Meet Krista Newkirk: Tenth President of Converse College
As a 6-year-old ranch hand, Krista Newkirk helped install electrical outlets in the house her family built together, rode a feisty Appaloosa, and began raising her own beef cow — …
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Senior Accepted into Doctoral Programs at RPI and U of Florida
Mathematics major and Nisbet Honors student, Ashly Earley ’17, presented “Games for Generalizing Finite Groups with Cross Product of Z2 and Finite Abelian Groups” at the regional Mathematical Association of …
Dr. Szarzynski Brings her Marriage and Family Skills to Charleston
Dr. Amanda Szarzynski has a full plate with her role as Assistant Professor and Clinical Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program here at Converse. But this didn’t deter …
Special Ed Grad Headed to Lewis and Clark Graduate School
Lainie Sowell ’13, double major in Intellectual Disabilities and Psychology, has been accepted at Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling in Portland, OR. Lainie will begin classes …
Professor Tekulve Nominated for 2017 Pushcart Prize
Professor Susan Tekulve’s essay, “Silent Song,” which first appeared in the Spring 2016 of Appalachian Heritage, was nominated twice for a 2017 Pushcart Prize. The Pushcart Prize: Best of the …
Dr. Templeton Presents with NY Times Novelist and LA Times Editor in Pasadena
Dr. Erin Templeton presented a paper titled, “Masks, Unmaskings, and Masquerades,” on a roundtable with NY Times bestselling novelist Jonathan Letham and LA Times book review editor Carolyn Kellogg at …
Marriage and Family Therapy Department Receives Development Grant
Dr. Amanda Szarzynski and Dr. Kelly Kennedy received a Faculty Development Grant to begin conducting research at the MMFT program’s clinical training partnership site, Emerge Family Therapy Clinic and Training …
Students Win Multiple Awards at SC Academy of Science Conference
Students from the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Physics took top honors at this year’s South Carolina Academy of Science meeting at Coastal Carolina University. The conference was attended by …
Math Jeopardy, Measles and Black Death: Just Another Day in the Math Department
Dr. Williams and seven of her students attended the Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section conference at Mercer University in Macon, GA. Dr. Williams gave a presentation on ‘Inquiry-Based Learning …