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
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