Class of 2016 Comes Full Circle with Commencement Speaker Michel Stone ’99
Coming full circle from their first learning experience as Converse students, the senior class will welcome alumna Michel Stone ’99 MEd as their commencement speaker …
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Founder’s Day: A Welcome Home for Ellen Bryant Voigt ’64 and a Celebration of President Fleming
During the annual Founder's Day celebration last Friday, the Converse community was riveted by the poignant, humor-filled keynote address of MacArthur Foundation Fellow Ellen Bryant Voigt ’64, heartened by the well-deserved recognition of award winners, and filled with both laughter and tears as we celebrated our farewell for President Betsy Fleming.
“Genius Grant” Winner and Poet Laureate Returns Home To Speak at Founder’s Day April 22
Converse is pleased to welcome Ellen Bryant Voigt ‘64, MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and former Poet Laureate of Vermont, back to Converse to deliver the keynote address at Founders’ Day on April 22, 2016 at 11:30 am.
Farewell Interview with President Fleming: On Inspiring Lives of Impact, Purpose and Passion
Reconnecting in historic Wilson Hall are two women who have dedicated the last decade to growing the most distinctive and best aspects of Converse College. …
New Converse Mascot Makes Her Debut
There is a new girl in town, a Norse goddess to be exact. “Val” – a mythological warrior complete with shield and spear – led …
Business & Art Alumna Blends Art and Science in Solo Exhibition
Hailey Hodge’s ’15 solo exhibition, Chromophos, is currently on display at the Southside Gallery in Aiken, South Carolina. Hailey is currently pursuing a master of …
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 …
MFA Creative Writing Grad Interviews Novelist S. M. Hulse
Converse College MFA grad, Matt McEver ’14, discusses the craft and creation of the novel Black River with its author S. M. Hulse. Read the …
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.
