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South Carolina hate crime bill

South Carolina, Arkansas and maybe Wyoming, depending on who you ask, are the last holdouts for having a hate crimes law on the books. With bipartisan support, House Bill 3620, also known as the Clementa...

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Students and faculty honored at 2022 Commencement ceremony

Student and faculty awards and honors were handed out at the commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 on Saturday, May 7, by Furman University President Elizabeth Davis, assisted by Vice President for Academic Affairs...

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Commencement address by Cynthia L. Davis ’84

Furman University Commencement Address Cynthia L. Davis ’84 May 7, 2022 Greetings President Davis, Trustees, Furman faculty, staff and administration, honorees, families, friends, and the Furman University Graduating Class of 2022. What a momentous day!...

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Student address by Yunji Rosie Kim ’22

Student Address Furman University Commencement Yunji Rosie Kim ’22 May 7, 2022 What an honor it is to be standing here to represent the Class of 2022. As many of you know, I am an...

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Class of 2022 celebrates with family and community at Commencement

Read the commencement address by Cynthia L. Davis '84 Read the student address by Yunji Rosie Kim '22 2022 student and faculty awards 2022 Senior Spotlights View the archived livestream here By 5 p.m. Saturday,...

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Furman named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review

Furman University has been named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review based on data from its surveys of administrators at about 650 colleges in 2021-2022. The company also factored in data...

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Senior Spotlight 2022

From graduate school to first jobs, find out what these six members of the Class of 2022 are doing after graduation. University Communications would like to offer a special thanks to these students as well...

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Furman student taps into childhood passion to add color to campus

Clothes, linens, toiletries, and your favorite pillow are among the things you're likely to bring to campus on move-in day. For Isaiah Ives '23, a history major from Boston, the packing list also included his...

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The Spring 2022 magazine is here

In the Spring 2022 issue of Furman magazine, read about the future of work, how the Furman family remembered Rev. Pitts, a new way to make an impact through FurmanWIN, and the hallmarks of leadership...

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Here is a hard historical truth: Slavery powerfully shaped Harvard

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a 1992 Furman University history alumna, and Lawrence S. Bacow, president of Harvard University, write an opinion piece for The Washington Post about a report released April 26 concerning Harvard's ties to slavery...

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Alumnus examines race and the Supreme Court in ‘Justice Deferred’

Orville Vernon Burton ’69, the Judge Matthew J. Perry Distinguished Chair of History and a professor of sociology, anthropology, computer science and pan-African studies at Clemson University, said that – despite his considerable scholarly achievements,...

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Cindy Davis ’84 set to deliver Commencement address

Cindy Davis ’84, former vice president of Nike Inc. and former president of Nike Golf, will address Furman’s Class of 2022 during the Commencement ceremony May 7 at Paladin Stadium. Before joining Nike, Davis, who...

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