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Furman 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...
Continue ReadingMemorials and Remembering the Past
In an essay for Time magazine, Furman graduate Claire Greenstein reflects about whether constructing memorials for tragic events is a positive and significant step toward remembrance. She writes: “Remembering can be controversial. For the past 13 years,...
Continue ReadingMeet the 2014-15 Furman Fellows
[caption id="attachment_13923" align="alignright" width="558"] This year's Furman Fellows are (from left to right) Emily Vontsolos, Cassie Chee, Kris Hajny, Orlin Sergev and Luke Christie.[/caption] Furman Fellows Class of 2015 Cassie Chee is a Spanish and...
Continue ReadingRichardson named Emerging Teacher of the Year
Once a year, Spanish teacher Jessica Richardson ’12 rolls out the red carpet for her students, literally. After viewing the latest couture from Spain on fashion channel Solo Moda, Richardson and her students rearrange their...
Continue ReadingMaking an impact despite the odds
University chaplain Vaughn CroweTipton couldn’t send just anybody to Haiti. In fact, he couldn’t send anybody period, which presented a particularly vexing challenge in Furman’s quest to fulfill former president Rod Smolla’s pledge to help...
Continue ReadingFurman Board of Trustees meets Saturday
During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 14 faculty members and heard that six new members will join the board this summer. The trustees also granted emeritus status...
Continue ReadingA cultural exchange
Zach Burnett, a Furman University senior from Frankfort, Ky., has been awarded an assistantship to teach English and American culture in primary and secondary schools in the Aix-Marseille region of France. The Teaching Assistant Program...
Continue ReadingWroblewski awarded State Department scholarship
Karlee Wroblewski, a Furman University sophomore from Somerset, Wis., has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the U.S. Department of State to undergo intensive study of the Chinese language. Wroblewski, who will spend...
Continue ReadingFurman seniors receive Fulbrights to teach in Germany
Two Furman University seniors will spend the 2014-15 academic year teaching in Germany after receiving English Teaching Assistantships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright recipients, who will begin their teaching assignments in Germany...
Continue ReadingWroblewski ’16 receives State Department scholarship
Karlee Wroblewski, a Furman University sophomore from Somerset, Wis., has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the U.S. Department of State to undergo intensive study of the Chinese language. Wroblewski, who will spend eight...
Continue ReadingExperience East Asia
When Kelsey Orr decided to come to Furman, she knew she’d meet some interesting people along the way. Furman set the bar high before classes even started. Orr was one of 11 incoming students who...
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