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English Professor Joni Tevis wins Pushcart Prize
Dr. Joni Tevis, Associate Professor of English at Furman, has been awarded a Pushcart Prize for her essay, “What the Body Knows,” which was published in the November/December 2013 issue of Orion magazine. Tevis’ essay appears...
Continue ReadingTevis wins Pushcart Prize
[caption id="attachment_15402" align="alignright" width="274"] Furman English professor and writer, Joni Tevis[/caption] For nearly 40 years the finest writers the country has to offer have been featured in David Henderson’s The Pushcart Prize: Best of the...
Continue ReadingFurman Theatre presents “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball”
Just call her Eliza Doolittle. In this case though, this “fair lady” isn’t selling flowers and learning proper English. She’s getting a crash course in baseball and selling pictures of chickens. Furman University Theatre's latest...
Continue ReadingFurman Lyric Theatre to present opera scenes recital
Furman University Lyric Theatre will present an opera scenes recital Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. “Opera in the Classical Era: Gluck, Mozart, and Haydn,” is free and open...
Continue ReadingConcert celebrates 10th anniversary of Hartness Organ
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Furman University’s installation and dedication of the Hartness Organ (C.B. Fisk, Opus 121), Furman will present a recital Monday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Charles E. Daniel Memorial...
Continue ReadingHarvard professor to discuss “sleep, memory and dreams”
Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Robert Stickgold will discuss “Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Putting it All Together” when he speaks on the Furman University campus Thursday, Nov. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Johns Hall 101. The...
Continue ReadingA special breed of student
For Rachel Moore ’16, her junior year at Furman has meant getting up early for walks and taking regular trips to the tennis courts for exercise. With long days of classes and activities on Tuesdays...
Continue ReadingDuer wins poster award
Jennifer Duer ’16, a psychology major from Edison, N.J. recently won the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conference Poster Award. She presented the findings of her research with Furman Psychology Professor Erin Hahn during the...
Continue ReadingMaking sense of the midterm elections
The midterm elections on Nov. 4 delivered a big victory for the Republicans, who now have control of both the House and Senate. But what actually happened? Was the Democrats’ defeat a rejection of President...
Continue ReadingA new wall in Germany
Brandon Tensley, a 2012 Furman graduate, has published an op-ed in Time magazine that looks at Germany 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tensley writes that even though the Berlin Wall no...
Continue ReadingHarvard professor Robert Stickgold to speak at Furman
Harvard Medical School Professor Robert Stickgold will discuss “Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Putting it All Together,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, November 13, at Furman University’s Johns Hall 101. Stickgold, director of the medical school’s Center...
Continue ReadingFurman hosts Carolinas Communication Association conference
Furman University recently hosted a two-day conference of the Carolinas Communication Association Oct. 3-4 at the Greenville Hilton with the theme, “Communicating Civic Responsibility and Reconciliation.” [caption id="attachment_15274" align="alignright" width="225"] Courtney German, Dr. Sean O'Rourke,...
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