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Students, faculty embrace ‘new normal’ during first week on campus since March

Furman Focused || Fall 2020 Underway from Furman University on Vimeo.   Masks, social distancing, phased return, fall sports postponed until spring – Renee Neves ’21 knew so much would be different when she returned...

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How to cope with sending your kid to college

Furman's Connie Carson, vice president for student life, is tapped for an article appearing in The Washington Post Magazine about sending students back to school amid a pandemic. The piece focuses on ways to allay...

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Senior learners Zoom into OLLI classes

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University is now accepting registrations for its fall classes, which begin Sept. 14 and run through Nov. 13. Sixty-four live-online classes are available through Zoom and cover languages,...

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How the suffrage movement unfolded in Greenville

Furman Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison '99 writes an opinion piece for The Greenville News. She chronicles South Carolina's role in the women's suffrage movement, for which Greenville’s contributions began in 1890,...

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True ‘Magic’ of college happens for just 2 out of 100 students

Fewer students than we think experience the "true magic" of a college education, says Brandon Busteed, who penned an article for Forbes. He notes that only 2 out of every 100 students have the life-changing...

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NPR reporter makes a stop at Furman as part of its ‘College Road Trip’ series

National Public Radio reporter Elissa Nadworny recently stopped by Furman University, where she spoke with SGA President Griffin Mills '21 and several other Furman students, faculty and staff members. Nadworny also visited a class conducted...

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Forward Into Light: Greenville celebrates centennial of women’s right to vote

It took roughly 70 years and risk of arrest, imprisonment and other harms to self and family among many early suffragists. But ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote finally came...

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Celebrating a basic and treasured right

Like many other celebrations during the coronavirus pandemic, events commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution have gone by the wayside. But Furman’s Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison and...

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SC women celebrate a century of having the right to vote

The 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was celebrated Aug. 18 in Columbia, South Carolina. Among the more than 80 women lining the steps of the Statehouse for the...

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FURMAN LISTED IN 2021 PRINCETON REVIEW’S ‘BEST COLLEGES’ GUIDE

Furman University has moved up in rank in several categories listed by The Princeton Review, such as the accessibility of professors and the classroom experience, according to the 2021 edition of the company’s guide, “The...

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A message from Furman University President Elizabeth Davis

Furman University || President’s Welcome, Fall 2020 from Furman University on Vimeo. Editor's note: President Davis sent the following message to Furman’s students, faculty and staff today, the first day of classes:   Dear Furman...

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A safe semester is the top priority for incoming SGA president Griffin Mills ’21

When COVID-19 forced the Furman Student Government Association’s newly elected members to be sworn in virtually on April 27, incoming president Griffin Mills ’21 assumed that would mark the end of pandemic’s effect on his...

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