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Furman student named 2019 Newman Civic Fellow

Whitney Maness, a Furman University junior from Rock Hill, has been named a 2019 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance civic engagement in higher education. Maness is one...

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Furman Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos in concert April 5

The Furman University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will present their spring concert Friday, April 5, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. Presented by the Furman Department of Music, the concert is...

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Professor Erin Wamsley receives $527,551 NSF grant

Is it possible that daydreaming is not such a waste of time after all? That while we’re taking a break from our immediate surroundings, our brains are working to process recent memories without a conscious...

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Beauty on a world scale

House Beautiful picked “30 of the Most Beautiful College Campuses in the World,” and Furman made the list. According to the publication, “the view of the Florentine Bell Tower—surrounded by a spring-fed lake and lush...

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‘The Good Place’ consultant Todd May delivers Charles Townes Lecture April 16

Clemson University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Todd May will deliver the Charles H. Townes Lecture on Faith and Reason Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in Shaw Hall of the Melvin and Dollie Younts...

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Student actors participate in unique creative collaboration

Shakespeare isn’t available for questions about Hamlet’s lines — but a different playwright, Kimberly Belflower, anticipates a “lovely exchange” with student actors at Furman. “Most of them have never worked with a living playwright before,”...

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Percussion Ensemble honors John Beckford in April 6 concert

The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present a concert honoring the career of Furman Music Professor John Beckford Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman University campus. Guests are invited onstage...

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FUSAB presents rapper, singer-songwriter Aminé in concert April 12

American rapper, singer/songwriter Adam Aminé Daniel, better known as Aminé, will be in concert Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in Timmons Arena on the campus of Furman University. Doors open at 7 p.m. with...

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A chance to grow: Farm experience plants lessons

As a summer intern for Mill Village Farms, Rachel Goding ’19 had gotten used to getting her hands dirty — She and her team pruned, watered, weeded and harvested crops before hauling them to a...

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Deja vu all over again

In an op-ed for The Post and Courier in Charleston, Education Professor Paul Thomas argues that South Carolina “must clearly identify what problems exist in our schools and then carefully distinguish between which of those...

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Furman Theatre presents ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ April 9-14

Furman University Theatre will present “John Proctor is the Villain,” a new play by Kimberly Belflower in collaboration with The Farm Theater (New York), Tuesday, April 9, through Saturday, April 13, at 8 p.m., with...

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A path to recovery

Sydney Wright ’18 keeps a special rock in her apartment. Painted on its smooth surface is the word “cont;nue” with a semicolon in place of the letter “i.” It serves as a reminder that life...

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