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Myanmar, Interrupted
Last week, officials announced that Myanmar is slated to go to the ballot box on Nov. 8 for what will be the country’s first open general election in 25 years. Understanding the election’s political stakes...
Continue ReadingBridging language barriers to healthcare
She met her new friends for the first time on the sixth floor of Greenville Memorial Hospital. And when they saw some of the first pictures of their newest family member, McKenna Luzynski ’18...
Continue ReadingMaking the spring term Dean’s List
Among the more prestigious honors that Furman students can earn during their time at the university is being named to the Dean's List. Those making the grade for the 2015 spring term represent 40 states, the District...
Continue ReadingRay, Sweezey honored by staff
[caption id="attachment_17957" align="alignright" width="300"]President Elizabeth Davis honors Emily Sweezey (left) and Linda Ray (right) during an April 17 ceremony. [/caption] Ray, an administrative assistant in Modern Languages and Literatures, has worked at Furman for 35...
Continue ReadingFulbright grants awarded to four Furman students
Four Furman University students have been awarded English Teaching Assistantships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright recipients, who will begin their teaching assignments this fall, are Natalia Arenas (Simpsonville, S.C.); Bryan Betts (Tega...
Continue ReadingUniversity welcomes newest members of Phi Beta Kappa
Forty-nine Furman students have been elected to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. The newest members were inducted during a special initiation ceremony and dinner on...
Continue ReadingFurman on film
When Kayla Cartee ’17 needs to unwind, she takes a break and watches some of her Netflix favorites, Scandal and Parks and Recreation. For members of the Furman University women’s soccer team, the key to...
Continue ReadingFilm festival explores the realities of China’s environmental crisis
High on a hillside in southwest China, a handful of elderly residents cry out, pleading for the protection of the mountains, trees, and streams around them. For many generations, protecting their environment has been a...
Continue ReadingTensley named Henry Luce Scholar
Furman alumnus Brandon Tensley ’12 is one of 18 young adults from across the nation selected as a 2015-2016 Henry Luce Scholar. The Luce Scholars Program is a prestigious fellowship program launched by the Henry...
Continue ReadingA new wall in Germany
Brandon Tensley, a 2012 Furman graduate, has published an op-ed in Time magazine that looks at Germany 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tensley writes that even though the Berlin Wall no...
Continue ReadingFurman Standard honors ten
[caption id="attachment_15126" align="alignright" width="300"] Top left and continuing clockwise, George (left) and Fran Ligler (right) honored Carl Kohrt, who is photographed with his wife Lynne, and Charles Brewer. Brewer was also honored by Genie Gullick....
Continue ReadingFurman hosts foreign language conference this weekend
Nearly 200 college professors and other educators and scholars will converge on the Furman campus when the university hosts the 64th annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference Oct. 16-18. The MIFLC is an annual forum...
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