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Bonds 101: Students participate in live capital finance project
Finance-savvy students might geek out at the prospect of sitting in class learning about debt instruments and how institutions use them for funding large capital expenditures. Others might not be so interested. But likely all...
Continue Reading‘Dins and Dogs’ helps middle schoolers find fun in math
Want to bring math to life for a middle schooler? Stick the worksheets back in a folder and pull out a game board. In a new partnership called Dins and Dogs – a nod to...
Continue ReadingShi honored with AASHE Lifetime Achievement Award
When President David E. Shi ’73 began elevating sustainability as an essential strategic pillar for Furman University some 25 years ago, the idea drew support – and some skepticism. Several trustees, professors, alumni and students...
Continue ReadingAsha Marie Larson-Baldwin named George J. Mitchell Scholar
The waiting was agonizing for Asha Marie Larson-Baldwin ’22. On the day she would learn whether she had been accepted as one of only 12 class of 2023 George J. Mitchell Scholars, Larson-Baldwin was too...
Continue ReadingHave we gotten student success completely backward?
In an article appearing in The Chronicle of Education, Aaron Basko, associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Lynchburg, in Virginia, cites the Gallup-Purdue Index, which lays out “The Big 6 for...
Continue ReadingFor the birds
The HAVOC tradition at Furman University is a chance for students to tap their creativity toward raising funds for charities most meaningful to them. And when it comes to our feathered friends, Jake Gerardi ’22...
Continue ReadingStudents soar in ‘Wings of the City’ Instagram challenge
When Furman Spanish Professor Angélica Lozano-Alonso asked her students to participate in the #WingsoftheCityGVL Instagram photo challenge, she no doubt would’ve been thrilled with a single winner from her class. Turns out her students swept...
Continue ReadingAnd the winners are …
Two students with Furman University connections are in the news for having won Southeast Student Production Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - the same folks who dole out Emmy Awards....
Continue ReadingFurman plays role in $5 million NOAA grant, spurs climate resilience
Hurricanes don’t discriminate where they hit. It’s in the aftermath of violent storms, heat waves and intense rain events where climate inequity shows up. For example, if you own a home on the coast, chances...
Continue ReadingThere’s an app for that
You’re running late for class and wondering if you can catch the next shuttle. Or maybe you need to check PAC hours to plan a workout. Before this academic year, chances are you had to...
Continue ReadingNew Millennium Fellows tackle United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Nine Furman University students have been selected for the Millennium Fellowship, a program of the United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network. Launched in 2018, the Millennium Fellowship convenes, challenges and celebrates undergraduate student leadership...
Continue ReadingSuresh Muthukrishnan collaborates with Virginia Tech, wins award from AUVSI
Suresh Muthukrishnan, chair of the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences at Furman University, is part of a team that has won the humanitarian and public safety award from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle...
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