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MayX Snapshot: A deep dive into swimming – and culture, psychology and literature

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: Why We Swim INSTRUCTOR: Melinda Menzer, professor of English OBJECTIVE: Explore...

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‘Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment’

Joe Moran, a professor of English at Liverpool Johns Moores University, pens a review of "Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment," a book by Furman University professors Benjamin Storey and Jenna...

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A better world for those often left behind

One of three openly LGBTQ Black female state senators in the country, Kim Jackson ’06 is also the first openly lesbian priest of color to be ordained in the episcopal diocese of Atlanta. Read the spring issue of Furman...

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MayX Snapshot: The truth behind true crime

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: True Crime Writing: Why and How? INSTRUCTOR: Margaret Oakes, professor of...

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College students urged change after George Floyd’s murder. Here’s what SC universities did

Conversations about diversity, inclusion and racial inequity at Furman University were gaining traction on campus before the 2020 murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. But Floyd's murder brought new urgency to the dialogue...

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‘Miss Nancy’s Store’

Before "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and "Sesame Street" there was a little show known as "Miss Nancy's Store," a production of WFSU Public Media. Short-lived, but nevertheless popular in the 1960s among children in the viewing...

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Furman University Board of Trustees Approves Faculty Promotion and Tenure

During its spring meeting on May 20, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved the promotions and/or tenure for a number of faculty members. Eight members of the faculty were promoted to the rank of...

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$800,000 grant from Lilly Endowment to Mere Christianity Forum aims to reshape church participation among younger adults

The single greatest age group participation gap in churches across the United States is among college age students and young adults, says Rev. Rimes McElveen, Executive Director of Mere Christianity Forum, part of the Religious...

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Eight Stories High

Long before Pearlie Harris M ’83 appeared on a mural high above downtown Greenville, she was a giant in education. Read more about her life growing up in the segregated South, her impact as an...

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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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