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Mike ’72 and Sondra Hogan pledge gift of $500,000 to men’s golf
Mike Hogan ’72 and his wife, Sondra, have pledged an estate gift of $500,000 to the Furman men’s golf scholarship endowment, bringing the program closer to being fully funded. Hogan, who played from the 1969...
Continue ReadingNew growth: Last major phase of tree replacement begins Nov. 30
Story update, Nov. 10, 2020: The sixth and final phase of replacing aging trees along the front of the Furman University campus will begin Nov. 30, 2020. Crews will remove the 50 to 60-year-old oaks...
Continue ReadingHere’s how Furman is developing into SoCon’s top program
Ahead of Furman Men's Basketball season opener against USC Upstate set for Nov. 28, The Greenville News reported that the Paladins have been picked to finish second in the Southern Conference according to a poll...
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina political scientists: ‘What’s next for American politics?’
In the wake of the 2020 general election, Ion Greenville poses questions to political scientists across the state of South Carolina: "Is there a political solution to the divide we are experiencing in the United...
Continue ReadingAlaskan Brewing owners named Citizens of the Year in Juneau
Brewmasters Marcy (Bradley) Larson '79 and Geoff Larson, co-founders of Alaskan Brewing Company, have been named Citizens of the Year by the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce. The couple established the brewery - the first...
Continue ReadingFurman Innovation, Entrepreneurship gains global recognition
Furman University’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been named an Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, a group of more than 250 universities. Other recipients of the award were...
Continue ReadingGeorgia, North Carolina ‘epicenter of political moment’
As ballots continue to be counted in several states post election, Renee Wunderlich of WYFF News 4 caught up with Furman's Brent Nelsen, a professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at the...
Continue ReadingQwameek Bethea ’21 presented with 2020-21 Rosa Bodkin Award
Qwameek Bethea ’21 began to suspect it wasn’t a normal day at the office when Furman President Elizabeth Davis, Vice President for Student Life Connie Carson and Chief Diversity Officer Michael Jennings just happened to...
Continue ReadingGreenville County has 1000% more Hispanic voters since 2000. But, they’re not yet a political force
Brittany Arsiniega is quoted in a Greenville News article about the rise in the Hispanic population in Greenville County and what that means for future elections. Arsiniega, a Furman University politics and international affairs professor, says...
Continue ReadingDemocrats scramble to wrest control of US Senate
Jaime Harrison, Democratic challenger for the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina, put up a valiant fight against incumbent Lindsey Graham, who now embarks on his fourth term in office. Danielle Vinson, a Furman University...
Continue ReadingLaura Rowley honored with Economic Development Leadership Award from NCEDA
The North Carolina Economic Development Association (NCEDA) announced that Laura Tollini Rowley was honored Oct. 27 with its Emerging Leader of the Year Award. Rowley, a 2008 Furman University biology alumna, is director of life...
Continue ReadingVoter turnout in South Carolina surges on Election Day
Politics reporter Kirk Brown of the Independent Mail says South Carolina's voter-turnout percentage may be among the highest in decades. He turned to Furman's Danielle Vinson, a politics and international affairs professor, to explain why....
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