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Words of iridescence and memory

Furman English professor Joni Tevis published a collection of essays, The Wet Collection: A Field Guide to Iridescence and Memory, in 2007 while living in Minnesota. Tevis’ book found an audience with people who wanted...

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Professor Tevis’ book draws attention

Furman English professor Joni Tevis published a collection of essays, The Wet Collection: A Field Guide to Iridescence and Memory, in 2007 while living in Minnesota. Tevis’ book found an audience with people who wanted something...

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Furman English graduate Westervelt ’90 coauthors book

NOVEMBER 7, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman English alumna Saundra Davis Westervelt ‘90 has coauthored a book about life after death row. Published by Rutgers University Press, “Life after Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for...

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New courses of study

MAY 2, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman University will begin offering a new major in anthropology and a new minor in film studies. Both offerings will be available beginning with the 2012-2013 academic...

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Ninety-Six Press celebrates 20th anniversary

NOVEMBER 11, 2011 by Katie Love ‘12, Media Relations Ninety-Six Press will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a series of readings on the Furman campus Saturday, Nov. 19. The readings, which are free and open...

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A father-daughter reading

OCTOBER 10, 2011 by Summer Woods '14 For the Aarnes family, a talent for writing is apparently genetic. Professor Bill Aarnes, an English professor, and his daughter, Emma, will be demonstrating that talent Wednesday when...

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Buckley ’03 safeguards film and history at NGS

by Tina T. Underwood A picture is worth a thousand words, so the saying goes.  And moving pictures add even more dimension to a story. Indeed, how would our view of history change if we...

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Karen Buckley safeguards film and history at NGS

A picture is worth a thousand words, so the saying goes.  And moving pictures add even more dimension to a story. Indeed, how would our view of history change if we had only still images...

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In the heat of battle against COVID-19

[caption id="attachment_45499" align="alignright" width="400"] Sue Shugart '88 with colleagues on the night shift at KershawHealth. The hospital had one of South Carolina's first two COVID-19 patients, and the town of Camden became the first area...

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