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Six graduates awarded Fulbright grants
Six members of Furman University's class of 2020 have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. This is the most Fulbright recipients Furman...
Continue ReadingAhmaud Arbery holds us accountable
As a graduate student and before he enrolled in law school, 1994 Furman University alumnus Jim Barger, Jr. spent nearly two years in the briny marshlands of coastal Georgia where he studied and documented African...
Continue ReadingFurman athletics embraces the new virtual normal
With the fields closed, stadiums locked and games cancelled because of the novel COVID-19 pandemic, the Furman Athletics Department faced two choices: Hunker down and wait for things to go back to normal, or redefine...
Continue ReadingAlicia Key ’21 tapped her programming skills to research a language ‘ancestor’
After she graduates from Furman, Alicia Key ’21 hopes to either program video games or develop an app that helps users learn a foreign language. If she chooses the latter, a research project she did...
Continue ReadingInterfaith Scholar program teaches students to be leaders
The Rev. Kate Taber, associate chaplain for Furman, is working to expand students’ opportunities to explore and discuss spiritual differences. “I really want to create a campus that has students with these life experiences and...
Continue ReadingWorking at the medical front
In April, Ben Daxon ’05 had jumped fully into the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, where life had been upended, when he wrote a hopeful post on his Facebook page: “Day...
Continue ReadingDegrees awarded to 671 students at Saturday’s virtual graduation
On Saturday, May 9, Furman University President Elizabeth Davis conferred degrees on 671 students virtually in a video to graduates. [caption id="attachment_45212" align="alignright" width="210"] A screenshot taken during the Emily Scott Robinson's live Instagram show...
Continue ReadingSrinivasan brings Furman to the forefront
On the heels of winning the Division I PING Women's Golf Coaches Association National Player of the Year, Furman University's Natalie Srinivasan '20 has won the 2020 Golfweek ANNIKA Award, which recognizes the nation's most...
Continue ReadingGolfer Natalie Srinivasan ’20 named national player of the year
It was already next-to-impossible to crown the best player in the decorated history of Furman women’s golf. Natalie Srinivasan ’20 isn’t helping. Friday, Srinivasan capped a stellar senior season by winning the 2020 Golfweek ANNIKA...
Continue ReadingCongratulations, Seniors!
Today is our seniors’ special day, and this is their time. We aren’t able to gather for the class of 2020 Commencement ceremony today, so we’ll come together in brand new ways to celebrate them. Seniors: We congratulate you for...
Continue ReadingTwo Furman families put ingenuity to work during pandemic
The first day Ivan Mathena ’08 distributed masks to neighbors in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, the masks were gone in 15 minutes. “It was pretty overwhelming,” Ivan says. “We ran out of 1,000 masks. The...
Continue ReadingHealth intern helps company pivot to meet pandemic demand
When the employees of Greenville-based Humimic Medical brainstormed ways the company could be competitive and relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, Furman University senior Heath Hawkins was in the middle of the discussion. Within hours, Humimic,...
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