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When Laws are Bad for Business
Last month, North Carolina joined a growing number of state legislatures that have either passed or tried to pass bills that could enable discrimination against members of the gay, lesbians and transgender communities. The reaction...
Continue ReadingTransgender Bathroom Bill Could Be Bad for Business in SC
Experts say a bill filed in the South Carolina Senate that would restrict transgender people's access to restrooms and changing rooms could bring business problems that have plagued other states that have enacted similar legislation. ...
Continue ReadingWall Street Makes Debut on Campus
It’s official. The Joe and Diana Hurley Finance and Business Analytics Lab was unveiled April 1 with a ribbon cutting ceremony outside the sparkling glass entryway of the facility. Transformed from a typical classroom, the...
Continue ReadingFurman unveils Finance and Business Analytics Lab
There’s a reason for the throngs of people staring and snapping photos outside a Hipp Hall classroom these days. In what appears to be a scene from Wall Street, the visitors can’t help but notice...
Continue ReadingStudents explore European politics through Brussels Internship Program
Chelsey Dawson ’17 grew up reading about Europe, but until last fall, she’d never left the United States. After hearing about Furman’s fall study away program in Brussels, Belgium, and the unparalleled opportunities fellow students...
Continue ReadingA summer with the stars
Through the help of Furman’s internship program, junior Caroline Phillips traveled to Los Angeles, California for a summer internship where she brushed shoulders with Hollywood stars Jay Pharoah, Ne-Yo, John Ham, and Ben Affleck. The...
Continue ReadingFaculty playing larger role in student recruiting
Furman faculty play an integral role in student recruiting. They make telephone calls, attend out-of-town receptions and even invite prospective students and parents into their classrooms. This kind of personal attention makes Furman distinctive and...
Continue ReadingCalling out the masters of dysfunction
It’s autumn, and Congress has once again been again displaying its mastery of dysfunction. The legislators spent weeks sparring over who was to blame for the government shutdown and about the debt ceiling so the...
Continue ReadingSmythe interviewed on Fox Carolina
Furman business professor Tom Smythe was interviewed for a news piece on FOX Carolina TV about President Obama’s bus tour to Asheville, N.C., to promote his jobs bill. Smythe said the jobs issue is a...
Continue ReadingProfessor Smythe says be prepared
While there is a growing consensus that America might avert the worst of the “fiscal cliff” at the beginning of 2013, there is still reason to be concerned about the possible expiration of the tax...
Continue ReadingFurman senior Chris Drose named to Forbes “30 Under 30”
When Chris Drose isn’t taking classes and finishing up his senior year at Furman, he enjoys researching companies and trying to determine the true value of their stock prices. It’s not only a talent that...
Continue ReadingDuke Endowment awards grant to Support Student Scholarships
Furman has received a $22.3 million grant from The Duke Endowment to strengthen and support one of the University’s premier merit scholarship programs. The grant includes $22 million for the University’s endowment to augment Furman’s James...
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