Upstate Parent Honors Four Converse Education Grads
Each year Upstate Parent magazine honors 10 local educators making a difference in the Upstate region. This year, 4 of these 10 honored are Converse grads! Congratulations to our alumni: …
Leadership & Service
From Darkness to Triumph: Grad’s Visual Impairment Doesn’t Hold Her Back
History major and Converse’s first totally blind student, Ana Charalambakos ’98, has accepted a position as Academic Technology Services Coordinator for Disabled Students at St. Petersburg College, Florida. Ana is the …
Walking a Mile in Her Shoes
Hunter Brown, a 21-yr-old US Army veteran, joined 23 people to take a one-mile walk beginning at Converse’s Rainey Amphitheatre on a bright Saturday morning. It was the first “Walk …
Rising Senior Serves Second Year as MedEx Student Ambassador
For the past two summers aspiring nurse anesthetist, Addie Ledbetter ’17, has participated in the GHS Medical Experience (MedEx) Academy internship. This unique program supports high school seniors and college …
Grad Presents at Convention for Cinema and Media Studies
Stephanie Jennings ’11 presented her paper, “Demonic Conceptions: The Forced, Divine Pregnancies of Horror,” at the annual convention of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in Atlanta, GA. She …
Converse II Student Interns at Chamber, Published in New Magazine
Creative and Professional Writing major Kristina Jones ’16 recently completed a marketing internship with the Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce. Kristina, a Converse II student, contributed to a number of articles …
Alumna Interviewed for NBC Nightly News
Kappy Derrick Cannon ‘83, a former education major and current principal at Forest Lake Technology Magnet School in Columbia, SC, believes in the value of an education. In an NBC …
Grad Secures Position with International Humanities Foundation
Politics graduate Gabriella Chamberland ’15 is the associate director of the International Humanities Foundation, working with children in Indonesia.
The White House Honors Converse Student as Champion of Change
After beating a severe medical condition to get to college, a Converse College freshman’s efforts are being recognized by the White House. Meredith Boyce, a Spartanburg native, is one of …