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With digital tools and creativity, Furman meets the challenges of remote learning

While the COVID-19 pandemic – and the ensuing shift to remote learning – has scattered students far from campus, Furman faculty and staff are taking powerful measures to help them to adapt and thrive. From...

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Remote reflection

The disruption much of the world is experiencing right now from the COVID-19 pandemic could be the best opportunity many people have to pause and reflect. “Sometimes we forget to slow down,” says Rolyn Rollins,...

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Furman senior spearheads first lynching marker in Northwest Georgia

"We can't remedy our history," Emma Jones '20, told The Chattanooga Times Free Press. "But we also, especially in the South, don't often recognize our history and try to reconcile with that within our communities."...

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‘Carry on and be strong’

Furman is more than a place. It's a community – a community held together by a common bond of purpose, resilience and strength in the face of adversity. As students enter a second week of...

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Teaching in the time of COVID-19

The Furman community is much more than a physical location. Click below for a special message from our faculty and coaches: Before the COVID-19 pandemic began wreaking havoc in higher education across the United States,...

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A video message from President Davis

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis sent a video message to the Furman community today, March 30, thanking students, faculty, staff and alumni for their cooperation and offers of support during the COVID-19 pandemic. For updates...

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Career guidance and graduate studies offer graduating seniors new options

A lot has changed for students in the past few weeks, and many of their post-graduation plans may have been affected. Furman can help. Advisers in the Malone Center for Career Engagement are online and...

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Social distancing as an act of love.

The global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has called into question everything our culture has taught us about how we space ourselves in relation to other people. By now, we're all familiar with the concept...

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Artist Minute: Miranda Barnett

Miranda Barnett's final appearances in The Warehouse Theatre's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" were cancelled due to the coronavirus threat. The Greenville actor and Furman University alumna was featured in UpstateBizSC's "Artist Minute," a short...

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You can’t compromise with racism

Furman University is mentioned in article appearing in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education about symbols that pay homage to slave owners and Confederate war heroes on college campuses. The authors point to Furman and about...

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Furman recognizes graduates of Women’s Leadership Institute

The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) of Furman University recently recognized the following Class of 2020 graduates: Nenna Akpaete-Culliver, Michelin North America Rafaela Baranzano, Fitesa Emily Baulig, Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands, SC Amie Blankenship, LS3P Lauren...

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Furman Libraries acquires unique music collection

Two new collections of microtonal music – music played with tones that exist in the spaces between notes like C and C sharp or E and F – have a new home at Furman University....

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