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...
Continue ReadingFurman 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...
Continue ReadingAthletes 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...
Continue ReadingHosting 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...
Continue ReadingFurman 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...
Continue ReadingCollege 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.
Continue ReadingProfessor 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...
Continue ReadingFour 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,”...
Continue ReadingA 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingA 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...
Continue ReadingWalking 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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