health-sciences
Faculty examine Furman’s role in the community
From community volunteerism and internships to educational outreach and research collaborations, Furman impacts the Greenville community through a myriad of endeavors. Those connections are rewarding, enriching and sometimes prickly. But they are all important, according...
Continue ReadingBenefits of hopping, running and jumping
Furman health sciences professor Julian Reed says that if children are hopping, jumping and running while they are learning math, English and other school subjects, they will not only be fitter, but they will learn...
Continue ReadingStudent-organized Shamrock Run rallies support for abuse prevention
Nearly 100 members of the Zeta Pi Chapter of Furman’s Kappa Delta sorority recently came together to raise more than $16,000 for Greenville’s Julie Valentine Center and Prevent Child Abuse America. While the sorority has...
Continue ReadingStudents who play harder think smarter
Physical education classes are a daily ritual at Legacy Charter School in Greenville, which built its education philosophy on the belief that 45 minutes of organized P.E. per day would improve student health and academic...
Continue ReadingFurman Standard honors ten
[caption id="attachment_15126" align="alignright" width="300"] Top left and continuing clockwise, George (left) and Fran Ligler (right) honored Carl Kohrt, who is photographed with his wife Lynne, and Charles Brewer. Brewer was also honored by Genie Gullick....
Continue ReadingDrug use among young rising, says speaker
In young Americans (18-25) 84 percent have consumed alcohol, 58 percent have smoked cigarettes, 52 percent have smoked marijuana, and 11 percent have tried cocaine. Most of these users are uninformed about what exactly they...
Continue ReadingThe Marathon Man
Bill Pierce, a health sciences professor at Furman, is well known throughout the running world as the co-author of Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training Program, which...
Continue ReadingProfessor Natalie The receives $2.6 million grant to study diabetes
Furman University Health Sciences professor Natalie The has been selected to receive a $2.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance research in diabetes among children and young adults. Dr. The...
Continue ReadingPowers receives SCICU Excellence in Teaching Award
Alicia Powers, Associate Professor of Health Sciences at Furman University, has been awarded a 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (SCICU) organization. SCICU annually recognizes one faculty member...
Continue ReadingFIT Rx: Prescription for health, recipe for engaged learning
From couch to 5k and a third place race finish—for Tammy Sightler, this was an unprecedented accomplishment made possible by health sciences majors Dana Duffett ’15 and Shannon Murphy ’15. “Last semester, Dana and Shannon...
Continue ReadingThe good and bad of sport
There is an unconscious human desire to identify with something greater than oneself. Often times this desire is satisfied through identification with sports. In a Wednesday presentation titled “The Values of the Game,” Bill Pierce,...
Continue ReadingPartnership connects students to fast-growing healthcare field
As baby boomers continue to gray occupational job growth in healthcare could swell 20 percent over the next decade, according to a 2013 “Best Jobs” edition U.S. News & World Report. Looking ahead, there will be...
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