Announcements

Rick Mulkey, associate professor of English at Converse, has published a new chapbook collection of original poems. In “Bluefield Breakdown” (Finishing Line Press), Mulkey draws upon his hometown of Bluefield, …

Four liberal arts colleges – Converse and Wofford in Spartanburg, the University of North Carolina Asheville and Agnes Scott College in Georgia – jointly have received a $25,000 planning grant …

Inez Tenenbaum, State Superintendent of Education for South Carolina, was the guest speaker for graduate commencement exercises July 30. In total, 223 graduate degrees were presented: 98 Master’s of Education, …

From May 20-25, Converse College junior and Ridgeley, W. Va. resident Holly Jordan served as a special envoy of the US National Model North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Icelandic …

Converse College announced June 22 the appointment of Betsy Fleming as the college’s ninth president. Fleming will assume her responsibilities in October 2005. “Converse is thrilled to have Betsy Fleming …

During two one-week sessions (July 11-15 and July 18-22), Converse education graduate students led 95 gifted elementary students from Spartanburg County on a journey through time via the Athena Program. …

Tharanga Goonetilleke plans to see her name up in lights. Well…. not quite yet, but she is well on her way by being granted a full scholarship to the renowned …

Converse College conferred 152 degrees during the college’s 113th commencement on May 21st. In her address to the Class of 2005, former New Mexico State Senator Ramsay Lea Gorham ’73 …

Approximately 155 Converse College students will receive their degrees this Saturday, May 21, during commencement exercises. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. in Twichell Auditorium. Several awards …