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Furman awards Childers Teaching Excellence Award to two 2015 graduates
Mary Varley, a first-year third grade teacher at Anderson Mill Elementary School in Spartanburg District 6, and John Morrison, a social studies student teacher intern at Berea High School in Greenville, have been named recipients...
Continue ReadingShepherding social change, one day-laborer at a time
Derek Snook, a 2008 Furman University history graduate, spent time teaching in Kenya, chose to live a year in a Charleston homeless shelter, and worked for a short time as a day-laborer. Not long after,...
Continue ReadingDuke Endowment awards grant to Support Student Scholarships
Furman has received a $22.3 million grant from The Duke Endowment to strengthen and support one of the University’s premier merit scholarship programs. The grant includes $22 million for the University’s endowment to augment Furman’s James...
Continue ReadingHigh Noon: “America and the Holocaust”
The role of the United States in dealing with the Jewish victims of Nazi Germany has been the subject of a long and heated debate. How much did the United States know, and what did...
Continue ReadingHolocaust survivor Robbie Waisman to speak at Furman Nov. 9
Robbie Waisman, a Holocaust survivor who was liberated from the Buchenwald Concentration Camp by American forces in April of 1945, will speak on the Furman campus Monday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference...
Continue ReadingInside Africa
They’ve already won the most important game of their lives, but most Americans didn’t even know they were playing. There are a myriad of reasons sociology professor Kristy Maher, Ph.D., has been directing Furman’s Africa...
Continue ReadingJudy Stuart wins new award named in memory of history professor Jim Smart
Furman University Education professor Judy Stuart, Ph.D., has been awarded the inaugural James H. Smart Award by Furman’s Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection. Presented annually to a Furman faculty or staff member, the Jim Smart Award...
Continue ReadingReconstruction: What really happened after the Civil War?
Many historians believe there is no more complex and misunderstood time in history than Reconstruction, the tumultuous period that followed the end of the Civil War. Furman history professor Courtney Tollison will take an in-depth look...
Continue ReadingCourtney Tollison Hartness: in praise of the public library
Despite our dependence on the Internet for quick fact checking and other research, Furman History Professor Courtney Tollison Hartness, Ph.D., says brick-and-mortar libraries “deserve our unflagging support.” In a piece she wrote for Greenville Journal,...
Continue ReadingHistorical marker for boyhood home of former Furman president Plyler
The Travelers Rest birthplace and boyhood home of former Furman president Dr. John L. Plyler has been recognized with a South Carolina Historical Marker. The house is located at 302 N. Main Street in Travelers Rest,...
Continue ReadingMaking the spring term Dean’s List
Among the more prestigious honors that Furman students can earn during their time at the university is being named to the Dean's List. Those making the grade for the 2015 spring term represent 40 states, the District...
Continue ReadingUniversity welcomes newest members of Phi Beta Kappa
Forty-nine Furman students have been elected to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. The newest members were inducted during a special initiation ceremony and dinner on...
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