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What will Greenville lose when Tommy’s Country Ham House closes?

When the Greenville News reported on the retirement of Tommy Stevenson '65 and the closing of Tommy's Country Ham House, they spoke with Furman President Elizabeth Davis. "There's no pretense, nothing really to have to...

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Dr. George Lipscomb on virtual education in the age of COVID-19

FOX Carolina taps the expertise of Furman University's George Lipscomb in its "The School Station" segment about how COVID-19 is impacting learning in K-12 education. A professor in the education department at the university, Lipscomb...

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Highlighting Joseph Vaughn

Lillian Brock Flemming '71, '75 (M), '14 (H) reflects on Joseph Vaughn Day at Furman University on Jan. 29. In an interview outside Furman gates, Flemming told FOX Carolina that "we need more Joseph Vaughns."...

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Why SC is wrong to ‘jump on the bandwagon’ of ‘science of reading’ movement

Paul L. Thomas, a Furman University education professor who taught nearly two decades in the South Carolina public school system, writes an opinion piece in The Greenville News about the folly of the state's latest...

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Black History Month 2021

Furman University is celebrating Black History Month in a variety of ways throughout February. Read about the achievements of African American alumni, such as renowned opera singer Sarah Reese ’71, celebrated liturgist Rawn Harbor ’71 and...

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Des Moines University President Angela Franklin ’81 leads historic transformation

Angela Walker Franklin ’81 has been some combination of “only” or “first” so many times in her life she’s lost count – probably because it never mattered much to her either way. “I was the...

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Furman University honored with CASE award

CASE District III has honored Furman University Communications with a silver award in the category of Institutional Relations: President's Reports and Annual Reports, in recognition of the office’s work to support the university’s initiatives. The 2019...

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Let Joseph Vaughn Day shine a light on our values

This morning, President Elizabeth Davis sent the following message to the campus community to celebrate Joseph Vaughn Day. Dear Campus Community, At last week’s presidential inauguration, poet Amanda Gorman reminded us that “there is always...

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Washington has the 6th most coronavirus restrictions

In an article published on Yahoo! News about states with the most COVID-19 restrictions, Seattle-based reporter Charles Woodman cites a report compiled by WalletHub. Leading the pack with the most restrictions is California, with Oklahoma...

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FYD: For your DINformation!

Tomorrow is Joseph Vaughn Day Each year, Furman recognizes Joseph Vaughn ’68, the university’s first Black undergraduate student, on Jan. 29, the date he enrolled here in 1965. This year the university was planning to have a...

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Beckman Scholars Program bolsters undergraduate research

Furman University has once again been named a Beckman Scholars Program awardee, receiving funds for undergraduate students and their faculty mentors to take a deep dive into biology, chemistry, or a combination of the two....

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The right chemistry: Furman undergrad makes a name for herself in computational field

How do you top off an undergraduate career that earned two of the nation’s top awards? If you’re Ariel Gale ’20, who graduated with a degree in chemistry, you spend your last semester, during a...

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