Campaign goal increases to $175 million

With the Forever Furman capital campaign ahead of schedule and mounting fiscal challenges looming, the board of trustees voted unanimously May 13 to boost the university comprehensive campaign goal from $150 million to $175 million.

 

A leading Lepidopterist

John Snyder has found a curious way of combining a lifelong hobby and his professional training. Almost any day the biology professor can be found spending time on the Internet searching for images of insects — moths and butterflies, to be more exact.

Lockhart to be Commencement speaker

Keith Lockhart, the acclaimed conductor of the Boston Pops, will be the keynote speaker for Commencement on May 27.  Lockhart graduated from Furman in 1981 with degrees in music and German.

Outward bound helps focus attention inward

A contributing column by Kim Adams

No watch, no bed, no shower! Life at the North Carolina Outward Bound School is simply living in the moment concerned only with the weight of the fifty pound pack on your back and the dull ache of your legs and as you summit the mountain peak.

Alumni and media interested in news-related activities at Furman have a new bookmark: The Furman News Page. Designed and maintained by the Office of Marketing and Public Relations, the site was launched in April.

May 23 will mark the beginning of a new era for Furman’s Army ROTC program. The military science department will dedicate its own facility, the Bryan Center for Military Science, in an 11 a.m. ceremony.  Cadets will also bid farewell to its commander, Lt. Col. Thomas Nickerson, during a change of command ceremony.