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Chloe Cleland ’25 Wins Fulbright Research Scholarship For First Time In 5 Decades of Converse History

June 18, 2025

Written by Amanda Mathis It hit her out of the blue. Chloe Cleland ’25 (Nisbet Scholar), a Converse University senior who graduated this May as a triple major (History, Psychology, Philosophy; Nisbet …

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Converse Awarded Grants for 2025 SCICU Student/Faculty Research

June 11, 2025

Congratulations to Converse University’s recipients of the 2025 South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) Faculty Sponsored Undergraduate Research.  This grant funding opportunity supports undergraduate students who attend a SCICU …

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Dr. Walker Appointed to SC Humanities Board of Directors

March 11, 2025

Dr. Melissa Walker, George Dean Johnson, Jr. Professor of History Emerita, has been appointed to the board of directors for SC Humanities. Dr. Walker was the first faculty member at Converse …

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Converse Model Programs Students Travel to Arab World

February 17, 2025

Two Converse students from Converse’s Model Programs had valuable international study-travel experiences over the December 2024 holiday break. History and Politics double major, Maddy Skoog ’25 (Nisbet Honors) from Fountain …

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Dr. Walker Honored with the Gladys L. Baker Award

September 5, 2024

Dr. Melissa Walker, George Dean Johnson, Jr. Professor of History Emerita was awarded the prestigious Gladys L. Baker Award for lifetime achievement in the field of agricultural history from the Agricultural History …

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Students Consider Themselves “Lucky” To Be In The Presence Of A Hero

June 6, 2024

Written by Amanda Mathis in observance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day Sitting in the presence of a 101-year-old military hero who actively participated in World War II is not …

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Sullivan Fellows Attend Spring ‘Ignite’ Retreat in NC

May 9, 2024

Professor Wynton Stephens and Converse University Sullivan Fellows attended the Spring Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Ignite Retreat in NC. This was a special retreat as students from Converse, Warren Wilson, …

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Dr. Angela Elder Receives Franklin Grant to Support Book Research

February 14, 2024

Written by Karen Rhodes Associate Professor of History Dr. Angela Elder has received a $5,000 American Philosophical Society Franklin Grant for her book project tentatively titled The Dry Tortugas, A History …

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Converse Sullivan Fellows Attend Ignite Retreat

December 4, 2023

Wynton Stephens, Director of the Center for Academic Excellence, and six Converse Sullivan Fellows attended the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Ignite Retreat in Black Mountain, NC. The Algernon Sydney Sullivan …

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