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Hispanic entrepreneur Dina Estrada credits success to family, community and SCORE

Just a few years after graduating Furman University, Dina Estrada '18 is a business owner. Estrada, a communication studies and Asian studies graduate, credits her connections with family and community for paving the way for...

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West Greenville is no longer a majority Black neighborhood

Ken Kolb, Furman University associate professor of sociology and chair of the department, studies housing trends in the university's hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. At a City Council meeting where he cited data from the...

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Commencement Poem by Zachary Hughes ’20

Student Commencement Poem Furman University Zachary Hughes ’20 May 15, 2021   Generation Clarified Picture yourself at 90 The skin on your hands, once taut and elastic Has gone loose and papery. You take minutes...

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Students, faculty honored at 2020 and 2021 commencement ceremonies

Student and faculty awards and honors were handed out at the commencement ceremonies for the class of 2021 on Saturday, May 8, and for the class of 2020 on Saturday, May 15. The Donaldson-Watkins and...

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‘You flipped the script’: Class of 2020 welcomed home for overdue Commencement celebration

View a gallery of photos from Commencement Read commencement address by Deb Richardson-Moore Read student address by Emily Rose Zeytoonjian ’20 Read commencement poem by Zachary Hughes ’20 2020 honors graduates 2020 student and faculty...

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Commencement address by the Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore

Commencement Address, Class of 2020 Furman University The Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore May 15, 2021 When the pandemic closed everything down 14 months ago, I had already announced my retirement as pastor of Triune Mercy Center....

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Commencement student address by Emily Rose Zeytoonjian ’20

Student Commencement Speech Furman University Emily Rose Zeytoonjian ’20 May 15, 2021 Wow, what an honor it is to be standing up here among all of you as a member of the graduating class of...

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Q&A with Courtney Tollison ’99

Furman Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison ’99 serves on the university’s Task Force on Slavery and Justice. Read more about how our landscapes can reveal our community's values in the spring 2021 issue...

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From Ballroom to River Barge

History major Jessie Cochran ’05 applies skills and passion in her nonprofit work across continents. Read more about her years in South Sudan with the United Nations World Food Programme in the spring 2021 issue of...

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A Better World For Those Often Left Behind

Newly elected Georgia Senator Kim Jackson ’06 is seizing her opportunity to bring positive change. Read more about this history major's work on behalf of those in need  in the spring 2021 issue of Furman...

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Trude Heller dies at 98

The Post and Courier wrote about Trude Heller, who died May 11 at age 98. Along with her late husband Max, the Hellers are the namesake of Furman's Heller Service Corps. The Post and Courier...

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Trude Heller passes away at 98

Trude Heller, who, with her late husband Max, are the namesakes of Furman’s Heller Service Corps, died on May 11, 2021, in Greenville, S.C. She was 98. An obituary is available here. Heller was born...

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