Converse Community Perseveres During Unexpected Spring Term Online
As Converse heads into the fifth week of the fall term, students, faculty and staff have had a successful and healthy return to campus. The Converse community has been wearing …
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Dr. Chandra Owenby Hopkins Receives SCICU Excellence in Teaching Award
We are thrilled that Dr. Chandra Owenby Hopkins is the Converse recipient of the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) 2020 Excellence in Teaching award! SCICU annually recognizes one …
Converse Mourns the Passing of Dr. Bill Kimball, Professor Emeritus of English
Dr. William (Bill) Kimball, professor emeritus of English, passed away on June 24, 2020, at the age of 97. For 23 years Dr. Kimball could be seen riding his bicycle …
Faculty and Student Present at UK’s U of Kent Virtual Conference
Dr. David Berry, Dr. Don Scott, and Katherine Bobbett ’20 presented their poster, “How Earworms Are Born: An EEG Study of Original Melodies That May Come to Stick in the …
Converse Names Chandra Owenby Hopkins as the First Dean of the Converse College for Women
Converse College announces it has named Dr. Chandra Owenby Hopkins as the first Dean of the Converse College for Women, effective July 1, 2021. Converse announced in February 2020 that it …
Dr. Erturk Makes More Than 100 Masks for Converse and Local Community
Dr. Neval Erturk is not just an award-winning teacher and scholar – she’s also an artist. And she’s taken those artistic skills to help protect the Converse and Spartanburg Community. …
Dr. LePage and Psychology Students Present at Atlanta Conference
Dr. Marie LePage presented research she completed with Psychology students Michelle Cardona ‘20 and Dani Varquez ’20 at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference in Atlanta last November. …
Students and Faculty Present at 2020 SC INBRE Science Symposium
Dr. Maddy Behravan and students, Steffi Kong ’20 (Nisbet Honors) and Alejandra Martinez ’20 (Nisbet Honors) co-authored a poster titled “Investigation of Normal Cell and Cancer Cell Attachment and the …
Reflections on Current and Past Pandemics: A Historical Perspective
Andrew Helmus Distinguished Professor of History and Politics, Dr. John M. Theilmann, gives a historical perspective on the current pandemic by comparing it with two pandemics from the past: Europe’s …