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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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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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