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The Converse Fund

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Every gift, no matter the size, provides essential and impactful support for the entire campus community, ensuring that generations of students can experience the power of a Converse education — now and forever.

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By making a gift of any amount to The Converse Fund, you become part of Converse’s enduring legacy and growth. Your generosity provides critical funding for the entire campus community, helping us to enrich our programs, empower our people, and enhance the places on our beautiful, historic campus. Each gift makes an immediate impact by providing scholarships, supplying classroom technology and materials, supporting student success and wellness, recruiting top-notch faculty and staff, and much more.

The Converse Fund directly supports our work to transform and build the future of this beloved institution and all those we serve.

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Philanthropy

Converse Wellness Center Receives Transformative Grant from Mary Black Foundation

May 8, 2025

Written by Lindsay Bartholomew Converse’s Wellness Center recently received a $33,000 Behavioral Health Grant from the Mary Black Foundation. The grant enhanced conditions for care in the Wellness Center and …

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Converse University Earns 2025-2026 Military Friendly® School Silver Designation

April 23, 2025

Converse University has earned the 2025-2026 Military Friendly® School designation, an honor given to colleges, universities and schools that are doing the most to embrace military students and to dedicate …

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The Challenge Of A Lifetime: The Impact of Professor Emerita Janis Dengler

April 9, 2025

Written by Amanda Mathis Professor Emerita Janis Dengler, affectionately referred to as Profesor D, made a plan to support students she would never teach in the classroom, exhibiting the lesson of …

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