Replanting mall’s natural charm

Angelia Davis of The Greenville News reports on the multi-year tree replanting project happening at Furman University. The latest phase has removed 40 of the nearly 70-year-old oaks lining Furman Mall from the PAC to...

English professor Joni Tevis awarded NEA Fellowship

Joni Tevis, the Bennette E. Geer Associate Professor of English at Furman University, has been awarded a 2020 Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The NEA selected only 36 Fellows...

Seven predictions for the new decade

The 2020s promise to bring changes across the world, from the way we learn to what we read and from what we eat to how we make a living. At the dawn of the new...

Civic and legislative leaders honored at Wilkins Awards

Rep. Gary Simrill (R-York) and Nella Barkley, president of Crystal-Barkley Corporation, were honored Tuesday, Jan. 14, as recipients of the 2019 David H. Wilkins Leadership Awards. The awards recognize outstanding legislative and civic leadership in...

Eubanks named to U.S. Department of Education committee

David Eubanks, assistant vice president of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness at Furman University, has been appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) of the U.S. Department of Education. He will...

Preparing students for meaningful work

Heidi Bostic, visiting associate provost for special projects at Furman University, looks beyond higher education as a means to a singular end, that is, the quest for the perfect job. In a piece she wrote...

Shooting for the stars

Robert Anderson III, a 2018 physics alumnus, graduated Furman University cum laude at the age of 42. He was also part of the Furman Teacher Education program, which, he says, "should be major in and...

Aconabolics earns Trent Stubbs ’20 first place at second Innovation Hour

The second Innovation Hour competition wasn’t rigged, exactly, but to have a chance to beat Trent Stubbs ’20 you also had to have an idea that was literally one of the most innovative in Furman...

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

For more than 15 years, Furman University has celebrated the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a slate of activities that honors the civil rights era icon. Activities include setting aside...

Furman hosts Fania E. Davis at MLK community breakfast

Fania E. Davis, social justice activist and civil rights attorney, will speak at a community breakfast honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, Jan. 17, at 8 a.m. in...

Office of Diversity and Inclusion awards nine grants

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion has selected nine initiatives to receive funding in the form of mini grants. Chosen from among 26 grant applications, the grantees include: Devon Anker (Advisor, Jewish Student Association, Office...

Two awards, many partners for a healthier Greenville

Greenville has won two awards that aim to improve the health of its residents, and Furman University’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH) is one of the partners that will play a key...

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Replanting mall’s natural charm

English professor Joni Tevis awarded NEA Fellowship

Seven predictions for the new decade

Civic and legislative leaders honored at Wilkins Awards

Eubanks named to U.S. Department of Education committee

Preparing students for meaningful work

Shooting for the stars

Aconabolics earns Trent Stubbs ’20 first place at second Innovation Hour

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Furman hosts Fania E. Davis at MLK community breakfast

Office of Diversity and Inclusion awards nine grants

Two awards, many partners for a healthier Greenville

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