business-and-accounting

Morganton native Terra Greene named Lexington, N.C. city manager

Terra Greene, a 1990 Furman University business administration alumna, has been named city manager of the City of Lexington, North Carolina. The former Morganton, North Carolina resident is the first woman to hold the position...

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Furman basketball’s Andrew Brown takes nothing for granted

Andrew Brown's return to the court Nov. 6 after surgery-gone-bad was anything but "routine." Manie Robinson of The Greenville News spoke to the senior guard following the Paladins' season-opening 102-48 victory against Bob Jones. A...

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Athletes use discipline, competitive spirit to their advantage

Does success in competitive sports translate to success in the business world? Traits like determination, discipline, competitive spirit and adaptability don't go by the wayside when athletes enter new careers, says Sara Pearce in a...

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Hosting opportunities

Wall Street may not visit the Upstate in search of employees. So Furman made a way for those potential employees to drop in on Wall Street. The university’s new Paladin Career Treks Program gives students...

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Furman offers new Master of Arts in Strategic Design

Furman University has announced that it will offer a Master of Arts in Strategic Design (MA-SDG) through a collaboration with the Miami Ad School @ Portfolio Center in Atlanta. Furman is currently accepting applications for...

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College students and credit cards

Furman Business Professor Tom Smythe talks about the pros and cons of college students having a credit card in their own name in a Q & A for Wallet Hub.

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Professor Tom Smythe kicks off High Noon lecture series Oct. 10

The escalating trade war between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, shows no signs of ending any time soon. How do such disputes affect the economic prosperity of America and the...

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Four Furman graduates among Greenville’s ‘Best & Brightest 35 and Under’

On Sept. 25 at the Greenville ONE Center, Greenville Business Magazine honored 37 outstanding young professionals in a ceremony presented by Furman University and sponsored by Countybank. Among “The Best & Brightest 35 and Under,”...

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A summer peppered with experience

For years, members of the Furman women’s golf team have dreamed of walking in the footsteps of former LPGA star and current television golf analyst Dottie Pepper ’87. But nobody has done it quite so...

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The EU is OK

In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman professors Brent Nelsen (politics and international affairs) and Tom Smythe (business and accounting) write that if anyone should appreciate the economic contributions of the European Union, it...

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A closer look at the economy

At the start of 2018, Furman Business and Accounting Professor Thomas Smythe spoke with GSA Business about what the economy would hold in 2018. The publication checked back with him in July for a mid-year...

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Walking the balance transfer tightrope

Jonathan Handy, an assistant professor of business and accounting at Furman, speaks with WalletHub about balance transfer credit cards and how to avoid the mistakes that can happen when using them.

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