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Baylor University professor Mary P. Nichols delivers Tocqueville lecture Feb. 27
Mary P. Nichols, author and Professor Emerita, Department of Political Science at Baylor University, will speak on the campus of Furman University Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 5 p.m. in Johns Hall 101. Her talk, “Friendship...
Continue ReadingUndergraduates win award at immunology conference
Since 1963, the Midwinter Conference of Immunologists has met at picturesque Asilomar in the town of Pacific Grove, California, which is nestled on the Monterey Peninsula. With its tranquil, seaside setting, it’s no wonder the...
Continue ReadingBlack History Month celebration continues with talk by Geoffrey Habron
Professors of sustainability science aren’t typically the first people who come to mind when organizers brainstorm for Black History Month presentations, so Geoffrey Habron was pleasantly surprised to be asked if he’d like to be...
Continue ReadingSomething Brought You Here
Why do students choose Furman? It might be the promise of The Furman Advantage, the beautiful campus, the vibrancy of downtown Greenville, or the friendly faces that are so prevalent everywhere. The University Communications office...
Continue ReadingLillian’s from Southernside
Lillian Brock Flemming '71 was one of the first three African-American women to attend Furman University, and the first to serve on Greenville’s City Council. At age 69, the educator is entering her fourth decade...
Continue ReadingClass of 2019, meet your commencement speaker
Eleanor Beardsley, a 1986 Furman University graduate and international correspondent for National Public Radio, will be the principal speaker at the university’s 193rd commencement Saturday, May 11. Furman’s commencement exercises are open to the public. [caption...
Continue ReadingBehind the legacy of America’s blackface
Barrett Holmes Pitner, a 2004 Furman graduate and a writer, journalist and filmmaker based in Washington, D.C., writes a piece for BBC News about the history of blackface in the United States and why so...
Continue ReadingA high honor
Furman alum C. Stuart Mauney ’84, an attorney with Gallivan White Boyd, has been honored with the Greenville County Bar Association’s highest honor, the Tommy Thomason Award. Mauney received the award on Jan. 24 at...
Continue ReadingTollison to participate in WWI symposium hosted by Lander University
Furman Assistant Professor of History Courtney Tollison will serve as a panelist in a symposium hosted by Lander University March 14-15 on the impact of World War I on the South. Panel discussion topics include...
Continue ReadingWhat Finnish schools can teach S.C. educators
Pickens County Schools Superintendent Danny Merck writes an opinion piece in The Greenville News about what he learned when he visited schools in Finland as part of a fact-finding program sponsored by Public Education Partners,...
Continue ReadingLyric Theatre presents ‘She Loves Me’ Feb. 14 & 16
Furman University Lyric Theatre will present two showings of the musical “She Loves Me” Thursday, Feb. 14, and Saturday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Directed by Furman’s Grant Knox, the musical is...
Continue ReadingBlack History Month celebration begins at Furman
February is Black History Month, and Furman got the celebration started Friday morning on the front steps of the Trone Student Center with music, an informational table and free pastries that were available to all...
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