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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Spring Break Mission Trip: Students Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Florida
Converse students are helping families obtain affordable housing during spring break with Habitat for Humanity’s national alternative break program, Collegiate Challenge, in Miami, Florida. “This …
Head Model League Delegates Train Students in Amman, Jordan
by Stephen Largen of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal A trio of students from Converse College’s powerhouse Model Arab League team recently helped export the debating and …
Converse Students Build Homes in Maui
Maui. Paradise. The two words are nearly synonymous. All across the Hawaiian island, vacationers, honeymooners and corporate executives frolic on pristine beaches, picturesque golf courses …
Road Trip to Mexico Broadens Converse Students’ Experience
By Gary Glancy of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal As two young women from little old Inman, South Carolina, the Mexican state of Oaxaca suited Converse College …
Converse Students Experience History First-Hand in Washington and on Campus
By Gary Glancy of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal Converse freshman Miranda Burdette stood in the middle of a sea of patriotism behind Fourth Street in Washington …