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PHOTOS: Family Weekend 2021 welcomes hundreds

From the Band Extravaganza to a panel from the Center for Engaged Learning to a peek behind the scenes of Furman's Special Collections & Archives, Furman Family Weekend brought guests inside life at Furman. The schedule...

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Upstate students start petition calling for reform to SC hazing legislation

During National Hazing Prevention Week, Furman University's Savannah Hobbie, a senior communication studies and politics and international affairs major, was interviewed about a petition she launched to urge South Carolina lawmakers to take a tougher...

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Furman plays role in $5 million NOAA grant, spurs climate resilience

Hurricanes don’t discriminate where they hit. It’s in the aftermath of violent storms, heat waves and intense rain events where climate inequity shows up. For example, if you own a home on the coast, chances...

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New book tackles what people get wrong about food deserts in Southernside, West Greenville

[caption id="attachment_52348" align="alignright" width="200"] Kolb's book is due out in December.[/caption] Ken Kolb, professor and chair of the sociology department at Furman University, is set to publish his second book, "Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food...

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Courtney Clarke ’17 finds dual calling in veterans affairs and children in need

[caption id="attachment_52385" align="alignleft" width="350"] Courtney Clarke '17[/caption] On the surface, her pharmacy career and volunteer work seem unconnected. But for Courtney Clarke ’17, life is about seeing needs and stepping up. In both the veteran...

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Hope for the lost souls of liberalism

Barton Swaim, an editorial page writer for The Wall Street Journal, paid a visit to Furman University where he spoke with Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey, professors of politics and international affairs, about their...

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There’s an app for that

You’re running late for class and wondering if you can catch the next shuttle. Or maybe you need to check PAC hours to plan a workout. Before this academic year, chances are you had to...

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Thompson Gallery exhibitions 2021-22

Furman University’s Department of Art has announced exhibitions for 2021-22. The exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public and take place in the Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building. Thompson Gallery...

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Kimberly Witherspoon named a Bond Buyer 2021 Rising Star

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd has announced that Kimberly Witherspoon '06, a public finance attorney, has been named to The Bond Buyer’s 2021 Rising Stars list. The news was picked up by UpstateBizSC. The Bond Buyer Rising...

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Greenville’s Best and Brightest 35 and Under

Celebrating "rising stars" in the business community, Greenville Business Magazine has published its annual Best & Brightest 35 and Under issue. Now in its 27th year of the special issue, the magazine again includes a...

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New Millennium Fellows tackle United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Nine Furman University students have been selected for the Millennium Fellowship, a program of the United Nations Academic Impact and Millennium Campus Network. Launched in 2018, the Millennium Fellowship convenes, challenges and celebrates undergraduate student leadership...

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And the winners are … two Furman students

In Charleston, South Carolina, an artisan weaves blades of dried sweetgrass into a beautiful basket, discussing the craft that enslaved people from West Africa brought to the Lowcountry plantations and that the Gullah community preserved...

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