Attention Span & Music Perception
Susan Ledford ’13, Linsday Eller ’13, Brittany Silver ’12, Spenser Robinson ’12, Kandace Griffin ‘13Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Richard Keen, Dr. Donald Scott, Dr. David Berry …
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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 …
Cross-Cultural Career: Heather Barclay Findlay ’03
Heather Barclay Findlay ’03 laughed when asked about her career path. She said, “I would not say I have had a career ‘path.’ It’s been …
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 …
Alumna's Business Concept Wins Spartanburg Main Street Challenge
When Sara McClean Riddle ’05 heard her name called out as a winner, she jumped up and hugged her loved ones, including her 9-month-old son. …
Personal connection leads Erskine Bowles to deliver Converse College address
Erskine Bowles is in high demand. The noted political and economic figure was in Palo Alto, California this week to speak at Stanford University and …
Dr. Fohr Teaches Respect with World Religions
In a world where religion plays a key role in geopolitical conflict, studying world religions is a weighty undertaking. Dr. Sherry Fohr, Associate Professor of …
Erskine Bowles to Receive Honorary Degree, ‘Push’ Grads at Converse Commencement
As White House chief of staff and a co-chairman of The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, the news-churning deficit-reduction panel popularly dubbed “Simpson-Bowles,” …
Mom Brings Coveted Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship to Converse
Graduation days are all about success stories, and when Blue Ridge Community College graduates walked across the stage Friday night, one among them received, in …