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 sailed around the world. And …
Nisbet Honors
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 addition to her degree, an …
Converse Students Selected for Fulbright, Goldwater Awards
Two members of Converse’s Nisbet Honors Program have been selected for top national awards. Meagan Kusek ’12 of Owens Cross Roads, Al., is the fourth Converse student or alumna to …
Fulbright Awarded to Second Converse Student in Three Years
by Stephen Largen of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal Converse College treated student Stephanie Jennings with a level of attention and coaching more commonly associated with a star athlete. Soon after the …
No Regrets: Psychology & Philosophy Grad Nicole Hoffman ’09
When Nicole Hoffman, ’09, looks back on her academic career as a student at Converse, she won’t have any regrets, at least not when she thinks about her experiences in the …
Two Converse Students Accepted to Prestigious Free Market Environmental Seminar
Casey Addis ’04 and Sarajane LoGuirato ’05 have been invited to take part in the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) Free Market Environmentalism Seminar in Bozeman, Montana June 17-24. …
Converse Takes Top Honors Against Ivy League Schools
A delegation from Converse College was the big winner at the Northeast Model League of Arab States competition as they beat a collection of delegations from Ivy League institutions that …
Converse Students Present Research Findings at SCICU Symposium
So what did you do during summer break? Six Converse College students joined 25 other students from South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) during a symposium to present the …
Converse College Introduces Nisbet Honors Program
Converse alumna Marian Nisbet ’62, and her husband, Olin, of Charlotte, NC, have given $500,000 to endow a new Honors Program at Converse College. The program is directed by Dr. …