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Rising stars at Furman
Musicians Emilio Alverson and Madison Allen, who will join Furman’s freshman class in the fall, have successfully auditioned for the International Picolo Spoleto Rising Stars competition. Allen plans to double major in Music Performance and...
Continue ReadingA journey that includes Furman
Dr. Angela L. Walker Franklin, a 1981 Furman graduate who serves as president and CEO of Des Moines University, has written a book, An Unconventional Journey... An Unlikely Choice. In the book, Franklin provides leadership...
Continue ReadingBusiness at the top of the world
New York businesses beckoned—and 21 Furman students and two professors headed to the economic hub of the United States. About 60 percent of the students participating in Furman’s Business at the Top of World class...
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 ReadingHarrison named graduate student of the year
Furman alumnus Tyler Harrison ’10 has been selected as the Graduate Student of the Year at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Harrison, a Columbia native who received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Furman, will...
Continue ReadingBuilding a foundation with GoldieBlox
Kjersti Kleine ’17 was sure she knew what a leader was, and that person wasn’t her. Or so the Cary, N.C., native thought before getting involved as a freshman with Furman’s Shucker Institute for Leadership...
Continue ReadingFurman holds 2015 spring commencement
Furman awarded 649 undergraduate and master’s degrees and presented its top academic honors during graduation exercises Saturday evening. The weather cooperated perfectly as approximately 7,100 people attended the commencement activities in Paladin Stadium. Harold C....
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 ReadingPsychology Club lends a hand at Project Host
Furman University’s Psychology Club participated in the Lib Nanney Service Project this past Sunday. They cooked and served lunch at The Project Host Soup Kitchen. The service project, held for the first time this year, will...
Continue ReadingAlways the teacher
When their curious young son went “missing,” the Charles Brewer's parents always knew where to look. He might be playing ball with some of the neighborhood kids. But more than likely, the four-year-old was attending...
Continue ReadingDr. James McGaugh discusses the keys to memory
Dr. James L. McGaugh, a Research Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior in the School of Biological Sciences and Fellow at the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine,...
Continue ReadingA perfect memory
He had only stopped for a cup of coffee. But sitting alone in a booth at Mrs. Winner’s Chicken and Biscuits in Nashville was a young boy clutching a radio held together with three strips...
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