Metal Head

Charlotte-based steel container company General Steel Drum was founded by Furman University Economics and Business Administration major Ed West (Class of 1965) in 1979. He sold the company to Myers Containers Inc. of Portland, Ore., but...

Evicted

As Kenia Flores ’20 learned, timing is everything. During a recent visit to Gantt Summary Court as part of her Introduction to Sociology class (SOC 101), she listened as two cases played out between tenants...

Furman sends class of 2017 on its way

Alexander Stubb's commencement address. Furman University awarded 697 undergraduate and master’s degrees and presented its top academic honors during graduation exercises Saturday, May 6. [caption id="attachment_31987" align="alignright" width="459"] Furman awarded a total of 697 degrees...

Emerging Public Leaders recognized

The Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University has announced winners of its service project competition for high school seniors participating in the institute’s Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) program. EPL is a program designed to...

2017 student commencement speech–Jack McNeill

Jack McNeill Student Commencement Speech May 6, 2017 Four years ago, in Paladin Stadium, my lacrosse coach quoted Mike Tyson before what would soon prove to be the worst physical exercise I’ve ever endured. “Everybody...

2017 commencement speech by Alexander Stubb

Alexander Stubb Commencement Speech Furman University May 6, 2017 Madam President, Mr. Vice President, professors, parents, and class of 2017. I'll start in Finnish. How y'all doin'? Every word that (President) Elizabeth (Davis) just said...

Commencement exercises moved to Timmons Arena

Commencement update: Due to inclement weather in the forecast, Furman's commencement exercises scheduled for Paladin Stadium this evening will be held in Timmons Arena. Commencement begins at 7:30 p.m. Degree candidates should report to the floor...

Curry receives major honor from the Manhattan Institute

Ravenel B. Curry III, a 1963 Furman University graduate who is president and co-founder of Eagle Capital Management in New York City, was honored with the Manhattan Institute’s Alexander Hamilton Award during the Institute’s 40th...

The debt ceiling ‘crisis’

Furman University Associate Economics Professor Jason Jones answers the question "when is a crisis really a crisis?" in a piece he wrote for Greenville Business Magazine (see page 11). Jones unpacks the so-called debt ceiling "crisis" by...

Cap-n-Gown: Stories and sentiments from five members of the Class of 2017

Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series begins May 25

Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, will begin Thursday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s amphitheater. The series opens with Dance Craze performed by the...

Furman turns on solar array

"Furman University has flipped the switch on the largest solar project on a South Carolina university campus, as the university takes another step toward a carbon-neutral future," writes Nathaniel Cary of The Greenville News. The $1.7...