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Two alumni win NCTE Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Awards
Two Furman University alumni have received the Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) – Brianna Burnette '18 of Greer, South Carolina, and Daniel Christian Hoilett...
Continue ReadingMeet Jason Donnelly, Furman’s new athletics director
[caption id="attachment_39866" align="alignright" width="240"] Jason Donnelly[/caption] Jason Donnelly, Furman’s new athletics director, will be formally introduced to the university community at a 10 a.m. news conference on campus Thursday, Aug. 1. The introduction, to be...
Continue ReadingKatherine West ’19 named national leader of the year by Omicron Delta Kappa
Katherine West, a 2019 Furman University graduate from Edgewood, Kentucky, has been selected as the 2019 National Leader of the Year by Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. An initiate of the Furman...
Continue ReadingRiley Fellows unveil new food truck for Greenville County students
A group of Riley Fellows from the Riley Institute at Furman University will unveil a new food truck for its first service of meals to Greenville County students at noon, Wednesday, July 31, at Travelers...
Continue ReadingHigher gas taxes can mean cleaner environment
“When gasoline taxes increase, there are three behavioral effects on consumption,” said Furman University Assistant Economics Professor Taha Kasim in GSA Business Report. “One, people purchase less gas and drive less; two, demand for fuel-efficient...
Continue ReadingVillanova’s Jason Donnelly named athletics director at Furman
Furman University President Elizabeth Davis announced today that Jason Donnelly, senior associate athletics director and executive director of athletics development at Villanova University, has been named athletics director at Furman. Donnelly will begin his duties...
Continue ReadingHappiness, education and wilderness highlight 2019 MayX courses
Furman’s May Experience (“MayX”) is an optional three-week term following the spring semester, and the topics students explore in courses that are not offered during the academic year are limited only by the imagination of...
Continue ReadingSasser wins Fédorov award from International Association of Music Libraries
Patricia Puckett Sasser, director of Furman’s Maxwell Music Library, has won the Vladimir Fédorov Award from the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) for her paper “A Recording Artist: Enrico Caruso and His Scrapbooks.” Presented annually,...
Continue ReadingFurman students have law school edge
With the goal of earning a Juris Doctorate, law school hopefuls at Furman have every reason to be optimistic about their chances of excelling on the LSAT and matriculating to their chosen institutions. The law...
Continue ReadingTime for schools to ‘scrap the machine’
Furman Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness Dave Eubanks urges colleges and universities to "scrap the machine" in a recent column penned for Inside Higher Ed. "Imagine if instead of spending the last twenty years...
Continue ReadingMusicians present concert, perform at international clarinet festival
Furman Clarinet Ensemble (FCE), a group of 16 student musicians, will present a concert Wednesday, July 24, at noon at the Carolina Music Museum, 516 Buncombe St., in Greenville. The concert is free and open...
Continue ReadingM.O. Owens ’33, Furman’s oldest known alumnus, dies at 105
[caption id="attachment_39522" align="alignright" width="283"] A sculpture of Owens greets K-12 students at Gaston Christian School's Worship and Fine Arts Center. Owens attended the 2018 dedication.[/caption] Hand raised aloft, a smiling bronze sculpture of Milum Oswell...
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