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Giers wins Newman Civic Fellowship
Gabie Giers ’23, a sustainability science major from Clover, South Carolina, has been named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based organization that helps universities improve community life and educate students for civic...
Continue ReadingThree stories: How engaged learning helps power post-grad success
Engaged learning opportunities – from internships to study away to research, and many other experiences – play a powerful role in helping Furman students identify their strengths, explore their interests and pursue a life of...
Continue ReadingMary Elizabeth Anderson wins SCICU Excellence in Teaching Award
Mary Elizabeth Anderson, associate professor of chemistry, is Furman University’s 2021-2022 SCICU Excellence in Teaching award recipient. Each year, the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) recognizes and celebrates outstanding professors through the Excellence...
Continue ReadingRecycling quandary puzzles Charleston apartments
Apartment dwellers in Charleston aren't provided the same level of recycling service as people who live in single-family homes, leaving residents to take their recycling off site. Some advocacy groups are proposing various solutions to...
Continue ReadingFurman theater lands gig with The Farm Theater
Furman's theatre arts department was once again chosen to work with The Farm Theater in New York City on its College Collaboration Project. Playwright Deneen Reynolds-Knott was awarded a commission to write a play and...
Continue ReadingNCAA Tournament brackets: Strength in numbers
For the past nine years, three Furman University mathematics professors, Liz Bouzarth, John Harris and Kevin Hutson, have built a reputation as national experts on predicting upsets in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. They work...
Continue Reading‘Start small, think big’ and other alumni advice
Student-athletes have a variety of strengths to showcase to employers when they enter the job market, according to a panel of alumni who have been there and leveraged those qualities themselves. The panel of former...
Continue ReadingAs an intern, Jayla Hill ’22 helped free clients from jail
Jayla Hill’s path toward real estate law wound through the Law Office of the Public Defender for DeKalb County, Georgia. Hill ’22, an economics major from Orangeburg, South Carolina, is set on first pursuing a...
Continue ReadingFurman to participate in Greenville Fan Fest
As a host institution of the NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness, Furman will participate in Greenville Fan Fest on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Fan Fest is being organized by VisitGreenvilleSC and the City of Greenville...
Continue ReadingHow will sanctions against Russia affect South Carolinians?
GSA Business Report interviewed Jason Jones, professor of economics at Furman University, about the role of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine. Sanctions against Russia will be felt economically in the United States....
Continue ReadingA letter from Poland: A Chicago native gives a Ukrainian woman shelter while war rages
John Banka, a 1977 Furman University urban studies alumnus who works in Warsaw, has a front-row seat to the scene unfolding in Ukraine and the flood of refugees into Poland the Russia attack has spawned....
Continue ReadingInterview with Dr. Kenneth Kolb, sociology professor and author of ‘Retail Inequality’
[caption id="attachment_52348" align="alignright" width="200"] Kolb's book was released in December 2021.[/caption] Ken Kolb, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Furman University, goes on record about the country's "exclusionary" food economy in an...
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