Admissions Blog Posts

Next Four, Best Four: Tips and Tricks For Finding your Home in a Pandemic

Have you ever taken something for granted? I know I sure have. If anything, the nature of Covid-19 has forced me to reflect on every important decision I’ve ever made in my life. Watching prospective...

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Living in a “Low-Contact” World

We can all agree that the way our world is right now is nowhere near ideal and no one loves the adjustments we have to make. I think we would all give just about anything...

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What I Missed Most While Away on Break

By Colin Klaff Hey everyone! It's been a really long time since I have written a blog post or been on Instagram interacting with you all. I spent the LONG winter break spending my time...

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My Ten Years Starts Now

For my digital storytelling class last semester, we were asked to create an individual video project. We could pick any topic of our own interest and make a video revolving around that concept. I wanted...

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Monday Funday: A Day in the Life of Alex

As one semester comes to an end and a new one begins, we have a lot to reflect on and grow from. Although Covid-19 has definitely altered my day to day life, I am always...

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Finding Second Semester Motivation

Two months is a long time to be home with no school work, no responsibilities, and no schedule. As much as I thought I would hate being away from campus for 2 months, it was...

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Second Semester Support

Happy second semester!! I don't know about you all but I was so excited to be back on campus and back in the swing of things after a long break! But even with my excitement,...

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Coping with Zoom Fatigue

If you would’ve asked me what Zoom is a year ago today, I would’ve guessed it may have something to do with cars? Maybe a scooter for kids? Well, safe to say I’m a Zoom...

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Sorority Recruitment 2020: Zoom Edition

Sorority recruitment was very different than normal this year. Usually we would all be on campus a week early and get to talk to different sororities to see where we felt most at home. This...

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Home 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...

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Staying Connected Through Covid

I know you've heard a million times about how we're living in the makings of a history book and these are "unprecedented times". No one knows what to expect and that makes everything in the...

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Want to Create Your Own Major? Here Are Some Tips!

You won't find my major, Advocacy and Justice Studies on the Furman website underneath the drop list of many, many majors you can take here, but you will see something called, "Individualized Curriculum Program". Individualized...

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