FURMAN IN THE NEWS

Annapolis Group study shows high satisfaction among liberal arts graduates

NOVEMBER 16, 2011 by Vince Moore, Media Relations Director A new national study commissioned by the Annapolis Group, a consortium of America’s leading liberal arts colleges, has found that graduates of residential liberal arts colleges...

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A beautiful discussion

The Morning News team at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C., got into an interesting debate about the most beautiful college campuses in America. Several folks at the station nominated their alma maters, including executive producer Scott...

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Alum Stephen O’Day joins Southern Environmental Law Center

The Southern Environmental Law Center has announced that Stephen O’Day, a 1976 Furman graduate, has been named chairman of the organization’s Board of Trustees. O’Day, who majored in political science at Furman and earned his...

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10 things to know about the Paladins

The Furman football team is traveling to Gainesville this weekend to take on the Florida Gators. It will be the ninth overall meeting between the schools and the first since 1990. The Gators have won...

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Furman students at APEC

Four Furman students and two professors are currently in Hawaii for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. As part of their duties at the conference, the students attended a meeting of the APEC Forum Finance...

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Reb and his dog, Lilly, featured on SCETV

Furman sophomore Reb Boyd has a dog named Lilly. But Lilly is no ordinary dog, and she goes everywhere he goes. Reb has type 1 diabetes, and Lilly is trained to detect if his blood...

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Spotlight on Chris Forcier

Furman quarterback Chris Forcier is the subject of an Associated Press story about how he has rediscovered his game while playing for the Paladins. The UCLA transfer has persevered through a shoulder injury, a coaching...

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President Smolla keynote speaker at conference on First Amendment

Furman president Rod Smolla is delivering the keynote address this month at a University of Minnesota conference focusing on the First Amendment. The week-long event, “They All Began Here: Minnesota’s Landmark Supreme Court Cases Then...

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Furman alum Matthew Lassiter writes op-ed for New York Times

Matthew Lassiter, a 1992 Furman graduate who teaches history at the University of Michigan, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times about America’s “great silent majority.” Lassiter graduated from Furman with a degree in...

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Alumnus Lassiter writes New York Times op-ed

Matthew Lassiter, a 1992 Furman graduate who teaches history at the University of Michigan, wrote an op-ed for The New York Times about America’s “great silent majority.” Lassiter graduated from Furman with a degree in...

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Associated Press reports on Duke Endowment grant

The Associated Press reported the news of the $2 million grant that Furman received from The Duke Endowment. The grant will be used to expand the university’s fine arts program and strengthen its ties to...

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Paladins enter FCS playoff picture

After this weekend’s football games, the Sports Network examined the FCS playoff picture, which now includes the Paladins. “Following Saturday's 20-10 upset of No. 3 Appalachian State—which built on wins over then-No. 5 Wofford on...

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