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No phone, no problem
How would you handle having to spend the day away from your phone? No calls or texts. No checking Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or the latest headlines from The New York Times. Nearly 160 Furman students,...
Continue ReadingFurman receives grant to help reduce food waste and address food insecurity
Furman University is among 27 academic institutions that will receive funding from PepsiCo Recycling for campus sustainability efforts. Now in its third year, PepsiCo’s Zero Impact Fund (ZIF) allows representatives of eligible colleges or universities...
Continue ReadingStudents press for global change through Dining for Women
In March, Delaney Fleming ’20 and Amelia Miles ’19 traveled to Washington, D.C., but they weren't there to sightsee. The students went as delegates of Dining for Women to the annual UNICEF Student Summit, a...
Continue ReadingEducation Professor Katie Kelly co-authors new book
Furman Associate Professor of Education Katie Kelly has published a new book with co-author Lester Laminack, consultant and professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. [caption id="attachment_38564" align="alignright" width="327"] Kelly joined the Furman faculty in 2012....
Continue ReadingRadel and Speitz selected for National Humanities Center residencies
Furman University English professors Nicholas F. Radel and Michele Speitz have been selected for summer residencies at the National Humanities Center (NHC) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The NHC residency is a four-week program...
Continue ReadingRelay for Life raises more than $40,000 for American Cancer Society
About 350 students, faculty, staff and community members showed their support for cancer patients during Friday's Relay for Life, a fundraising event for the American Cancer Society that took place on the Furman Mall. The participants raised more...
Continue ReadingFurman Engaged! inspires, shows what’s possible
Where else can you learn about the human heart, learn how (and why) to blend a smoothie on a bicycle, pop over to New York City, Denmark and Shakespeare’s birthplace, and still have time for...
Continue ReadingStudents receive top academic awards
It’s that time of year again when Furman students are recognized for their hard work and accomplishments. On April 1, more than 80 awards were conferred on over 100 students representing disciplines from mathematics and...
Continue ReadingPalaTHON breaks fundraising record, funds endowment for children’s camp
On Saturday, more than 250 Furman University students came together in Timmons Arena for the school's 6th annual PalaTHON. The six-hour dance marathon raised more than $40,500, all of which will go to support Prisma Health...
Continue ReadingProfessor Erin Wamsley receives $527,551 NSF grant
Is it possible that daydreaming is not such a waste of time after all? That while we’re taking a break from our immediate surroundings, our brains are working to process recent memories without a conscious...
Continue ReadingA path to recovery
Sydney Wright ’18 keeps a special rock in her apartment. Painted on its smooth surface is the word “cont;nue” with a semicolon in place of the letter “i.” It serves as a reminder that life...
Continue ReadingFurman among top colleges for producing Peace Corps volunteers
The Peace Corps announced today that Furman University is among the agency’s top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. Furman is ranked No. 15 among “small-size” schools with undergraduate enrollments under 5,000. There are currently...
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