CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS

CONVERSE COLLEGE

580 East Main Street

Spartanburg, SC

http://www.converse.edu

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE

Converse College has been preparing women to be strong leaders in their professions and in their communities for over 100 years. Here, women come first - in classrooms, science labs, and music rehearsal halls; on our playing fields and in our student organizations. This commitment to our students ensures that throughout their Converse experience and beyond, they will be involved, prepared, and accomplished.

The College of Arts and Sciences offers 33 majors in fields from business to biology, education to politics, and theatre to interior design. In each major, students are encouraged to perform independent research or creative work, internships, and honors work.

KEY FACTS

Location: northwestern South Carolina, about 90 miles northeast of the state capital, Columbia

Enrollment: approximately 750, including graduate and Converse II students

Other interesting tidbits:

• One of two women's colleges in the Bonner Network
• Recently ranked #3 in the nation for research, service, and social mobility (Washington Monthly, 2012)
• Recently ranked #1 for Best Value: Regional Universities in the South (U.S. News and World Report, 2010)
• President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Name of Campus-Wide Center: Daniel's Center for Leadership and Service

Relevant Website: http://www.converse.edu/student-life/daniels-center-leadership-service

Service Office: The Center of H.O.P.E. - Humanitarian Outreach Projects and Events

Type of Program: Bonner Leaders

Year Began: 2002

Bonner Program website: http://www.converse.edu/student-life/daniels-center-leadership-service/bonner-leaders-program#Bonner Leaders Program

Number of Bonner Leaders: 12

Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Education Award: 12

KEY CONTACTS

President: Dr. Elizabeth Fleming

Center Director: Rhonda Mingo

Bonner Director: Rev. Jason Loscuito

Bonner Senior Intern: Lainie Sowell

Other: Martha Scott Johnson, Americorps VISTA

MORE ABOUT US

Community Partners:

• Interim Hospice
• Ellen Hines Smith Girls' Home
• Boys and Girls Club 
• Butterfly Foundation
• Children's Shelter of the Upstate
• St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic
• Christmas in Action
• Greer Ministries
• Access Health 

Service Trips:

• Alternative Spring Break Trips
• 2012: Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge - Gulfport, MS

• 2011: Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge: Miami, FL

• 2010: Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge: Maui, HI