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= <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Converse College</span></span> =<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ad11b24a-38fa-add2-3796-035a0e1bf7a9"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">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.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">It has received press in past years for lowering its tuition by 43 percent. In 2014, it ranked 23</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">rd </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">among Regional University South’s college rankings. At the end of the 2014/2015 academic year, Converse initiated many progressive changes to its curriculum and culture under the umbrella "LEAD" Action Plan. The LEAD Plan (Learning, Enrollment, Access, and Activation) </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">at Converse College includes the addition of programs, certificates, and centers in a</span></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent#000000;">variety of disciplines, an experiential learning graduation requirement for all majors, and the </span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">"Creativity that Works" plan in the School of the Arts. Converse College also has a strong presence in the Spartanburg community for service and service learning; this January, Converse had the highest participation rate for students actively involved in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.</span></p>== <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">F</span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">or what Converse (presently) lacks in engineering and technology programs and resources, i</span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">t makes up in student passion and initiative. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; background-color: transparent;">Students are encouraged by faculty, staff, and campus leaders </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">to participate in innovative activities, provide solutions for campus-wide problems, and create programs or organizations to tackle them. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">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).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparentlarge;">A significant portion of the student body is actively involved in the SGA. Three prominent student</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">-centered initiatives in the 2014/2015 year were WISE (Women Involved in Saving the Environment), Converse College Radio, and ''The Conversationalist'' (the Converse online newspaper). Converse College Radio, in particular, has been entrepreneurial from its inception a few months ago. At present, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">there is no SGA organization that caters to the specifically entrepreneurial needs of the students.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">]</span></p>== <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span> ==
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:mediumlarge;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Faculty are encouraged to engage in innovative teaching methods, including addressing typical subject matters in out of the box ways[[File:970312 624336567587821 953896863 n. This includes everthing from teaching economics through Harry Potter, to creating a Career Peer mentoring service through the Career Development Centerjpg|center|970312 624336567587821 953896863 n. However, there is no formailzed system through with teachers and faculty are spurred to push entrepreneurship and innovation in the classroom. Innovation is pursued on a personal basis, and is a direct response to students clamoring for better options. jpg]]</span></span></span>
<span style="font-sizecolor:medium#000000;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Converse currently has no formalized function to support student ventures on campus<span style="font-size:medium;">In 2017 a new Quality Enhancement Plan was launched with several goals in mind. Students looking for venture support should look to outside sources The purpose of information, like the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Social Entrepreneurship Retreat, area businesses such as QEP is to intergrate existing and new initiatives into the Iron YardGeneral Education Program requirements in order to broaden perspectives in real world areans through diverse experiences. The QEP also sponsors visiting speakers, or like-minded film screenings and workshops to expose students on campus to either start an initiative different cultures, backgrounds and identities. It will also provide oppurtunities for internship and study abroad programs for students to learn about different cultures. Converse College also has a formalized function or receive specialized instruction strong presence in the Spartanburg community for service and service learning. This January, Converse had the highest participation rate in Spartanburg, SC, for their individual venturesstudents actively involved in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.</span></span></span>
== '''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Facilitating University-Industry CollaborationPromoting student innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span></span> ''' ==
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">For what Converse currently has no formalized partnerships lacks in engineering and technology programs and resources, it makes up with companies or groups in the space of Istudent passion and initiative.&Enbsp;Students are encouraged by faculty, howeverstaff, individual students have gone on and campus leaders to work with local incubatorsparticipate in innovative activities, labs, art studiosprovide solutions for campus-wide problems, and so oncreate programs or organizations to tackle them. However 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 fruits Center for Professional Development, the Office of these individual partnerships have not resulted in permanent relationships with Student Life, the Center for Leadership and Service, the insitution. Converse would fare well to more succinctly create these partnershipsPresident's Office, so interested students have pipelines to follow once interestedand the Student Government Association (SGA). </span></span></span>
<span style== "color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Engaging with Regional and Local Development EffortsA significant portion of the student body is actively involved in the SGA. However, there is </span></span></span> <span style=="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">no SGA organization that caters to the specifically entrepreneurial needs of the students. There has established certifications 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 more disciplines. </span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); whitefont-spacefamily: pretahoma, geneva, sans-wrapserif;">As an Algernon Sydney Sullivan school, Converse has a longstanding tradition of service to others. In recent years, this focus has continued on to social The college and its faculty and staff encourage student innovation and entrepreneurship. A select number of collegiate courses are dedicated to through the Social Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneurship minor, SCICU grant applications in the surrounding community, SGA funding, and worldwide. Particularly interested individuals can choose to attend Student Excellence funding by the Sullivan Social Enterprise retreat in the fall or spring sessions. Converse has also sent a team to Office of the foundation’s social venture competition. Converse continues to increase its Social entrepreneurship offerings, from courses Provost and seminars to exploratory learning tripsAssociate Provost.</span></span></span>
<span p style="fonttext-sizealign:mediumjustify;"><span /p><p style="fonttext-familyalign:tahoma,geneva,sansjustify;"></p><p style="text-serifalign: justify;"><span id/p><p style="docstext-internal-guid-ad11b24a-38fa-add2-3796-035a0e1bf7a9align: justify;"></p>== '''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)#000000; vertical"><span style="font-alignsize: baselinemedium; white"><span style="font-spacefamily: pretahoma,geneva,sans-wrap; background-color: transparentserif;">In 2014, Converse funded its first university Innovation Fellow, Nadia Gathers. Funding this program has put Converse’s dedication to constant growth and institution-wide Encouraging faculty innovation at the forefront. It joins other upstate universities in the program, including Wofford, Clemson, and Furman.</span>entrepreneurship</span></span></span>''' ==
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0Faculty members are encouraged to engage in innovative teaching methods, 0including addressing typical subject matters in out of the box ways. This includes everything from teaching economics through Harry Potter, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; backgroundteam-color: transparent;">Converse currently offers extensive programs in skills such as leadershipteaching interdisciplinary study travel courses around the world, managerial processeshosting guest speakers and entrepreneurs for class sessions, and others necessary conducting field trips to build a successful repertoire outside of college or universityspaces like The Iron Yard. Some have founded their own social enterprises and businesses. It also provides multiple opportunities for students to conduct individualized institutional researchBeyond these, however, Converse faculty members are not prominently involved in entrepreneurship culture. </span></span></span>
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0The Center for Professional Development at Converse strives to provide students with the very best resources from Career Peer mentoring, 0various free workshops, 0); whiteand for-space: pre-wrapcredit courses aimed at students who want to discover their potential and make things happen. background-color: transparent;"></span></span></span>
== '''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></span>''' ==
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0Campus 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, 0partnering with companies like Milliken, 0)or with whitelike-space: pre-wrapminded 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. background-color: transparent;"></span></span></span>
== '''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span></span>''' == <span style="color: rgb(0#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma, 0geneva, 0)sans-serif; white-">Converse currently has no formalized partnerships with companies or groups in the spaceof I&E. However, individual students have gone on to work with local incubators, labs, art studios, and so on. The fruits of these individual partnerships have not resulted in permanent relationships with the insitution. Converse would fare well to more succinctly create and maintain these partnerships, so that interested students will have pipelines to follow once they are interested. </span></span></span> == '''<span style="color: pre#000000;"><span style="font-wrapsize:medium; background"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Engaging with Regional and Local Development Efforts</span></span></span>''' == <span style="color: transparent#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. 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. However, the social entrepreneurship minor has not been able to form a separate entity with courses and professors from different disciplines. Currently, the minor requires courses that most business majors have already taken. </span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb#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 (0Wofford, 0, 0USC etc.)as well as Spartanburg area businesses. whiteBecause of Converse's long-standing commitment to service, there is much that could be done between college-spacecommunity partnerships that could aid the development of Spartanburg as a whole. </span></span></span> == '''<span style="color: pre#000000;"><span style="font-wrapsize:medium; background"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Future</span></span></span>''' == <span style="color: transparent#000000;">Although it’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is in <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">In 2014, Converse funded its infancyfirst 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 fostering female 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 excellence primes it others necessary to build a successful repertoire outside of college or university. It also provides multiple opportunities for a revolution students to conduct individualized institutional research and 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 </span></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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 spacecollege forward. </span> </spanstyle="color:#000000;"> </span>
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University Innovation Fellows
Fall 2019
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