Wofford
The official opening of the terminals on Friday, April 12 at the B-cycle station on Spring Street mark the first expansion of the Partners for Active Living bicycle-sharing program since …
Girls' Day Offers Glimpse of College Life
Spartanburg students had the day off from school for teacher development, but about 450 girls from ages 5 to 12 spent the day learning anyway at Converse’s fifth annual Girls …
Visiting Writers Series to host Robert Olmstead for Reading
Olmstead’s most recent book, The Coldest Night, was published in April. Publishers Weekly called it “(An) elegiac, gritty coming-of-age novel, powerful, desolate and well crafted.” It was chosen as an …