All Latest News

Steering students toward success

As a member of the Furman College Advising Corps (CAC), Furman alumna Katie Foster '17 works alongside guidance counselors as a full-time college adviser, making sure students at Lewisville High School in South Carolina have...

Continue Reading

Who should own photos of slaves?

Does Harvard University own the rights to daguerreotypes of slaves that were taken long ago as part of the university's work? Or do they belong to the people who claim they are descendants of the...

Continue Reading

Seven students selected to show work at Southeast Center for Photography

The work of seven Furman University students will be on display April 5-27 at downtown Greenville’s Southeast Center for Photography. The opening reception takes place Friday, April 5, 6-8 p.m. Regular hours are Wednesday-Friday, 10...

Continue Reading

Furman among top colleges for producing Peace Corps volunteers

The Peace Corps announced today that Furman University is among the agency’s top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. Furman is ranked No. 15 among “small-size” schools with undergraduate enrollments under 5,000. There are currently...

Continue Reading

Riley Institute presents stories of leadership during times of crisis March 26

Four Furman University alumni return to campus Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. to tell their stories of leadership during potentially devastating crises. The event, which takes place in the Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference...

Continue Reading

In praise of ‘The John Psathas Percussion Project, Vol 1’

In January, PARMA Recordings released the first disc in a long-term project by Furman Professor of Percussion Omar Carmenates. "The John Psathas Percussion Project" is the culmination of several years' work and over 100 hours...

Continue Reading

Math professors unveil latest model designed to predict NCAA tourney upsets

Since they began working with ESPN senior writer Peter Keating six years ago, Furman math professors Kevin Hutson, Liz Bouzarth and John Harris ’91 have gotten pretty good at predicting upsets in the NCAA Division...

Continue Reading

Maddie De Pree ’20 will talk about her summer in England at Furman Engaged!

Contrary to what her place on an internship panel at Furman Engaged! would lead you to believe, Maddie De Pree ’20 most definitely did not participate in an internship last summer at The Shakespeare Birthplace...

Continue Reading

Gravely to discuss new book about lynching of Willie Earle March 26 at 7 p.m.

William B. Gravely, professor emeritus of religion at the University of Denver and a native of Pickens County, will discuss his new book about the lynching of Willie Earle Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m....

Continue Reading

SC bill would allow Dreamers in-state tuition, licensure

Ariel Gilreath of  Greenville Journal pens an article about recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), also known as 'Dreamers.' Among the four young women she interviewed, one has been accepted to attend Furman...

Continue Reading

Furman and SC Council on the Holocaust co-host author Carl Wilkens March 28

Carl Wilkens, author and non-governmental organization (NGO) leader during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, will speak on the Furman University campus Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel on campus. His talk, “Looking...

Continue Reading

Furman to host Wichita State in first-round NIT game Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The Furman men’s basketball team didn’t get a bid to the NCAA tournament despite producing the best season in school history, but its performance hasn’t gone unrewarded. The Paladins will play in the 32-team National...

Continue Reading