历史
Since the college’s founding, 毕业生们把在万博地址的经历作为成功事业和积极公民的跳板. Among Converse alumnae are a Pulitzer Prize winner, a renowned heart researcher, a Texas Supreme Court Justice, a prominent civil rights attorney, Broadway performers, the deputy crew commander for Titan IV Rocket launches at Cape Canaveral, and the first female circuit court judge in South Carolina.
Although the doors of Converse opened October 1, 1890, 1889年,一位著名的律师召集了一群斯帕坦堡市民讨论这个万博下载ios,迈出了建立学院的第一步. Among the 13 men was Dexter Edgar Converse, 佛蒙特州人,内战前在斯巴达堡定居,并成为纺织业的成功先驱.
Mr. 万博地址对建立女子学院特别感兴趣,因为他的女儿, 玛丽, 到了上大学的年龄,他想让她拥有一切可能的教育优势. 他最初和后来对这项事业的贡献是如此宝贵,以至于学院以他的名字命名.
Initially, the college was operated as a stock company and Mr. 万博地址领导了第一届董事会,董事会全部由斯帕坦堡市民组成. They elected the Rev. 本杰明F. 威尔逊 as the first president. 第一届教员名册由16名成员组成,学生人数为168人.
1月2日, 1892, the main building was destroyed by fire, but was immediately reconstructed and enlarged. The work of the college hardly suffered interruption. In 1896, by the voluntary act of the stockholders, 万博地址学院根据南卡罗来纳州的法律成立,并成立了一个自我延续的董事会. 这意味着万博地址变成了对女性高等教育事业的永久捐赠.
从20世纪初开始,万博地址学院逐渐成长为南方领先的女子学院之一. Academic requirements were strengthened, 最能干的教师补充了教师队伍,并建造了新的校舍. 正是在此期间,学院的皮特里音乐学院获得了全国评级,成为一所专业音乐学院. 万博地址成为全国音乐学校协会的特许成员, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the accrediting agency for music curricula.
In 1964 Converse introduced graduate programs, including the Master of Art in Teaching (MAT) program, the first degree of its kind in South Carolina. 研究生课程后来成为教育和研究生学院,并在音乐等领域提供广泛的学位, 教育, the liberal arts, and marriage and family therapy.
1983年,学院推出了万博地址II,以适应成年女性的日程安排和抱负, 无论他们是距离获得学士学位还有几个学期的时间,还是第一次学习大学课程的大一新生.
2003年,学院筹集了82美元,完成了其历史上最成功的筹资活动.5 million in private gifts. The campaign led to the establishment of the Nisbet Honors Program, the Chapman 出国留学 Experience endowment, and an endowment to fund faculty initiatives for innovative teaching and scholarly achievement; renovation of residence halls and the Montgomery Student Center; and construction of The Rose Physical Activity Complex, 贾斯汀五世. R. “Nita”Milliken Milliken Fine Arts Building和Phifer Science Hall的增建.
时至今日,万博地址专注于提供独特的教育体验,培养学生在不断变化的世界中取得成功所需的创造力和适应能力.
Converse 模型万博下载ios (Arab League, NATO) are national leaders having defeated such institutions as Harvard, 加州大学伯克利分校的, 东北, 俄亥俄州立大学, 三个U.S. military academies. Converse is home to the Southeast Region Model Arab League competition, headquarters of the Carolinas Committee on U.S.-Arab Relations, and helped establish and run a high school Model Arab League program in Amman, 约旦.
丹尼尔斯领导力和服务中心是学术事务和学生事务之间的合作伙伴关系,提供领导力发展培训和学习机会, serve and lead on campus and in the community.
In 2006, 万博地址成为第一所获得著名的全施坦威学院荣誉的女子学院.
Since the fall of 2008, the Valkyries have competed as a member of Conference Carolinas 在NCAA二级级别,并代表在南卡罗来纳北部唯一的二级田径万博下载ios.
该课程支持30多个专业,包括南卡罗来纳州唯一的天才教育硕士课程, 只有创意写作的低驻留硕士学位和创意和专业写作的第一个美术学士学位, and the Upstate’s first undergraduate music therapy degree program.
In 2013, 万博地址因宣布学费降低43%而登上了全国的头条新闻,引领了全国大学透明定价运动,使高质量的私立教育能够以公立大学的价格获得.
In 2017, construction was completed on Converse’s new junior housing complex. It is named after former Converse 总统 Betsy 弗莱明.
2018年,万博地址加入格林维尔大学中心,扩大了业务范围. 在UCG校园里,万博地址提供了一系列快速增长的男女同校学位课程, 从幼儿教育MAT开始,并于2019年扩大到包括本科学位完成课程, the Master of Marriage and Family Therapy, and the Doctorate in Professional 领导.
2019年标志着一个历史性的里程碑,学院宣布其作为博士学位授予机构的新地位,此前南方学院和学校协会学院委员会(SACSCOC)批准了其级别变更的请求。. 除了, SACSCOC approved Converse’s first doctoral program, a Doctorate of Education in Professional 领导. The program began with cohorts on the Converse campus and at UCG.
2月7日, 2020, after many months of careful deliberation and research, 万博地址学院决定从2020年秋季开始将其本科住宿万博下载ios从单性别扩大到男女混合. 董事会还批准将学院更名为大学,自2021年7月1日起生效. Under the university umbrella, 万博地址将保留一所万博地址女子学院,并将其国际学校扩展为一所国际学院.
On July 1, 2021, Converse officially changed its name to Converse University. 更名承认万博地址长期以来的大学地位,并将该机构定位为该地区教育和经济卓越的领导者.
总统s of Converse
年服务 | 总统 |
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1890-1902 | 本杰明F. 威尔逊 |
1902-1932 | Robert Paine Pell |
1933-1955 | Edward Moseley Gwathmey |
1956-1960 | Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, Jr. |
1961-1989 | 罗伯特T. 科尔曼,小. |
1989-1993 | 艾伦伍德大厅 |
1994-1998 | 桑德拉·C. 托马斯。 |
1999-2005 | Nancy Oliver Gray |
2005-2016 | 伊丽莎白一个. 弗莱明 |
2016-2021 | 克里斯塔L. 纽克 |
2021 | 杰弗里·H. 巴克 |
2021年至今 | 布恩J. 霍普金斯 |
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