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<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">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.&nbsp;It has received press in past years for lowering its tuition by 43 percent. In 2014, it ranked 2322nd^rd&nbsp;among Regional University South’s college rankings.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">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 PlanGeneral Education Program requirements in order to broaden perspectives in real world areans through diverse experiences. The LEAD Plan (Learning, Enrollment, AccessQEP also sponsors visiting speakers, film screenings and Activation)&nbsp;at Converse College includes the addition of programs, certificatesworkshops 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&nbsp;"Creativity that Works" plan in the School of the Artsstudy 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.</span></span></span>

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

<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, 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.</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 research.</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="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 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&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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>

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