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Student-organized Shamrock Run rallies support for abuse prevention

Nearly 100 members of the Zeta Pi Chapter of Furman’s Kappa Delta sorority recently came together to raise more than $16,000 for Greenville’s Julie Valentine Center and Prevent Child Abuse America. While the sorority has...

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Tracking down the heroes

Furman graduate Ted Haddock and his wife, Kellie, were featured on NBC’s Today Show on Thanksgiving morning. The piece was about Kellie’s “Thank You Project,” a mission to track down and thank all of the...

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Art by Clemson professor Thum on display

Drawings and paintings by Kathleen Thum, Assistant Professor of Art at Clemson University, will be on display Nov. 10-Dec. 12 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9...

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Concert celebrates 10th anniversary of Hartness Organ

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Furman University’s installation and dedication of the Hartness Organ (C.B. Fisk, Opus 121), Furman will present a recital Monday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Charles E. Daniel Memorial...

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Furman Theatre to present “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball”

Furman University Theatre will present Rebecca Gilman’s “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball” Nov. 12-15 and 19-22 at 8 p.m., with a matinee performance Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Playhouse on campus. Rising...

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Royal Shakespeare Company coming to Furman via Blu-ray

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman is partnering with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in England to present encore screenings of five of Shakespeare’s plays that were produced this season at the RSC Theatre...

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Art by Furman alum Gieseking on display

Works by 2009 Furman alumna Rebecca Gieseking will be on display Oct. 6-25 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9...

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A golden opportunity

“Go west, young man” is a quaint idea associated with the outdated concept of manifest destiny, but the basic message was the same when Furman art history professor Marie Watkins spoke to Mary Elizabeth Morse...

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Art by Noelle Allen

Works by Noelle Allen, Associate Professor of Art at Dominican University (Chicago), will be on display Aug. 25-Sept. 27 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman University campus. Thompson Gallery hours...

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Brodeur’s work on display

Works by Furman University Associate Professor of Art Michael Brodeur will be featured in an exhibition at the Pickens County Museum of Art and History June 28 through Aug. 14. An opening reception with Brodeur...

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Learning to “run with it”

The only complaint Furman art department chair Ross McClain has with his excellent students is that they’re such excellent students. “They’ve been taking tests and they’ve been jumping those hurdles, and they finally get here...

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Indie filmmakers screen “Cinema Purgatorio” April 24

1992 Furman theater graduate and filmmaker Chris White and his spouse Emily Reach White will present a preview of their film, “Cinema Purgatorio,” Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Furman Hall 229 on campus. Sponsored...

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