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Upstate colleges discuss plans for upcoming school year
As the countdown begins for the start of fall semester, college campuses are setting up policies and procedures for keeping everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furman Vice President of University Communications Tom Evelyn spoke...
Continue ReadingDetention centers may serve as revolving doors for COVID-19 infections
To help minimize the risk of COVID-19 infections in the prison system, Furman University's Brittany Arsiniega says local governments should look to other ways besides detention to hold some offenders accountable. Arsiniega, an attorney and...
Continue ReadingFurman Focused website provides guidance for fall return
In preparation for returning to in-person instruction for the Fall 2020 semester, Furman University announced today a new website, Furman Focused: Fall 2020, that lists policies and procedures put in place to increase safety and...
Continue ReadingNew students seek ‘gap year’ programs
There's an association for just about everything - even for students interested in taking a year off before, during or after their undergraduate experience. The Gap Year Association says 40,000 deferrals are requested in the...
Continue ReadingCampus dining will be very different
When Furman students return to campus August 18, a set of procedures and practices will be deployed for maintaining the health and safety of the entire campus community. Becky Vuksta, director of auxiliary services at...
Continue ReadingFurman responds to Black alumni petition
In the aftermath of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other Black Americans, people of color who are members of the Furman family have shared horrific and painful stories about explicit...
Continue ReadingOn the front lines of Florida’s fight against Burmese pythons
Though he received far more screen time, wildlife biologist Matthew McCollister ’05 knew the star of the April 20 episode of ABC’s “Rock the Park” would be the Burmese pythons he helped hosts Jack Steward...
Continue ReadingAnna Morgan’s ‘goofball’ approach is good for golf game
As an incoming freshman on the Furman University Women's Golf team in fall 2019, Anna Morgan '23 of Spartanburg could have played it safe while getting to know her teammates. But the quiet, reserved approach...
Continue ReadingSecond Summer Business and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp graduates 42
The prospect of teaching 62% more participants with 100% less in-person interaction had Anthony Herrera feeling a bit of trepidation when the 2020 Live Virtual Summer Business and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp began on June 8....
Continue ReadingCommitted to First-Generation College Students
Furman was elected to join NASPA’s Center for First-generation Student Success’ inaugural cohort of First Scholars Network institutions for advancing the outcomes of first-generation students through improving both first-generation student success initiatives and institution-wide approaches....
Continue ReadingIn the heat of battle against COVID-19
[caption id="attachment_45499" align="alignright" width="400"] Sue Shugart '88 with colleagues on the night shift at KershawHealth. The hospital had one of South Carolina's first two COVID-19 patients, and the town of Camden became the first area...
Continue ReadingThe harsh reality of racism
"Racism has become so inherent in our system that it has become normalized," Qwameek Bethea '21, president of Furman's chapter of the NAACP, wrote in an op-ed published online June 28 by The Greenville News....
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