communication-studies
Furman hosts faculty workshop on public engagement
Should liberal arts colleges engage the public? If so, how and when and on what questions? What does public engagement mean for college professors and to what extent should it be promoted? Seventeen professors from...
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 ReadingTrustees approve faculty promotions, tenure
During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 12 faculty members and granted emeritus status to six professors who are retiring this summer. The trustees also recognized the...
Continue ReadingA tip of the graduation cap to Luke Christie
Luke Christie has never taken a walk, can't cut his own steak and can't put himself to bed, but when you talk to him, you tend to forget his physical challenges. He's articulate, intelligent, funny...
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 ReadingA documentary of hope
Hope Ogunsile, a Furman University junior majoring in film and business, parlayed her skills into an internship last summer with the Riley institute at Furman, the Charleston YMCA, and Camp Hope. She presented a poster...
Continue ReadingFurman on film
When Kayla Cartee ’17 needs to unwind, she takes a break and watches some of her Netflix favorites, Scandal and Parks and Recreation. For members of the Furman University women’s soccer team, the key to...
Continue ReadingStudents to attend SSCA honors conference
Seventeen Furman University students have been selected to attend the Southern States Communication Association’s 25th Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference April 8-12 in Tampa, Fla. Caroline Walters ’15 (Moral Rhetoric and the Humanitarian...
Continue ReadingEarth Week Teach-In takes place March 25
Furman will sponsor an “Earth Week Teach-In” event on Wednesday, March 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hill Atrium of the Trone Student Center. The public is invited to attend. According to...
Continue ReadingInternet, mass media impact press-government relations
In today’s world, talk about what goes in our nation’s Capital is common place. But are we really being told everything that takes place in our nation’s capital? On Feb. 24, former host of CNN’s...
Continue ReadingStudent-organized Shamrock Run rallies support for abuse prevention
Nearly 100 members of the Zeta Pi Chapter of Furman’s Kappa Delta sorority recently came together to raise more than $16,000 for Greenville’s Julie Valentine Center and Prevent Child Abuse America. While the sorority has...
Continue Reading- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- Next Page »