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Furman Percussion Ensemble in concert April 8
The Furman Percussion Ensemble will present a concert Saturday, April 8, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on the Furman University campus. Directed by Furman Music Professor Omar Carmenates and featuring guest composer Adam...
Continue ReadingBack home again
Armed with an undergraduate degree from Furman and a master’s degree in education from Harvard University, Ben Saul ’13 is an intervention teacher at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, working with students who have fallen...
Continue ReadingSophomore Noah Vieira named Beckman Research Scholar
Furman University’s Department of Chemistry has named sophomore chemistry major Noah Vieira of Myrtle Beach a Beckman Research Scholar as part of a three-year grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awarded in 2015....
Continue ReadingFurman awarded nearly $500,000 for instrumentation in the sciences
Furman University has been awarded a four-year, $497,183 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to purchase equipment that will support state-of-the-art imaging and analysis capabilities across multiple academic disciplines on campus. A competitive award made...
Continue ReadingFrench Professor Marianne Bessy receives SCICU award
Marianne Bessy, associate professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Furman University, has been awarded a 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (SCICU)...
Continue ReadingCommunication Studies receives diversity award
The Furman University Department of Communication Studies has received The Minority Recruitment and Retention Award from the Southern States Communication Association, (SSCA). The award will be presented during the association’s 87th annual meeting to be...
Continue ReadingFound sculpture
On Saturday morning, April 1, visiting artist Mark Grote meets a group of students in the sculpture studio for a seminar on creating sculptures from found objects. Tables are littered with everyday items and bric-a-brac...
Continue ReadingFinland’s Stubb ’93 sees Brexit as ‘walking into the unknown’
Alexander Stubb, 1993 Furman Political Science graduate and former Prime Minister of Finland, wrote a piece about Brexit for Financial Times that spurred a call from the anchors of "Bloomberg Surveillance." When asked by host...
Continue ReadingJason Terrell’s Profound Gentlemen wins SEED20 grand prize
At the 6th Annual SEED20 event held March 27, Jason Terrell's Profound Gentlemen won the Wells Fargo People’s Choice Grand Prize of $20,000. Terrell, a 2012 Furman University Politics and International Affairs and Philosophy graduate, originally...
Continue ReadingFurman part of newly designated academic health center
Greenville Health System was not only named an academic health center this week; it joined with partners Clemson University, Furman University and the University of South Carolina to announce a unique “clinical university model” that...
Continue ReadingWhere there is a will, there is a way
It could be argued that Maj. Gen. Chris Ballard's career path was a direct result of his desire to graduate from Furman University. At the conclusion of his freshman year at Furman, his parents set him down for...
Continue ReadingAddressing the empathy gap
The rancorous 2016 election and this year’s transition to a new presidential administration makes one thing clear: We are suffering from a national shortage of empathy. In an op-ed published in University Business magazine, Furman...
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