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Classroom creativity earns Freeman ’04 Milken Educator Award
Kimberly Freeman ’04 has opened the door for learners to discover an ancient language and culture through a blended curriculum that links to modern tools and learning goals. She has gotten Lexington Middle School students...
Continue ReadingStudent writers score high honors from Sigma Tau Delta
A small contingent of Furman writers took home a large haul of awards at the four-day Sigma Tau Delta International Convention held earlier this month in Minneapolis. Shannon Young ’16, Erin Mellor ’17, and Cory...
Continue ReadingFreshman writing seminars lay the foundation for scholarship
Learning to write on a college level isn’t easy. Turns out, teaching students to write on a college level is no walk in the park either. Furman professors found this out in 2008 after the...
Continue ReadingMaking the very good grade: Furman announces Dean’s List for spring term
Furman has released the names of the students who made Dean’s List for the 2012 spring term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during...
Continue ReadingThe Eleventh Hour, a reading by South Carolina poets
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Furman welcomes South Carolina poets Warren Slesinger, Phebe Davidson, Skip Eisiminger, and Ed Madden, for a reading in the Pitts Room of the Duke Library, Wednesday, April 17, 4:30...
Continue ReadingWriter Edmund White to give reading
Edmund White, one of America’s most gifted and celebrated writers, will give a public reading on the Furman campus Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. in Patrick Lecture Hall of the Townes Science Center. The...
Continue ReadingPrinceton Review names four Furman professors among nation’s “best”
April 10, 2012 By Erikah Haavie, Media Relations According to a new book published by The Princeton Review, Furman is home to four of the country’s best undergraduate professors. Professors David Bost (modern languages and literatures), Charles...
Continue ReadingFurman offers new major in anthropology and interdisciplinary minor in film studies
MAY 2, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman University will begin offering a new major in anthropology and a new minor in film studies. Both offerings will be available beginning with the 2012-2013 academic...
Continue ReadingFurman English professor to deliver “What Really Matters?” lecture Nov. 8
OCTOBER 22, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman University English professor Melinda Menzer will deliver the L.D. Johnson lecture, “What Really Matters?” on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel. Her talk...
Continue ReadingChris White ’92 to screen new film
Filmmaker Chris White '92 will present his film, Get Better, on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in Furman Hall 214 on campus. The showing is free and open to the public and is part...
Continue ReadingFurman English professor publishes book
Nicholas Radel, a professor of English at Furman, has published a new book, Understanding Edmund White. The book, which is published by the University of South Carolina Press and is part of the Understanding American Literature...
Continue ReadingCreative writing professor, author speaks
Lewis Hyde, the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College in Ohio, will speak on campus Monday, March 18 at 7 p.m. in Daniel Chapel. His talk, “Gift Exchange and the Creative...
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