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Pontari named interim vice president for academic affairs and provost
Beth Pontari, who has led Furman University’s engaged learning efforts as associate provost since 2017, will serve as interim vice president for academic affairs and provost, beginning July 1, Furman President Elizabeth Davis announced Wednesday....
Continue ReadingFurman Celebrates Award Recipients at the 2022 Bell Tower Ball
Furman University presented a number of major awards at its annual Bell Tower Ball Saturday, Feb. 12. The event, which took place at the Greenville Convention Center, celebrated the accomplishments of members of the Furman community....
Continue ReadingPearlie Harris receives honorary degree
Pearlie Harris earned a master’s degree in education from Furman in 1983, 26 years into a 37-year career as an elementary school teacher. She received her second Furman degree, an honorary Doctor of Humanities, today,...
Continue Reading‘Open Spaces’ has room for mentoring and collaboration
Matt Olson’s fifth jazz record, “Open Spaces,” is also Adib Young’s first. Olson, professor of saxophone and Furman’s director of jazz studies, hadn’t invited a student to play for one of his professional projects before....
Continue ReadingMurr and Harmon named to All-SoCon Faculty & Staff Team
Furman's Scott Murr and Brad Harmon have been named to the All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team, which was announced Monday, Dec. 20, by the league office. Two representatives each from all 10 member schools...
Continue ReadingO Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum
The trappings of Christmas – stockings hung by the chimney with care, mistletoe, the crush of holiday shoppers, St. Nick and his doppelgangers, a rainbow of lights, bellringers, too much food, brightly packaged gifts, and...
Continue ReadingProfessional women are starting to reap benefits of marriage
Lindsay Diehl '22 and Cabot Fowler '23 were trawling for an interesting research project last summer when their economics professor suggested they peruse a national survey of youth. Created by the U.S Bureau of Labor...
Continue ReadingPetal prowess: Oconee bell wildflowers might be one giant organism
Thousands of delicate pink-white wildflowers known as Oconee Bells blanket parts of northwest South Carolina each spring, attracting admirers from near and far. [caption id="attachment_53010" align="alignright" width="197"] Oconee Bells. Courtesy Keith Bradley, South Carolina Department...
Continue Reading“Heirs of the Founders” author to give American History Book Club presentation
In a time when politics seems more polarized than ever, historian and New York Times best-selling author H.W. Brands says there are lessons to be learned from 19th century politicians Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun...
Continue ReadingPHOTOS: Family Weekend 2021 welcomes hundreds
From the Band Extravaganza to a panel from the Center for Engaged Learning to a peek behind the scenes of Furman's Special Collections & Archives, Furman Family Weekend brought guests inside life at Furman. The schedule...
Continue ReadingCelebrating 30 Years of Giving with His Largest Gift to Date
The extra effort to know students and meet them where they are can inspire them long after they leave campus. Lee Alexander ’84 is proof of that. Alexander, the midday host on Earth FM/WRTH radio,...
Continue ReadingAlumnus leads tech support biz for the senior set
There’s a new kid on the block for online tech support. Meet Go Go Quincy, the brainchild of Tyler Wood ’14 and co-founder Ryan Greene. But Quincy isn’t for everyone – its target audience is...
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