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2021: The Year in Review
This past year, the Furman community showed its resilience and care for one another amid the second year of the pandemic. It was a year of putting our values into action, enacting community and striving...
Continue ReadingSen. Tim Scott’s pro-Trump fundraising letter raises question of who it’s meant for
A fundraising letter from the Sen. Tim Scott campaign in the last few months has left voting rights advocates and academics scratching their heads over the piece's intended audience. Furman University's Teresa Cosby and Danielle...
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 ReadingIn Congress, David Trone keeps it personal: Combating the opioid epidemic that killed his nephew
[caption id="attachment_53159" align="alignright" width="266"] U.S. Congressman David Trone.[/caption] For Maryland U.S. Representative David Trone (D-District 6), the nation's opioid crisis hits close to home. In 2016, Trone lost a nephew to an overdose of fentanyl-laced...
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 Reading$1 million gift establishes need-based scholarships
Peace Sullivan, a former Furman University trustee, has made a $1 million donation to the university to support the Mary Peace Endowed Scholarship, an endowed fund named for her mother, Mary Peace Sterling, and herself....
Continue ReadingPushing back on lead ammo and fishing tackle misinformation
Benjamin Haywood, assistant director of the Faculty Development Center at Furman University, was tapped for an article appearing in Environmental Health News. The story describes how organizations like the NRA are waging a misinformation campaign...
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 ReadingProfessional women are starting to reap benefits of marriage
Lindsay Diehl '22 and Cabot Fowler '23 were trawling for an interesting research project last summer when their economics professor suggested they peruse a national survey of youth. Created by the U.S Bureau of Labor...
Continue ReadingWhat we can learn from Native American politics
In early November, Danielle Vinson, professor of politics and international affairs, gave a Cultural Life Program called “Breathing New Life into Old Treaties: Contemporary Enforcement of Native American Treaties,” which examined the United States government’s...
Continue Reading$5 million gift from Chris ’78 and Andrea Borch will create track and cross-country scholarships
Cameron Ponder ’22 hopes to become a professional runner. He is double majoring in economics and politics & international affairs, too. The 21-year-old has been able to pursue his dreams to compete nationally and study...
Continue ReadingGallery: Fall Day of Service
Since the Heller Service Corps couldn’t bring the community to campus this year for the Fall Fest, it decided to send Furman out into the community. The first ever Fall Day of Service on Sunday,...
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