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Trump’s payroll tax deferral causes concerns for Upstate businesses
Furman University's Brent Nelsen, a politics and international affairs professor, spoke to WYFF News 4 reporter Taggart Houck about the payroll tax deferral program President Donald Trump imposed through executive action. The tax holiday allows...
Continue ReadingForward Into Light: a gallery
On Aug. 26, 2020, Furman paid tribute to the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote by participating in the national "Forward Into Light" celebration. Furman photographer Jeremy Fleming was there to capture...
Continue ReadingJohnPaul Sleiman ’21 awarded S.C. Space Grant to study conditions on Mars
JohnPaul Sleiman ’21 is confident people will set foot on Mars in his lifetime. In fact, he’d very much like to be one of them. “(I would) definitely go. No questions asked,” Sleiman said. “Even...
Continue ReadingTeens are paying attention
Carrie Silver, director of Furman University's educational outreach program Bridges to a Brighter Future, has words of encouragement for parents who are raising teens in an unprecedented time of COVID-19 mingled with racial disharmony. In...
Continue ReadingOLLI at Furman to hold virtual classes
OLLI at Furman is registering for 65 live-online classes, which will be delivered via Zoom beginning Sept. 14. Nancy Kennedy, director of the program, was quoted in a Greenville Journal article. She said, "We’ve learned...
Continue ReadingFurman Alumnus Gives $4 Million to Support Student Experiences, Institute for the Advancement of Community Health
How do you get to the doctor when you don’t have a car? How do you pay the doctor or buy medicine when your low-wage job doesn’t offer health coverage? How do you communicate with...
Continue ReadingZoomUni podcast offers constructive take on hot-button issues
It’s not unusual for Evan Myers ’21 and Brent Nelsen, professor of politics and international affairs, to discuss campus issues, and higher education more broadly. Today, the two host ZoomUni, a podcast that explores issues...
Continue ReadingPreventing college parties? Shame and blame don’t work
In an NPR interview with Elissa Nadworny, Furman University's Connie Carson, vice president for student life, said providing alternatives for "appropriate gathering" will go a long way toward getting students to comply with COVID-19 campus...
Continue ReadingMaster’s students apply community health lessons as campus contact tracers
Bernie Stanton doesn’t need a computer or even a piece of paper: The details of Furman’s plan to trace and isolate COVID-19 infections on campus are imprinted in his brain. “I’m living and breathing this...
Continue ReadingCuomo aide picked to run SUNY draws criticism, optimism
James Malatras, a member of New York Gov. Cuomo's inner circle, has been selected as the 14th chancellor of SUNY, a network of 64 campuses serving more than 415,000 students. The board's pick, which circumvented...
Continue Reading$1 million NSF grant focuses on increasing diversity in STEM fields
Daniela Mesa ’17 is working toward her Ph.D. at Purdue University. But that might not have come to pass without the support – financial, relational and academic – that she received at Furman. Mesa is...
Continue ReadingTeachers are asked to accept unfair nobility tax
Citing a Pew Center Research survey, Cynthia King notes that teaching ranks only second to military service on the spectrum of most noble contributions to society. In an opinion piece appearing in Jacksonville.com, King, Furman...
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