Evans-Sago: ‘Do You Hear ‘Gay’?’

Furman University alumnus Travis Evans-Sago will speak on the Furman campus Thursday, March 14, at 4:30 p.m. in McEachern Lecture Hall of Furman Hall. His talk, “Do You Hear ‘Gay’?” is free and open to...

Something Brought You Here

Why do students choose Furman? It might be the promise of The Furman Advantage, the beautiful campus, the vibrancy of downtown Greenville, or the friendly faces that are so prevalent everywhere. The University Communications office...

University announces 2018 fall term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2018 fall term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall...

2018: The year in review

Investigación Pionera

Carlos Tobón arrived in the United States 1970, far from his home in Medellin, Colombia, to work in a textile mill, and work he did—so long and so hard that hearing about it decades later...

Nomination process opens for the 2018 Jim Smart Award

The Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection has opened the nomination process for the 2018 James H. “Jim” Smart Award for Fostering Vocational Exploration & Reflection. The Jim Smart Award is designed to encourage vocational exploration and...

‘Do good work, struggle well, seek help when you need it”

  Convocation Remarks Jeremy Cass, Associate Academic Dean and Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures August 27, 2018 Good morning. Welcome to the official opening of the 2018-2019 academic year, Furman’s one-hundred-ninety-third. I would like...

‘Always try to be true to your authentic self’

David H. Bost, professor emeritus of modern languages and literatures at Furman, delivered the speech for the summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 11. Bost, who joined the Furman faculty in 1981, retired this summer as...

University to hold summer commencement Aug. 11

David H. Bost, professor emeritus of modern languages and literatures at Furman University, will serve as speaker when Furman holds its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 11 at 4 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. [caption id="attachment_36597" align="alignright"...

What’s so un-American about being bilingual?

In a guest column for The Greenville News, Furman student Whitney Maness ’20 asks the question: “Why are bilinguals, and Spanish bilinguals in particular, considered un-American?” While acknowledging that the majority of Americans speak English,...

Furman announces 2018 spring term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2018 spring term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade-point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall and...

Board of Trustees approves faculty promotions, tenure; four new trustees to join board July 1

During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 13 faculty members; four new members will join the board July 1. The trustees also granted emeritus status to...