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Selective colleges not out of reach
The college admissions and enrollment process can be intimidating and complicated, especially to low-income students who are the first in their family to attend college. But studies have shown that that when low-income students do...
Continue ReadingA lasting legacy
The Greenville community recently lost a philanthropist and community leader, Mamie Jolley Bruce, whose lasting legacy has and will continue to make a difference in Greenville. Her generous gift created Furman’s Bridges to a Brighter...
Continue ReadingFar Peripheral
[caption id="attachment_15075" align="alignright" width="200"] Photo by Pam Brissey, Class of ’14[/caption] Our hectic lives often limit the time we spend absorbing the world around us. The "Far Peripheral" photography exhibit at Furman’s Baiden Gallery is...
Continue ReadingBridges to a Brighter Future hosts college admissions expert
Bridges to a Brighter Future Furman University will present a program for students and families who want a better understanding of the selective college admission and scholarship process Thursday, Nov. 6, 6-8 p.m., in the...
Continue ReadingHelping out South Carolina Women in Higher Education
Elizabeth Crews, director of Furman University’s Undergraduate Evening Studies program, has been selected as the university’s institutional representative for South Carolina Women in Higher Education (SCHWE). The representatives are volunteers at educational institutions across the state...
Continue ReadingStaggers joins Bridges program as assistant director
Danielle Staggers has been named assistant director of Furman’s Bridges to a Brighter Future program. She has already begun her new duties. As assistant director, Staggers will work with the Crossing the Bridge program, a...
Continue Reading2015 Women’s Leadership Institute accepting nominations
The Women’s Leadership Institute of Furman is now accepting nominations for the Class of 2015. Sponsored by Furman’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development, the Institute is led by women who have achieved prominence in business...
Continue ReadingCrews selected as member of Leadership Greenville
Furman University’s Director of Undergraduate Evening Studies Beth Crews has been selected as part of the Chamber’s 41st class of Leadership Greenville. Leadership Greenville is a program designed and facilitated by the Greenville Chamber to help...
Continue ReadingThe weight of poverty
If you’re poor, others look at you as something less than a real person, more of a number in the system, said two women who fell into poverty and with the help of others climbed...
Continue ReadingSeizing the competitive advantage
Furman University’s Undergraduate Evening Studies program was just what Paul Santos was looking for when he wanted to ramp up his career and move into management at General Electric’s Greenville gas turbine plant. Santos, operations...
Continue ReadingFurman offering course on sustainability in business
Furman is offering a program in the spring of 2015 that will help executives manage the challenges of a socially conscious business environment. The five-session course, offered by Furman’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development in...
Continue ReadingBreaking the cycle
South Carolinians who are struggling need a living wage if they are ever to climb out of poverty, said a state representative at the summer series of StraightTalkSC, sponsored by the Riley Institute at Furman...
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