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Young Alumni Day builds community

by Leo Fackler A glance at the campus calendar reveals that almost every day is full of activity at Furman. All kinds of events are scheduled, but rarely does Furman’s outreach touch multiple cities on the...

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Seth G.: Classical skills, contemporary flair

by Stacy Schorr Chandler As a violin performance major at Furman, Seth Gilliard spent lots of time with Bach, Mozart and all those powdered-wig types. But there were times when he really just wanted to...

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Duke McCall was influential Baptist leader

Duke Kimbrough McCall, a 1935 Furman graduate who became one of the most influential leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), died April 2 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 98. From 1951-82, McCall was...

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Of Ben Bernanke and the timeless connection

by Brenda Fowler Wensil In a small Southern town he sits in a local café, both leaning forward and over a bowl of soup. He can be found there most any day. So when the café...

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Biking and building community

by John Greenfield “Parts of Windhoek, Namibia’s capital city, and the South Side of Chicago are actually eerily similar,” says Dustin Gourdin ’10, a Ph.D. student in the University of Chicago’s sociology department. “You see a...

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From the President: Our Fundamental Mission

Rod Smolla  has decided to step down for personal reasons as Furman’s president, effective June 30, and Carl Kohrt ’65 has been elected interim president by the board of trustees. Kohrt is a successful business...

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