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Juneteenth 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...

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An 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...

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Should 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...

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Alumna’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...

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Women’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...

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‘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...

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A 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...

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For 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...

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Swan 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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With their survival at stake, the LGBTQ community is converting agony into action

Five years following the massacre at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Brandon Tensley reports on how the shooting has fueled efforts toward education, inclusion and gun control measures. Tenlsey, a 2012 Furman University...

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Betsy King

World Golf Hall of Famer Betsy King, a 1977 Furman University alumna, has built a remarkable reputation both on and off the golf course. In 2007, the two-time U.S. Women's Open champion founded Golf Fore...

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Study finds novel evidence that dreams reflect multiple memories, anticipate future events

New research led by Furman University cognitive neuroscience professor Erin Wamsley has received play in numerous media outlets, including Medical Xpress. Her research, which was published in the journal Sleep, shows that dreams draw from...

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