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Something 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...

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Lillian’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...

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Class 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...

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Behind 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...

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A 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...

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Tollison 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...

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What 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,...

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Lyric 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...

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Black 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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Furman enters into admission pathway agreement with Chinese university

Furman’s footprint has gotten wider – about 7,887 miles wider. The university signed a general collaborative agreement with Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, on Thursday morning to promote a direct admission pathway to Furman for...

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‘Captain Marvel’ author Kelly Sue DeConnick to speak Feb. 8

Kelly Sue DeConnick, author of Marvel Comics’ “Captain Marvel,” will speak on the Furman campus Friday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m. in John’s Hall, Room 101. Her Cultural Life Program talk, “How to Make People...

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A fine senior class

When Matt Rafferty and Andrew Brown committed to play basketball for Furman during the 2014-15 season, the Paladins had enjoyed one winning season in the past eight years. When the two seniors leave the program...

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