FURMAN IN THE NEWS
Adopting a grandparent at Furman
Adjusting to the lack of family connection in everyday life can be rough transition for many college students living away from home. To help students maintain that family connection while away at school, Furman sophomore...
Continue ReadingAlum Alexander Stubb talks about European integration
In an Oct. 7 speech at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, former Finland Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said his interest in European integration began in a classroom at Furman University in the 1980s....
Continue ReadingThe Berlin Wall revisited
2012 Furman University political science and German major Brandon Tensley attempts to uncover the root causes of xenophobia among people from former East Germany. In a piece he wrote for the Washington Post, Tensley teases...
Continue ReadingFurman graduate, former faculty member, author remembered in Huffington Post
[caption id="attachment_19275" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Courtney Perry[/caption] After reeling off the many accomplishments of 1961 Furman University graduate (master’s) and former Furman faculty member (1960-62) Phyllis Tickle, author Jack Levison shares a remembrance on a...
Continue ReadingTenor Kyle Jones keeps many plates spinning
[caption id="attachment_19267" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Peter Hemmer[/caption] As director of music and worship arts and organist for Eastminster Presbyterian Church (Indialantic, Fla.), lyric tenor and 2001 Furman graduate Kyle Jones has a full plate....
Continue ReadingEducational partnership helps open doors
The Greenville region is blessed with an abundance of educational institutions offering a broad array of opportunities, and Greenville Technical College and Furman have enjoyed a longstanding partnership that is a model for collaboration and...
Continue ReadingCarnegie Hall … now what?
[caption id="attachment_19096" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Melissa Rollins[/caption] Few 9th graders make it to one of the pinnacles of the music world. But Florence, S.C. musician Gabe Smallwood had his debut at Carnegie Hall after...
Continue ReadingBryce Norton ’93 takes the helm at Miracle Hill Ministries
Effective Oct. 19 this year, 1993 Furman University graduate Bryce Norton will step in as president of Miracle Hill Ministries. The St. Petersburg, Fla. native will head up Miracle Hill’s nine facilities and its transitional...
Continue ReadingPaul Thomas opines about school choice
Furman education professor Paul Thomas says Charleston and New Orleans share “complicated profiles” in terms of natural disasters and man-made racism and generational poverty. He says like New Orleans, “ ... the lessons of education...
Continue ReadingSiefert breaks down language barriers
On the field and in the locker room, baseball lingo comes easy for Greenville Drive recruits who hail from non-English-speaking countries. But ordering a meal at a restaurant? Shopping? Answering questions from the media? Let’s...
Continue ReadingFurman alums named “Best and Brightest”
Greenville Business Magazine has published its annual list of the “Best & Brightest 35 and Under,” and four Furman graduates are included on the 2015 list. The alumni making this year’s list are Diana Berti...
Continue ReadingSturgeon goes intergenerational
At the ripe old age of 19, Furman sophomore Christina Sturgeon is already “grappling with the idea of getting older.” How does she do it? By not forgetting the past. During her freshman year, the...
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