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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...

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Student 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...

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Freshman 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...

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Making 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...

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The 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...

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Writer 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...

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Princeton 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...

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Furman 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...

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Furman 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...

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Chris 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...

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Furman 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...

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Creative 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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