Moseley Chamber Music Series Opens Oct. 7 with Jerusalem Quartet
The Friends of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College announce the 31st season of the Carlos Moseley Chamber Music Series, featuring four concerts …
Faculty
Dr. Keefer Rallies Students to Join the Great Conversation
“One of the questions that peppers social gatherings of adults, is the get-to-know-you icebreaker, ‘So, what do you do?’ One could have a lot of …
Melissa Owens: Theatre, Kindness, and the Chekhov Method
For all her experience in theater – nearly three decades’ acting and teaching all over the country and beyond – Melissa Owens is one low-drama …
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 Grad Sails into ‘Intensely Competitive’ Fellowship
For a 21-year-old student from a tiny Alabama town, Ashley Blount has already logged more miles than most folks do in a lifetime; she has …
Dr. Edna Steele Among SC Professors Honored for Excellence in Teaching
Converse associate professor of biology Dr. Edna J. Steele was honored by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) with the 2013 Excellence in Teaching …
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 …
Mac Boggs Receives State’s Highest Honor in the Arts
“Infectious passion.” “Lasting influence.” “Generous.” Those are a few of the ways that professor Mac Boggs’ colleagues, former students, and friends describe his work as …
Converse Launches Online MEd in Gifted Education
Starting this summer, Converse College students can earn their master’s degree in gifted education without leaving the comforts of their homes. The school will begin …