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Converse offers two undergraduate and three graduate degree programs at the center. [13] The Nisbet Honors Program, established in 2000, is the university's undergraduate honors program. [14] Converse has a Model Programs team who participate in Model Arab League and the annual International Model NATO conference hosted by Howard University.
Dexter Edgar Converse (1829–1899) was a textile entrepreneur who was co-founder and namesake of Converse University. Converse was native of Vermont who had moved to Spartanburg prior to the American Civil War and had become a successful pioneer in the cotton mill industry, and served as the head of the Converse University's first board of ...
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Philip Ernest Converse (November 17, 1928 – December 30, 2014) was an American political scientist. [1] He was a professor in political science and sociology at the University of Michigan who conducted research on public opinion, survey research, and quantitative social science.
Converse was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Edmund Winchester and Charlotte Augusta (Shepherd) Converse. His father was a successful merchant, and president of the National Tube Works and the Conanicut Mills. Frederick Converse's higher education was at Harvard College, where he came under the influence of the composer John K. Paine. [1]
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Converse Hall, named in honor of W. L. Converse, is perhaps the most important structure in the History of Valdosta State University since it was the building in which the foundation of this institution was laid. Converse Hall, built in 1913, housed everything for the college until West Hall was built in 1918.
The 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story masonry structure was built out of red brick and white stone in the Jacobethan and Tudor Revival styles. It was the first building erected for the college in 1906, to a design by the Salt Lake City architectural firm of Erskine and Liljenberg, [2] and is a regionally rare example of this unusual architectural style. [3]