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Happiness, 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...
Continue ReadingThe importance of South Carolina’s black voters to Democratic candidates
NBC News recently followed former vice president Joe Biden as he campaigned in South Carolina and quoted Furman Professor of Politics and International Affairs Danielle Vinson about what winning — or not winning — the...
Continue ReadingProfessors bring some peace to Furman with ‘Koru Mindfulness’ program
College can be tough, and Furman Professor of Biology Min-Ken Liao’s classroom on exam day is definitely not an exception. “I can smell the fear,” she said. "They are not doing well.” Liao takes no...
Continue ReadingMusic by the Lake Summer Concert Series resumes July 11
As Director of Bands Leslie W. Hicken enters retirement at Furman University, he will continue to lead the Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, which begins Thursday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the...
Continue ReadingComputational chemistry conference at Furman spurs innovation, academic diversity
More than 100 chemists from across the nation will convene in Greenville, South Carolina, when Furman University hosts the 18th annual MERCURY Conference for Undergraduate Computational Chemistry July 15-19. Founded in 2001, Molecular Education and...
Continue ReadingQ&A with Karen Foreman: Founder of Global Village
[caption id="attachment_39479" align="alignright" width="300"] Foreman is a 1984 Furman economics alum and a 1991 international development graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School.[/caption] Karen Foreman didn't know that a post-college trip to see friends in Americus,...
Continue ReadingJennings to compete for Team USA in steeplechase
Furman runner Gabbi Jennings will compete in the 3,000m Steeplechase as a member of Team USA's U23 world team at the 2019 North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Championships, which will be...
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