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<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">In 2014, Converse funded its first university University Innovation Fellow, Nadia Gathers. In 2019, Converse funded three University Innovation Fellows. 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.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Among the news initiatives that will all be in effect by the end of the 2019/2020&nbsp;</span></span></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"></span></span></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-familycolor:tahomargb(0,geneva0,sans-serif0);">academic year are the&nbsp;Business Professional Development Certificate (Economics, Business, and Accounting), the&nbsp;Digital Arts Certificate (English, Graphic Design, and Computer Science), and&nbsp;the&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</span></span></span>