Top Poetry Prize Awarded to Converse Alumna
Converse College alumna Amanda Burgess earned the top award in the 2008 Hub City Creative Writing Contest. Her prize is a full scholarship to the week-long Wildacres Writing Workshop in …
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Sapphire Trio to Perform at Converse
The Petrie School of Music at Converse College welcomes the Sapphire Trio to Daniel Recital Hall Thursday, March 27 at 8:00 p.m. The concert is open to the public and …
Abundant Mediums Featured in 2008 Student Juried Art Show
A wide range of mediums highlight the 2008 Converse College Student Juried Art Show on display through March 28 in the Milliken Art Gallery. “This year’s exhibition includes painting, printmaking …
More than 400 Upstate Girls take part in Girls’ Day at Converse
Television role models are fine, but there’s nothing like the real thing. That’s why Carolyn Reed-Smith, a language arts teacher at Whitlock Junior High School, took 22 of her students …
2008 European Tour Highlights Teaching Through the Arts
By Martha Miller, Converse II January Term at Converse is four weeks of intensive study that provides some exceptional learning opportunities. Among the standard course offerings is a variety of …
More than 450 Upstate Girls to take part in Girls Day at Converse
On Friday, March 21 more than 450 girls between the ages of 6-14 will be on the campus of Converse College for the college’s first annual Girls’ Day from …
Chapman Visiting Lecturer to Discuss Contemporary Iraq
Dr. Abbas Barzegar, the 2008 Chapman Visiting Lecturer, will speak about sectarianism in contemporary Iraq. His presentation, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6 pm …
Cavani in Concert at Converse
The Cavani String Quartet will perform at Converse College Monday, March 17 in Daniel Recital Hall. The concert, which begins at 8 pm, is the third performance of the 2007-2008 …
Rare Performance of Bach Classic
This Sunday, audiences will have the rare opportunity to hear the entire first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book I during Bruce Murray’s 4 p.m. concert in Daniel Recital Hall …