Admissions Blog Posts
Thoughts from an Education Major
The Admissions Blog will continue to highlight various majors across campus -- this week, our highlight being the Education Major! Introduction Name: Molly Hensley Hometown: Asheville, North Carolina Year: Senior Major: Education & Religion How...
Continue ReadingWhere Students and Alumni Collaborate
Former President of Furman's Student Alumni Council (SAC), Quinn Elliott, tells all! Want to know more about how to get involved, what SAC is, and Quinn's personal path to being president? Read on! Getting Involved...
Continue ReadingExploring FU with FUOC!
What is "FUOC"? The question of what FUOC exactly is has boggled me since I first came to Furman. On the outside, FUOC is the Furman University Outdoors Club. We plan, organize, and host events...
Continue ReadingNavigating your Career Path with the Malone Center
Hey Furman Family! My name is Sophia Smith and I am a sophomore Health Sciences major from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. While I serve as the Social Media and Marketing Career Ambassador at the Malone...
Continue ReadingCountry Roads Take Me Home
Hi! My name is Avery Hunt, and I am a sophomore Health Science major on the pre-med track here at Furman. I am from Charleston, West Virginia which is about five and a half hours...
Continue ReadingHome is Where the Heart Lies
Lia Paw (International Student at Furman University) Hello everyone, my name is Lia Paw and I am an International Student from Myanmar (Burma). I am a Sophomore Student at Furman University, studying Neuroscience Major on...
Continue ReadingThe New Normal
College completely online? No friends coming in and out of my room 24/7? No walking to class saying ‘Hi’ to every person I see? NO THANKS! That’s what I thought at least. All of those...
Continue ReadingConnecting at College Through the Pandemic
My first semester of my first year of college did not exactly start off how I had dreamed it would. In all of those long nights of pushing through the challenging season of college applications,...
Continue ReadingBeing a Transfer Student: Guest blog by Catherine Hare
A year ago, I was in my first semester at Furman as a sophomore transfer student. Looking back, I laugh at myself thinking about the hours I spent the summer before worrying about transferring into...
Continue ReadingStudy Away Spotlight: Bond University
Hey guys, it's Jackie! This week I am going to spotlight one of my dear friend's experience studying abroad in Australia with Bond University. Lina Zaharias is a current junior at Furman, where she studies...
Continue ReadingStudy Abroad Spotlight: DIS Copenhagen
Hey guys, it's Jackie! As y'all know, I am currently studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark this semester. Studying abroad so far (I've been here for three months now!) has been one of the absolute highlights...
Continue ReadingWhy Furman?
Born in Pittsburgh, PA but spending his high school years on Hilton Head Island, Zach Waters decided to continue the southern living right here at Furman University. Zach, like many of us, applied to a...
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