FURMAN IN THE NEWS
More praise for Furman’s beauty
Furman is listed among the “30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the South,” according to an article on “The Best Colleges” website. The university was ranked No. 4 on the list, which featured schools that...
Continue ReadingFifty years after
Fifty years ago, on February 2, 1965, Joseph Allen Vaughn took his seat in a classroom at Furman University. In the process, he became the first African-American undergraduate to attend the university. His enrollment changed...
Continue ReadingJessica Taylor beats the clock on MSNBC
Jessica Taylor, a 2007 Furman graduate who serves as campaign editor for The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., recently appeared on MSNBC’s Up Against the Clock “Tournament of Champions.” Taylor demonstrated her knowledge of national...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute’s DLI draws praise
[caption id="attachment_16006" align="alignright" width="230"] Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com[/caption] Dot Scott, president of the Charleston Branch NAACP, wrote an op-ed for The Post and Courier questioning the Charleston County School Board’s decision to not extend an...
Continue ReadingLt. Gen. Mulholland takes CIA post
Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland, Jr., a 1978 Furman graduate, has been named associate director for military affairs at the CIA. He was previously deputy commander of U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force...
Continue ReadingAmplifying voices of the homeless
A homeless entrepreneur in Greenville has teamed up with local writers, Furman students, designers and advisers to develop Bellows Magazine, a street paper that amplifies the voices of the homeless. According to an op-ed in...
Continue ReadingEnsuring the well-being of all students
Although opinions will continue to differ on same-sex marriage, it seems probable that animosity toward gays and lesbians will decrease as the visibility of their unions increases. But according to an op-ed in The State...
Continue Reading‘Forgive me your final grade’
After more than three decades of teaching, Furman education professor Paul Thomas still doesn’t enjoy the task of assigning his students a final grade. Now that the fall term is coming to an end at...
Continue ReadingAward-winning leap into the wild
For years, Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been a lightning rod for controversy, pitting environmentalists against proponents of drilling for oil. Is the refuge a barren wasteland or a fragile ecosystem? Joni Tevis wanted...
Continue ReadingProviding commentary on midterm elections
When South Carolina ETV provided live, election night coverage during the 2014 midterms, Furman political science professor Brent Nelsen and two Furman students, Courtney Thomas and Andrew Smith, monitored social media channels and provided commentary...
Continue ReadingWeighing the costs of ‘improvement’
The city of Greenville is growing, and growing in ways that are heralded as beneficial—change for the better some say. But one question too often ignored, or perhaps simply not thought of at all, is...
Continue ReadingThe dreams you dare to dream
When singer and Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth appeared on NBC’s TODAY SHOW to promote her first live album and performed the classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” she was accompanied on piano by Furman graduate Mary-Mitchell...
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