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Cherokee land acknowledgment gets TV attention

WSPA 7 News came to campus to interview Wyatt Ware '23, president of the Native American and Indigenous Peoples Association, and Helen Lee Turner, the Reuben B. Pitts Professor of Religion, about Furman's land acknowledgment...

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Furman student, cancer survivor, running across country to raise money for cancer research

Furman student Sydney Beason '22 is going the extra mile for cancer research. This summer, she will set out on a cross-country run, from Baltimore to San Francisco, hoping to make an impact every step...

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Stanford Jennings ’84 mentioned in GVL Today

Amid the media frenzy swirling around Super Bowl LVI, the folks at GVL Today give a shout out to former Furman University Paladin running back and board member emeritus Stanford Jennings '84. The editors there...

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The ‘kind of amazing’ Stanford Jennings Bengals’ Super Bowl backstory

"Who Dey," the "Ickey Shuffle," the birth of a daughter, a 93-yard kickoff return. There are many reasons to remember the Cincinnati Bengals and their 1988 season. But for Furman University board member emeritus and...

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On her daughter’s birthday, mother urges SC lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana

Cathy Stevens, a parent advocate for her daughter Halle, writes an opinion letter in The State. In it, she urges lawmakers to pass the South Carolina Compassionate Care Act (S.150), which legalizes the controlled use...

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Will this Super Bowl bring another ‘oh, my’ moment?

Billy Joel sang the national anthem. A 30-second commercial cost $675,000. And an Elvis impersonator split the halftime show with a group of dancers from South Florida who performed something called “Be Bop Bamboozled.” It...

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Furman presents land acknowledgment to Cherokee Nation

Furman University formally acknowledged that the campus occupies land that once belonged to the Cherokee and other Indigenous people when a contingent from the university presented a framed land acknowledgment to the Eastern Band of...

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Upstate Beat: Furman Jazz professor Matt Olson recruits an all-star band for new album, ‘Open Spaces’

Furman University's Matt Olson, professor of saxophone and director of jazz studies, spoke to Vincent Harris of Greenville Journal about his new project "Open Spaces." The album includes original works by Olson, visiting lecturer and...

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GALLERY: Holocaust Remembrance

The Heller Service Corps hosted a Holocaust Remembrance Cultural Life Program in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27. During the event, which drew about 140 students, Furman Chaplain Vaughn CroweTipton presented a 15-minute...

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It’s personal: Tim Wardle honored with 2021 Jim Smart Award

At Furman, you often hear about the small classes that spur lively discussions and lead to close relationships between faculty and students. And part of that dynamic is the potential impact one faculty member can...

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Furman professor’s book debates ‘food desert’ concept in Greenville and beyond

[caption id="attachment_52348" align="alignright" width="200"] Kolb's book is published by University of California Press.[/caption] In his new book, "Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate," Ken Kolb seeks to upend long-held beliefs about the availability of...

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Education as a bridge to the future

In a piece she contributed to Greenville Business Magazine, Elizabeth Davis, president of Furman University, lays out what it takes to ensure the Upstate region "continues to grow and progress in ways that are robust...

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