Furman Diversity Statement

·        Furman University seeks to reflect the diversity of the global community within which it exists.

·        Based on Furman?s long heritage of free thought, cultural differences are recognized, valued, and considered essential to the educational process.

·        Therefore, the university promotes understanding and mutual respect of all members of its community.

·        Furman University provides an academic and social environment which nurtures both new ideas and an eagerness to learn and benefit from others.

·        Furman aspires to be a diverse community of women and men of different races, religions, geographic origins, socioeconomic backgrounds, personal characteristics, and interests.

·        This diversity reflects values the university hopes to embody: openness, honesty, tolerance and mutual respect, civic responsibility, global awareness, and bold intellectual inquiry.

·        These values foster a critical examination of inherited assumptions, even as they protect freedom of expression and the open exchange of ideas.

·        In sum, Furman University aspires to be a diverse community of learning, harmonious in its differences, just and compassionate in its transactions, and steadfast in its commitment to an educational program of the highest quality.