Converse College News

Converse College senior Elly MacPhail with a young Ugandan boy who was suffering from a cleft palate and was also severely malnourished.

Who: Ballet Spartanburg What: The Nutcracker With guest artists from American Ballet Theater When: Friday December 11th, 2009 7:00 p.m. Saturday December 12th, 2008 3:00 p.m. Sunday December 13th, 2008 3:00 p.m. Where: Twichell Auditorium Tickets: 596-9725; Information: 583-0339 $29 Adults, $24 ...

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:49 p.m. Roger Luttrell has come a long way since he was an accounting student in the late 1960s.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:50 p.m. Converse College will play host to a community 5K run/walk Saturday that also will serve as a celebration for participants of Girls on the Run of Spartanburg.

Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Benton are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Elizabeth Benton, to Robert Morris Gdovin, Jr., both of Columbia.

I have written several times here about the 2008 disappearance of Georgia lawyer Elizabeth Calvert and her husband John from their yacht docked at Hilton Head, S.C. The couple was last seen on March 3, 2008, meeting with their accountant, Dennis Gerwing.

More than a year and half after John and Elizabeth Calvert disappeared, their family plans a public memorial service in Atlanta.

More than a year and half after John and Elizabeth Calvert disappeared, their family plans a public memorial service next month in Atlanta.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:10 p.m. Honking and rumbling, a dump truck delivered Converse College President Betsy Fleming and Student Body President Kaitlyn Price to the Friday night ground breaking for apartment-style senior class housing.

If you ever feel alone, face a difficult problem, need help deciding about your future or maybe just need to have someone to talk to, stop by the June Anderson Women's Center, in Room 206 of the James Union Building.

The First Tuesday Concert at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on Tuesday, Oct.

Thumbs up to Dolores Johnson, a music teacher at Williams Middle School in Florence School District 1, for being the recipient of a Student Achievement Grant of $5,000 from The National Education Association Foundation.

Twenty-five Blue Ridge High School Air Force Junior ROTC cadets attended Cadet Leadership School June 6-13 at Converse College.

Blue Ridge AF Junior ROTC Cadets Attend Leadership School From 6 to 13 June, 25 Blue Ridge cadets attended Cadet Leadership School on the campus of Converse College.

BB&T Corporation announced that Cindy Powell has been named corporate controller.

Dr. Kate Mayes is about to open her internal medicine practice in Aiken. Mayes is readying her office at 233 Park Ave.

Published: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 8:38 p.m. Have lots of rocks and minerals and not sure what they are? On Saturday, professor Jerry Howe, a geologist from Converse College, in Spartanburg, S.C., will be at the Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County on Main Street, from 10 a.m. to ...

Forbes magazine ranked The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina 29th among public business schools in its list of best business schools for 2009.

The James Ray "Rocky" Jones Foundation will hold a fundraiser at the First Baptist Church social hall on Tuesday, Aug.

Converse College President Betsy Fleming reaches out to potential students with a YouTube video and soon she'll be Twittering.