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‘Law & Order: South Pacific’ for Furman alumnae and Mock Trial students in American Samoa
It was a life-or-death case. Jordan Ryder stood accused of pushing his daughter off a cliff during a hiking trip. When the trial started, nobody knew how it would end. Both sides came prepared to...
Continue ReadingNew perspectives in STEM
Furman has been awarded a new $1 million S-STEM grant for 2020-25. Among other components, the award will provide renewable scholarships for 24 high-merit, high-need students seeking bachelor’s degrees in chemistry, biology, neuroscience or the...
Continue ReadingNew Dins in town for Summer Orientation
Incoming first-year students are getting familiar with their new school. More than 500 members of the class of 2025 divided into seven groups, each of which came to campus for one day to participate in...
Continue ReadingJuneteenth is an opportunity to reflect
President Elizabeth Davis sent the message below to the campus community on Friday, June 18, 2021. Dear Campus Community, The first time I heard about Juneteenth I was a first-year student in college at Baylor...
Continue ReadingAn educator champions ‘the link’
Mary Seawell Metz ’58 has served as a professor, president and trustee at colleges from one coast to another, affording her an appreciation of university life that few enjoy. Among the most critical operations, she...
Continue ReadingShould South Carolina cancel Critical Race Theory?
In an opinion piece for Statehouse Report, Paul L. Thomas unpacks misconceptions about Critical Race Theory and describes how banning the use of the framework in South Carolina schools could undo progress toward racially equitable...
Continue ReadingAlumna’s startup promotes sustainability with refillable containers
Michaela Barnett ’15 has a couple of good reasons for wearing a T-shirt to work. One reason is that the shirt displays the name of her startup company, KnoxFill, a zero-waste household products store. The...
Continue ReadingWomen’s Leadership Institute celebrates this spring’s 58 graduates
On June 1, 2021, Furman’s latest class of the Women’s Leadership Institute celebrated its program graduation. The Women’s Leadership Institute is a leadership training program for both established and developing female leaders. Its curriculum is...
Continue Reading‘No prisoner in this lonely room’
Elizabeth Collins '21 created a public humanities outreach program to bring poetry therapy to cancer patients in the Greenville community. The program, What a Word’s Worth, was offered through Furman and the Cancer Support Community...
Continue ReadingA modern restlessness with Renaissance roots
Like many before her, the senior had come to her professors to talk about her future. She had spent her undergraduate years strengthening her portfolio with internships, study away, Phi Beta Kappa and other impressive...
Continue ReadingFor small private colleges, a mixed year in admissions
While admissions at some smaller colleges are still reeling from the sting of COVID-19, Furman University is reporting it is pleased with the outlook for enrollment this fall. A story in Inside Higher Education reports...
Continue ReadingSwan Lake (but make it not the ballet)
Celebrating the reopening of Furman University to the public, the folks at 6AM City and GVL Today assemble a nice synopsis on how to do Furman. The piece includes links to must-see sights such as...
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