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Joseph Vaughn statue unveiling scheduled April 16

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis sent the message below to the campus community on Tuesday, March 2.  Learn more about the unveiling and watch the live video stream of the event. Dear Campus Community, We are...

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Taking inequities to heart

[caption id="attachment_49221" align="alignright" width="300"] Jason Williams '09, a pediatric cardiologist, is completing an advanced non-invasive cardiac imaging fellowship this year.[/caption] Many studies have shown that Black children in the United States born with congenital heart...

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‘I Belong Here’ at the top of gospel music charts

He’s recorded with music royalty like Quincy Jones, been to the Grammy Awards, and even played at the famed Apollo Theater in New York. [caption id="attachment_49170" align="alignright" width="265"] The gospel song "I Belong Here" has...

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‘I had a purpose for being there’

The secret treat was sometimes grits, sometimes salmon croquettes. [caption id="attachment_48729" align="alignright" width="300"] Rawn Harbor '71.[/caption] Whatever the special offering, the Black dining hall employees who gave it to Rawn Harbor ’71 did so with...

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Furman Announces New Giving and Recognition Societies

Last fiscal year, friends of the university committed more than $31 million in support of Furman’s mission to guarantee every student an unparalleled education that combines classroom learning with real-world experiences and self-discovery. This level...

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Mary Seawell Metz ’58 champions faculty development with $1 million directorship endowment

During her career, Mary Seawell Metz ’58 has served as a professor, president and trustee at colleges from one coast to the other, affording her an appreciation of university life that few enjoy. Among the...

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Furman Fellows Announce 2020 Award Recipients

The Furman Fellowship is an endowed scholarship fund founded in 2004 with a gift from Furman trustee emeritus Bob Buckman and Joyce Mollerup. Each year, five seniors are recognized as Furman Fellows and receive a scholarship...

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Emma Jones ’20 helped her community acknowledge its painful history

Emma Jones ’20 knew she came from a place steeped in history. But she didn’t know pieces of that history had been left out. “There’s a lot of memorials there,” Jones says of Walker County,...

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First mobile app connecting parents of children who have cancer launches

Tatum Fettig doesn’t expect and would never want you to understand what she and her husband, Jeff, have gone through since their daughter, Teagan, was diagnosed with brain cancer on Dec. 5, 2016 – the...

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Lainie Morris ’21 provides crucial support to workers during pandemic

During her interview with a global marketing company that fields as many as 100 internship applications for three positions each semester, Lainie Morris ’21 delivered a crucial answer. “My first question to every single person...

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Furman recognized as top performer in Sustainable Campus Index

Furman University has been recognized as a top performer in the 2020 Sustainable Campus Index, ranking No. 9 overall among baccalaureate institutions and moving up from last year’s No. 10 slot. A publication of the...

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Reagan Brittain ’22, Nick Curcio ’22 win Furman Metropolitan Fellowship

Reagan Brittain ’22 and Nick Curcio ’22 have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Furman Metropolitan Fellowship (FMF), a prestigious alumni-led grant program that provides two rising fourth-year Furman students with the connections, means...

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