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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...

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Forward 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...

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JohnPaul 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...

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Teens 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...

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OLLI 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...

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Furman 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...

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ZoomUni 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...

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Preventing 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...

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Master’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...

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Cuomo 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...

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$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...

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Teachers 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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