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Converse College is an all-women’s liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Converse College continues to adhere to its founder's ideals, seeking to inspire "voice, value, and vision" in its students. It has received press in past years for lowering its tuition by 43 percent. In 2014, it ranked 2322ndrd among Regional University South’s college rankings.

~~At the end~~ In 2017 a new Quality Enhancement Plan was launched with several goals in mind. The purpose of the ~~2014/2015 academic year, Converse initiated many progressive changes~~ QEP is to ~~its curriculum~~ intergrate existing and ~~culture under~~ new initiatives into the ~~umbrella "LEAD" Action Plan~~General Education Program requirements in order to broaden perspectives in real world areans through diverse experiences. The ~~LEAD Plan (Learning, Enrollment, Access~~QEP also sponsors visiting speakers, film screenings and ~~Activation) at Converse College includes the addition of programs, certificates~~workshops to expose students to different cultures, backgrounds and ~~centers in a variety of disciplines, an experiential learning graduation requirement~~ identities. It will also provide oppurtunities for ~~all majors,~~ internship and ~~the "Creativity that Works" plan in the School of the Arts~~study abroad programs for students to learn about different cultures. Converse College also has a strong presence in the Spartanburg community for service and service learning. This January, Converse had the highest participation rate in Spartanburg, SC, for students actively involved in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

== '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==

For what Converse lacks in engineering and technology programs and resources, it makes up with student passion and initiative. Students are encouraged by faculty, staff, and campus leaders to participate in innovative activities, provide solutions for campus-wide problems, and create programs or organizations to tackle them. There is no formalized problem solving or venture creation process, but some channels students can access when looking to implement solutions or open dialogue are the individual academic departments, the Center for Professional Development, the Office of Student Life, the Center for Leadership and Service, the President's Office, and the Student Government Association (SGA).

A significant portion of the student body is actively involved in the SGA. However, there is no SGA organization that caters to the specifically entrepreneurial needs of the students. There has ~~been an emergence of a couple~~ established certifications ~~including~~ such as the Music Business and Technology Certificate, Performance Certificate for Non-Performance Music Majors, and the Business Professionalism Certificate Program, all of which require students to take an array of ~~ ~~courses across one or ~~two~~ more disciplines.  The college and its faculty and staff encourage student innovation and entrepreneurship through the Social Entrepreneurship minor, SCICU grant applications, SGA funding, and Student Excellence funding by the Office of the Provost and Associate Provost.

The college and its faculty and staff encourage student innovation and entrepreneurship through the SCICU grant applications, SGA funding, and Student Excellence funding by the Provost.

Aspects of the new LEAD Action Plan are already being implemented. The School of the Arts is in its first year of conducting courses that specifically link innovation and creative entrepreneurship withartsdisciplines for freshmen and sophomores. Eventually, the entire campus academic system will follow this lead.

== '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==

== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' ==

Campus Technology provides students with the necessary resources to start student ventures on campus. Converse currently has no formalized function to financially support student ventures on campus. Students looking for financial venture support should look to outside sources of information, like the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation, communicating their need and vision to various donors, partnering with companies like Milliken, or with like-minded students on campus to start an initiative for a project or business idea. Support is available through many sources, but the majority of students do not seek it.

== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==

== '''Future''' ==

In 2014, Converse funded its first ~~university~~ University Innovation Fellow, Nadia Gathers. In 2019, Converse funded three University Innovation Fellows, Aliyah Hancock, Jhazmin Gomez-Reyes and Marisa Daquil-Kawabe. Funding this program has put Converse’s dedication to constant growth and institution-wide innovation at the forefront. It joins other upstate SC universities in the program, including Wofford, Clemson, and Furman.

Converse currently offers extensive programs in skills such as leadership, managerial processes, and others necessary to build a successful repertoire outside of college or university. It also provides multiple opportunities for students to conduct individualized institutional researchand experimential learning.

Among the news initiatives that will all be in effect by the end of the 2019/2020  ~~~~ ~~academic year are the Business Professional Development Certificate (Economics, Business, and Accounting), the Digital Arts Certificate (English, Graphic Design, and Computer Science), and the Vocational and Career Development Curricular Integration Plan in the School of the Arts (Art & Design, Theater and Musical Theater, School of Music, and Dance). Programs such as these, and the attitudes they instill in campus culture, will propel the college forward. ~~

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/15m1w-KyVzg7_QdM8_aACSu7FrUcx9-wm-H2XsMAKT_Y/edit Business Model Canvas]

Converse College Project Pitch:  [https://youtu.be/ryI_oSt2uKc] 2019  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0cd6s6FWAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0cd6s6FWAI] 2016

University Innovation Fellows

Fall 2019

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aliyah_Hancock Aliyah Hancock]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jhazmin_Gomez_Reyes Jhazmin] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jhazmin_Gomez_Reyes Gomez Reyes]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Marisa_Kawabe Marisa Kawabe]

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