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Tenor Bergsvein Toverud ’19 wins top prize at national competition

Bergsvein Toverud, a 2019 Furman University music education graduate, has won first prize in the Advanced Classical Division at the Classical Singer Competition, which took place recently in Chicago, Illinois. [caption id="attachment_39260" align="alignright" width="460"] Toverud...

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The small-school strivers landing big jobs

An article in The Wall Street Journal focuses on how small colleges and universities are working especially hard to get their students on the radars of corporate recruiters. The story includes a mention of Furman,...

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The Greenville story of Troy Terry

Furman Executive Director for Graduate and Evening Studies Troy Terry has a passion for literacy and service-learning. The Lowcountry native and Clemson University graduate reveals other hobbies, interests and a little-known claim to fame in...

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Greenlink funding could see big jump thanks in part to IACH advocacy

Greenville County and the City of Greenville are on the verge of making an unprecedented investment in public transportation. For the thousands of riders who depend on Greenlink buses to get to and from work,...

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Midlands leaders become Riley Fellows, present community action projects

Thirty-nine leaders from the Midlands and surrounding area have completed the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI). [caption id="attachment_39222" align="alignright" width="525"] Thirty-nine leaders from the Midlands and surrounding area have completed the Riley...

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Furman Metropolitan Fellows begin their internships in New York City

Furman University rising seniors Rosemary Coskrey and Maddie De Pree, who were named 2019 Furman Metropolitan Fellows in the fall, have started their summer internships in New York City. Coskrey is interning at the Manhattan...

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Shucker Fellow secures $132,500 for Soteria

Madison Hurst ’21 is carrying on her family tradition: helping those in need. It was her grandparents’ assistance to incarcerated people that inspired Hurst’s interest in the Soteria Community Development Corporation. She volunteered for the...

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‘Ketching up’ with Dorothy Spratlin ’19: A year on the road in the Wienermobile

When Dorothy Spratlin ’19 was younger, she met a woman during a family Christmas party who was dressed up as a hot dog. It made a big impression on her, but little did she know...

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Matt Olson debuts new jazz CD ‘789 Miles’

Furman Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies Matt Olson has produced a new CD recording to be officially released June 21 on OA2 Records, part of Seattle-based independent jazz label Origin Records. [caption...

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With Brexit, AFL gets closer to its European customers

Will future cross-border regulations and taxes post-Brexit help or hurt U.S.-based companies like Upstate fiber optics manufacturer AFL, which has operations in Britain and customers on the continent? Will Brexit lead to lost business? Furman...

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Clare Ruble has star power

Furman University theatre arts graduate Clare Ruble has had her sights set on the stage since her childhood debut portraying an ostrich in "The Story of the Wide Mouthed Frog." And even before graduating Furman...

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D-Day would be nearly impossible to pull off today

[caption id="attachment_39141" align="alignright" width="267"] Furman alumna Danielle Lupton '08 is assistant professor of political science at Colgate University.[/caption] How feasible would the Allied invasion at Normandy be today in light of the many eyes in...

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