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Jasmine Road’s Beth Messick helps women get off the streets

How do you stop the revolving door of homelessness, drug addiction, prostitution and incarceration among women? Beth Cashion Coe Messick '90, a Furman University psychology alumna, may have a solution. She began reaching out to...

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MayX Snapshots

Presenting some highlights from the 2021 May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. The truth behind true crime [caption id="attachment_50936" align="alignleft" width="150"] Podcaster Brad Wills chats during...

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From ballroom to river barge

At first glance, you may not see the connection between organizing a barge shipment on the White Nile River in South Sudan and planning a glitzy fundraiser in Washington, D.C. But the same heart and...

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Why are dreams so weird?

[caption id="attachment_50851" align="alignright" width="350"] Erin Wamsley in Furman Sleep Lab, Department of Psychology.[/caption] In an article appearing in The Boston Globe about why dreams are often wacky, journalist Veronique Greenwood turned to Erin Wamsley for...

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Uproar over statues will prompt ‘assumptions’ about the South

Sarah Worth, professor of philosophy, and Sarah Archino, associate professor of art history, co-authored a letter to the editor in the Greenville News about controversy surrounding the "Wings of the City" statue installation in downtown...

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Award-winning article tells us how to be creative in any field

Sometimes a student appears in Ross McClain’s graphic design class, and he can’t help but ask: Where have you been? [caption id="attachment_50811" align="alignright" width="400"] Ross McClain, chair of the Department of Art.[/caption] Their answer: majoring...

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The world is her court

Kim Bohuny ’84, who majored in health and exercise science at Furman, today oversees the NBA’s international basketball development strategies as senior vice president for International Basketball Operations. Read more in the spring issue of...

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SC veterans and families reflect on those who died as America withdraws from Afghanistan

In a Memorial Day tribute appearing in The Post and Courier, reporter Thomas Novelly reaches out to South Carolina family members who have lost loved ones during America's longest war and reflects on other South...

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A Training Center to Attract the Best

Furman’s golf alumni have stepped forward again – as they have for generations – to position current and future Paladin golfers for victory. Read about the Davis and Faxon Training Facility in the spring issue of Furman...

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MayX Snapshot: Public art goes up against the wall

Each day this week, we’re highlighting a course from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: Art and Community Engagement INSTRUCTOR: Ross McClain, chair of the...

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MayX Snapshot: Making humans central to the process with design thinking

Each day this week, we’re highlighting a course from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: Design Thinking INSTRUCTOR: Angélica Lozano-Alonso, faculty director of the Institute for...

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MayX Snapshot: Through the looking glass with ‘Black Mirror’

Each day this week, we’re highlighting a course from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: Technology and Dystopia of “Black Mirror” INSTRUCTORS: Kevin Treu, professor and...

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