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<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">As an Algernon Sydney Sullivan school, Converse has a longstanding tradition of service to others. In recent years, this focus has continued to develop to an academic and experiential focus on social entrepreneurship. &nbsp;A select number of courses are dedicated to Social Entrepreneurship’s applications in the surrounding community and worldwide. Particularly interested individuals can choose to attend the Sullivan Social Enterprise retreat in the fall or spring sessions. Converse However, the social entrepreneurship minor has also sent not been able to form a team to the foundation’s social venture competitionseparate entity with courses and professors from different disciplines. Converse continues to increase its Social entrepreneurship offeringsCurrently, from the minor requires courses and seminars to exploratory learning tripsthat most business majors have already taken.&nbsp;</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">There is a strong need for concretized partnerships between Converse and its neighboring colleges (Wofford, USC etc.) as well as Spartanburg area businesses.&nbsp;Because of Converse's long -standing commitment to service, there is much that could be done between college-community partnerships that could aid the development of Spartanburg as a whole.&nbsp;</span></span></span>