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‘Open Spaces’ has room for mentoring and collaboration
Matt Olson’s fifth jazz record, “Open Spaces,” is also Adib Young’s first. Olson, professor of saxophone and Furman’s director of jazz studies, hadn’t invited a student to play for one of his professional projects before....
Continue ReadingBonds 101: Students participate in live capital finance project
Finance-savvy students might geek out at the prospect of sitting in class learning about debt instruments and how institutions use them for funding large capital expenditures. Others might not be so interested. But likely all...
Continue ReadingFurman to build new residence hall, renovate four others
Editor’s note: Due to the rising cost of materials and issues relating to the availability of subcontractors, the start of construction will be delayed until Spring 2023. The expected completion date of the new hall...
Continue ReadingSupply chain challenges, COVID-19 to blame for empty store shelves
In a WYFF News 4 story, Ken Kolb, Furman University professor and chair of the sociology department, unpacks why grocery store shelves are often sparsely populated. He said any number of factors can contribute to...
Continue ReadingE.M. Skinner organ celebrates 100 years of beautiful music at First Baptist Church of Savannah
Several churches in Savannah, Georgia, boast pipe organs, but only First Baptist Church of Savannah has the oldest organ and the largest with more than 4,000 pipes. To celebrate the centennial anniversary of the E.M....
Continue ReadingColleges 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...
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