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Furman Theatre Announces 2019-20 season

Furman University Department of Theatre Arts has announced its 2019-2020 season. A part of the university’s history for nearly a century, Furman Theatre brings to the stage a musical and three plays for the season....

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Into the wild: Furman’s Kate Stuart ’21 studies African animals

Kate Stuart, a Furman University junior and Greenville resident, spent two weeks this summer in South Africa studying wildlife at Lory Park Zoo in Johannesburg, and through the experience, came closer to shaping her eventual...

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25 top colleges and universities in the South

Forbes contributor Derek Saul pens an article, "25 Top Colleges and Universities in the South 2019, Ranked by Academics and Outcomes." Coming in at No. 21 is Furman University, which is listed among the private...

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Get ready for a new school year

Furman University’s 2019-20 academic year will officially get underway Tuesday, Aug. 27 when students attend their first day of classes. Approximately 660 first-year students will report to campus Friday, Aug. 23 while the rest of...

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Innovation Hour invites students to pitch their business ideas

The Literacy Corner, a four-week tutoring program led by graduate-level, certified teachers in Furman’s Master of Arts in Education program, has been sending kids home with stronger reading and writing skills for 10 years. When...

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Beauty and brains

According to Southern Living, “the South is home to some true beauty when it comes to our small towns, big cities, and everything in between; and we play host to some gorgeous, lauded universities to...

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Advocacy, policy draw Flores to Capitol Hill

Kenia Flores ’20 got the feeling every time she walked into work at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. “It’s a feeling of awe and passion and inspiration,” she said. Flores recently completed...

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Furman students selected for Millennium Fellowship

Nine Furman University students have been selected for the Millennium Fellowship, a program of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Millennium Campus Network (MCN). [caption id="attachment_36791" align="alignright" width="450"] Nine Furman students have been selected...

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Advocacy, policy draw Flores to Capitol Hill

Kenia Flores ’20 got the feeling every time she walked into work at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. “It’s a feeling of awe and passion and inspiration,” she said. Flores recently completed...

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Riley Institute and OLLI present series on the rise of nationalism

The Riley Institute® and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman University will open their annual StraightTalk Series Thursday, Aug. 29, at Furman University. The three-part series will focus on the current rise of...

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Furman to hold summer commencement exercises Aug. 17

Erik Ching, professor of history and director of undergraduate research at Furman University, will serve as speaker when the university holds its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 17 at 4 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The...

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The Trump appointee who’s putting white supremacists in jail

Furman alum Thomas Cullen was featured in an article in The Washington Post Magazine titled “The Trump Appointee Who’s Putting White Supremacists in Jail.” As the chief federal prosecutor for the Western District of Virginia,...

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