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PHOTO GALLERY: The 2021-22 academic year opens with inspiration and new friends
Welcome back, students! The new academic year began with Opening Convocation at McAlister Auditorium and a lunch on the mall, an orientation carnival to welcome our 667 first-year students and 20 transfer students, and on Tuesday, the...
Continue ReadingWomen’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies major offers insight into ‘a gendered world’
On Aug. 26, 1971, Women’s Equality Day was celebrated for the first time to commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment and women’s suffrage in 1920. Fifty years later, Furman’s Women’s, Gender...
Continue ReadingMore than 85% of Furman University students fully vaccinated as semester begins
The Post and Courier covered move-in day for the class of 2025 at Furman University where the vaccination rate as of Aug. 16 was 86% among students, greater than 90% for faculty, and north of...
Continue ReadingTim Hanks named Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Furman University’s Tim Hanks, chair and professor of the Department of Chemistry, has been named a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Hanks and 2020 ACS Fellow George Shields, professor of chemistry, will be...
Continue ReadingPresident who? People remember president names more than faces
More than 65 percent of respondents to a survey thought that Alexander Hamilton was a president of the United States, despite a blockbuster Broadway musical that explained otherwise. The finding was part of a study...
Continue ReadingConvocation launches a school year of dedication, discovery and determination
Ready to “underscore the purpose and expectations of academic life at our university, and to honor those among us whose achievements inspire us,” Furman President Elizabeth Davis launched the 2021-2022 academic year with the Opening...
Continue ReadingFurman’s Women’s Leadership Institute empowers women to flourish
Furman's Women's Leadership Institute receives a glowing review from Upstate Business Journal in an article by Jay King. The leadership series, which took place virtually in seven weeks spanning April to June, covered modules from...
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Welcome, students!
Students moved in this week, surrounded by family, friends and Orientation Team members, in preparation for the beginning of the school year on Tuesday. About 850 students arrived early or were here for Summer Session 2,...
Continue ReadingHow former golfer Carly Burkhardt overcame tragedy to become a nurse
With all the time Furman University alumna Carly Burkhardt spent in the hospital while being treated for a rare blood disease, she often questioned whether she'd follow her mother's footsteps into the nursing profession. But...
Continue Reading‘How did we get here?’: StraightTalk series examines structural racism
Each year since 2011, The Riley Institute and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman – joined recently by South Carolina ETV – have collaborated to present a public discussion of timely issues for the...
Continue Reading$1 million gift will fuel football program’s growth under Clay Hendrix
Just weeks before Furman kicks off its 2021 season, an anonymous donor has made a $1 million gift to the football program. It is the third $1 million gift made to the football program since...
Continue ReadingAn ‘Our Town’ for our time, staged in the New England community that inspired it
Lighting and sound designer, Kevin Frazier '07, a Furman University theatre arts graduate, snags a mention in The Washington Post for his work in the Peterborough Players' (New Hampshire) production of "Our Town." The play,...
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