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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...
Continue ReadingThe 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,...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingGreenlink 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,...
Continue ReadingMidlands 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...
Continue ReadingFurman 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...
Continue ReadingShucker 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...
Continue Reading‘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...
Continue ReadingMatt 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...
Continue ReadingWith 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...
Continue ReadingClare 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...
Continue ReadingD-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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