Rehabilitating Asian Elephants: A Pre-Vet Student’s Jan Term Journey
Amberleigh Dryman ’16’s affinity for animals began at a young age. But her passion for their well-being and ethical treatment came when she was a teenager, during a trip to …
Travel
Converse y Havana: Music Business Professor Breaks Barriers In Cuba
Here at the Petrie School of Music, you can’t move without hearing music from somewhere—a practice room, a classroom, Daniel Recital Hall, even from the furniture in the Blackman lobbies …
I Love Paris in the Springtime…
A trip to Paris is undoubtedly an extraordinary experience. But a visit to Paris in the springtime? Incomparable. The trees and flowers shake off their winter coats, as Parisians make …
Converse Professor, Student Participate in Qatar Fellowship Program
Dr. Joe P. Dunn, Charles A. Dana Professor and chair of the department of history and politics, and Converse senior Gabby Chamberland, from Newburgh, NY, have just returned from Doha, …
The Farmhand, the Volunteer, & the Intern
“How was your summer?” It’s the first question out of students’ mouths when they reunite in the fall. The next question, “What did you do?” Most Converse students don’t while …
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 sailed around the world. And …
Swim Team Heads to Conference Championship with Top 25 National Ranking
The Converse College swim team remained 25th in the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division II Coaches Poll as they finished their regular season competition last weekend and …
Converse Aids Healing in Haiti During Holiday Break
Exams are over…the holiday break has begun…and yet a group of faculty and students in Converse’s art therapy and music therapy programs aren’t relaxing quite yet. They have traveled to …
Art Therapy Faculty and Students Train Hospital Staff in Haiti
Converse art therapy faculty and students traveled to Haiti during spring break to put their learning into practice. Geri Hurlbut, Coordinator of Converse’s Art Therapy program, and art therapy students …