



Recommended
reading for the holidays
Looking for the perfect holiday gift? How about a book. Five Furman faculty recommend their favorites.

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Max Smith
The
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What is a favorite Christmas tradition in your family?
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New employees, promotions and anniversaries
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Campus
News from university departments
Inside Furman is published monthly during the school year by the Furman University Department of Marketing and Public Relations. For story ideas, e-mail John Roberts, editor.
Furman putting final touches on Alumni College
Ever wanted to return to college for the weekend? Stay in a residence hall (preferably without a community bathroom), eat in the dining hall, listen to a few stimulating lectures by some of the school's top professors, and socialize with your friends?
How
to cope with the holiday doldrums
a contributed
column by University Chaplain Jim Pitts
During this annual binge of feeling good, there is the Christmas holiday paradox. The flip side of red and green is gray or blue. While others are up, a lot of folks are down and simply depressed. To put it bluntly, they are disturbed by the joy of the holidays.

Unity
through diversity
a contributed column by Idella Glenn, director of multicultural
affairs
Furman has recently become a campus affiliate of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI). NCBI is a nonprofit leadership training organization that works to eliminate prejudice and inter-group conflict in communities throughout the world.
