If you noticed some dingy brown spots on the university grounds, don’t worry. It’s not some strange fungus eating away at the Furman grass.

As part of the annual Fescue seeding process, the grounds crew sprays Round-Up in areas that are heavily infected with weeds or Bermuda grass. Grounds Supervisor Greg Burriss says crews will be seeding the campus, including the mall area, until October.

Bermuda grass was planted throughout campus during the late 50s and early 60s during construction. However, as the grounds have become more shaded, Fescue – a cool season grass – has been phased in.

Burriss says the entire campus should be green again by late October – just in time for Homecoming.

September 25, 10:30 a.m. Casual Coffee, White Oaks

November 13, 11:30 a.m. Fall family picnic, adjacent to Johns and Furman halls

December 3, 7 p.m. Holiday Dinner, Hartness Pavilion

March 25, noon Spring luncheon, Hartness Pavilion

April 15, 11 a.m. Easter egg hunt and picnic, White Oaks lawn

The Campus Club will also sponsor adopt-a-highway clean-up programs October 16, March 18 and May 20 at locations to be announced. For more information about the Furman Campus club, call Vickie Rasmussen at 294-7215.

The Personnel Department collected more than 110 "school tools" bags for needy area students this summer. The bags, which were filled with items such as calculators, notebooks, binders, pens, pencils, crayons, markers, scissors, glue, eraser, paper and folders, were donated by employees and individual departments. Money was also collected.