FURMAN IN THE NEWS
It’s never too late to get degree
Bob Anderson had built a 15-year career in IT support as a contractor for Ford Motor Company, but what he really wanted to do was teach science. So he turned to Greenville Technical College, where...
Continue ReadingMarks of leadership
Elizabeth Davis has been cracking gender ceilings for a long time, so recognition as Furman’s first female president doesn’t really resonate with her. “I understand the significance, but I don’t think in terms of ‘first...
Continue ReadingFurman’s football pioneer
When Furman first sought to integrate its football team in 1969, it found what appeared to be an extraordinary candidate directly outside its gates. Rodney Acker earned the highest score among African-American students in Greenville...
Continue ReadingTaylor joins NPR political blog
National Public Radio announced recently that Jessica Taylor, a 2007 Furman graduate, will come on board to bolster its new political blog. Taylor, who joined The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., as a campaign editor...
Continue ReadingA survivor of Rwanda
At the start of April each year, Jonathan Kubakundimana gets a familiar feeling of sadness in the pit of his stomach. The feeling has descended on the 21-year-old Furman student and Rwanda native each year...
Continue ReadingReaching out to grandmothers
When Furman student Christina Sturgeon met Ginny Simmons in an elevator at The Woodlands, a nearby retirement community, you could say it was a grandmother-granddaughter connection at first sight. That was the start of their...
Continue ReadingIt’s one game he doesn’t mind sitting out
Three years had passed, and Jake Kinsley had forgotten all about participating in a bone marrow drive during his freshman year at Furman. He had submitted his information to “Be The Match,” a national marrow...
Continue ReadingA new vision for Furman
In its 189 year history, Furman has had just a dozen individuals who have headed the university as president. And in March, Dr. Elizabeth Davis was formally inaugurated as Furman's 12th President, taking her place...
Continue ReadingAmerica must understand Iran
More than 30 years ago the leading Iran historian James Bill argued, “America knows astonishingly little about Iran.” Unfortunately, we still have many things wrong. Contrary to conventional assumptions, Iranian foreign policy is not made...
Continue ReadingA reminder of educational failure
South Carolina has contributed significantly to the 30-plus years of education accountability begun under President Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s, including the high-profile court case over school funding detailed in the documentary Corridor of...
Continue ReadingFurman earns “gold” status for sustainability efforts
Furman has earned a STARS Gold Rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in recognition of its sustainability achievements across the campus. The university will celebrate its new “gold”...
Continue ReadingBuilding on a legacy of courage and compassion
What is next for Furman? For almost 190 years, through good times and bad, the university has routinely asked itself that question. As Furman’s newest president, Dr. Elizabeth Davis realizes that question hasn’t lost its...
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