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Momentum continues today as Converse focuses on providing distinct educational 
experiences that enable creativity and develop the adaptive capacity necessary for 
students to succeed in the ever-changing world. 
• Converse Model Programs (Arab League, NATO, and UN) are national 
leaders having defeated such institutions as Harvard, UC-Berkley, 
Northeastern, Ohio State, and all three U.S. military academies. 
Converse is home to the Southeast Region Model Arab League 
competition, headquarters of the Carolinas Committee on U.S.-Arab 
Relations, and helped establish and run a high school Model Arab 
League program in Amman, Jordan. 
• The Daniels Center for Leadership and Service is a partnership between 
academic affairs and student affairs to provide leadership development 
training and opportunities to learn, serve and lead on campus and in the 
community. 
• In 2006, Converse became the first women’s college to attain the 
prestigious All-Steinway School distinction. 
• In 2007, Converse and Clemson University joined forces to increase the 
number of women entering science fields through a new dual degree 
program in engineering 
• A member of Conference Carolinas, Converse competes in NCAA 
Division II - the highest level of any women’s college. 
• The curriculum supports more than 30 majors including South Carolina’s 
only Master’s in gifted education program, only low-residency MFA in 
creative writing and first Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative and professional 
writing, and the Upstate’s first undergraduate music therapy degree 
program. 
Converse College is committed to developing adaptable individuals for the 21st Century 
who are equipped with the character, knowledge, skills and perspective to transform the 
world around them. 
