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Oryza Astari ’16 named Rosenthal Fellow
Oryza Astari, a 2016 Furman politics and international affairs and philosophy graduate, is among a select group of graduate students to receive the prestigious Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations this year. Established in...
Continue ReadingClose friends, now even closer
Susannah Leigh Steele ’03 and David Anderson Weigel ’10 met at Furman in 2009 and became good friends, but it took them a while to realize they were more than that. They were married on...
Continue ReadingSix easy ways to boost your memory
Could the simple act of relaxing boost our ability to remember? That's what Furman Psychology Professor Erin Wamsley has discovered. Her research on memory is cited in the Irish Examiner in an article that gives...
Continue ReadingA public school makes the case for ‘Montessori for All’
Latta Elementary, a public Montessori school in rural Latta, South Carolina, takes the spotlight in an article appearing in Edutopia. The author, Nora Fleming, worked with Brooke Culclasure of Furman's Riley Institute on the piece,...
Continue ReadingFurman to hold commencement Saturday, May 11
Commencement has been moved to Timmons Arena because of the threat of rain and inclement weather in the Greenville area. The commencement ceremony will be broadcast live here. Eleanor Beardsley, a 1986 Furman University graduate...
Continue ReadingJeffrey Makala co-authors new book about dogs in literature
Jeffrey Makala, Furman University special collections librarian and university archivist at the James B. Duke Library, has co-edited a new book about dogs in literature. The book, “In Dogs We Trust: An Anthology of American...
Continue ReadingApril 30 is the fifth annual Dins Day
Furman University students, alumni, parents and friends will join together Tuesday, April 30, to kick off the fifth annual Dins Day, a 24-hour celebration of Paladin pride and philanthropy. Themed “Furman5ever,” the event encourages the...
Continue ReadingNo phone, no problem
How would you handle having to spend the day away from your phone? No calls or texts. No checking Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or the latest headlines from The New York Times. Nearly 160 Furman students,...
Continue ReadingKopis celebrates growth on its own terms
Furman alumnus Andrew Kurtz '87 took a circuitous route on his way to leading custom software development company Kopis, now celebrating its 20th anniversary. The accounting graduate tried public accounting for a couple of years,...
Continue ReadingFurman receives grant to help reduce food waste and address food insecurity
Furman University is among 27 academic institutions that will receive funding from PepsiCo Recycling for campus sustainability efforts. Now in its third year, PepsiCo’s Zero Impact Fund (ZIF) allows representatives of eligible colleges or universities...
Continue ReadingFSO and Oratorio Chorus perform April 26
The Furman Symphony Orchestra (FSO) and Oratorio Chorus will present a concert Friday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus. The spring Oratorio, “Fauré Requiem, and Bizet L’Arlésienne Suites” is a Sound...
Continue ReadingHart Zwingelberg ’15 headlines Carolinas Sports Analytics Meeting at Furman
When Hart Zwingelberg ’15 was a midfielder on the Furman men’s soccer team, he dreamed of the day he’d be in the MLS. Last year, that dream came true – though not quite how he...
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