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Colleges take precautions amid new surge
Ahead of the start of spring semester at Furman University, FOX Carolina spoke to Jason Cassidy, associate vice president for student life and dean of students, about COVID-19 booster shots and masking. Based on word...
Continue ReadingMain fountain gets new trees
The trees around Furman’s main fountain, just inside the main entrance, have been removed as part of an ongoing project to replace aging oaks on campus. Previous phases of the project saw replacement of the...
Continue ReadingA year later, what implications the insurrection could have on American politics
On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, FOX Carolina reporter Jarvis Robertson turned to Brent Nelsen for comment. Nelsen, a Furman University professor of politics and international affairs, said the...
Continue ReadingFurman’s David E. Shi honored for lifetime achievement in higher ed
David E. Shi '73, former Furman University president, received the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. It's an honor recognizing individuals with at least 10 years of...
Continue ReadingRichard Cullen to become Youngkin’s counselor
The Commonwealth of Virginia's governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has selected former Virginia Attorney General Richard Cullen as counselor to the governor. On Jan. 14, Cullen, a 1971 Furman University graduate and former member of the Furman...
Continue Reading2021: The Year in Review
This past year, the Furman community showed its resilience and care for one another amid the second year of the pandemic. It was a year of putting our values into action, enacting community and striving...
Continue ReadingGreenville women lack support to fight ‘pressure’ of traditional gender roles
In The Greenville News, Furman University's Sarah Adeyinka-Skold, an assistant professor of sociology, weighs in on the subject of gender roles in traditional American households. She told journalist Krys Merryman that while the population of...
Continue ReadingSen. Tim Scott’s pro-Trump fundraising letter raises question of who it’s meant for
A fundraising letter from the Sen. Tim Scott campaign in the last few months has left voting rights advocates and academics scratching their heads over the piece's intended audience. Furman University's Teresa Cosby and Danielle...
Continue ReadingMurr and Harmon named to All-SoCon Faculty & Staff Team
Furman's Scott Murr and Brad Harmon have been named to the All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team, which was announced Monday, Dec. 20, by the league office. Two representatives each from all 10 member schools...
Continue Reading‘Dins and Dogs’ helps middle schoolers find fun in math
Want to bring math to life for a middle schooler? Stick the worksheets back in a folder and pull out a game board. In a new partnership called Dins and Dogs – a nod to...
Continue ReadingIn Congress, David Trone keeps it personal: Combating the opioid epidemic that killed his nephew
[caption id="attachment_53159" align="alignright" width="266"] U.S. Congressman David Trone.[/caption] For Maryland U.S. Representative David Trone (D-District 6), the nation's opioid crisis hits close to home. In 2016, Trone lost a nephew to an overdose of fentanyl-laced...
Continue ReadingO Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum
The trappings of Christmas – stockings hung by the chimney with care, mistletoe, the crush of holiday shoppers, St. Nick and his doppelgangers, a rainbow of lights, bellringers, too much food, brightly packaged gifts, and...
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