History

Converse College Associate Professor Emeritus of History Nathaniel Fuqua Magruder, 81, husband of Gayle Gravlee Magruder, died on Thursday, February 2, 2012, after a brief illness. A memorial service, led …

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Dr. Melissa Walker of Converse College the 2007 South Carolina …

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 …

By Linda Lange for The Knoxville News-Sentinel During the summer of 2003, Valerie Brock ’03 sang with the Egyptian ambassador while a guest at his villa on the shore of …

Dr. Melissa Walker, Assistant Professor of History and Politics, was presented with the O’Herron Award for Faculty Excellence during Converse College’s annual Employee Recognition Luncheon on May 14. Established by …

Some of the best undergraduate research projects have begun with statements like “I don’t really understand it but it sounds fascinating,” or “I’ve always wondered…”. In Dust Tracks on a …

SPARTANBURG, S.C.– The song may be familiar but it is not a tired tune. For the fifth straight year, Converse College students have won Outstanding Delegation honors at the National …

Converse’s Gavel chapter of Mortar Board received three outstanding honors this summer for its accomplishments under the leadership of Christina Baker ’00, of Kershaw, SC, Mortar Board members and advisors. …

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. …