



Around the Lake
A System That Looks Like Us
Dr. Matt W. Wilson ’86 has made a planned gift of $4 million to Furman’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health.

Long before Pearlie Harris appeared on a mural high above downtown Greenville, she was a giant in education.

For first-generation students and others, a $1 million NSF grant expands access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

In September, Furman Theatre performed Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information,” a play directed by Maegan McNerney Azar, associate professor of acting and directing and the chair of Furman’s Department of Theatre Arts. Students performed outdoors, promenade-style on seven “stages” before a 10-member, masked and distanced audience. It was also filmed to provide online viewing. Interspersed between acts were prerecorded random scenes written and recorded by remote-only students.


Furman’s golf alumni have stepped forward again – as they have for generations – to position current and future Paladin golfers for victory.

Take a closer look at the fans. When athletes compete during a pandemic, some faces in the stands are a little different.

