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Historical 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...
Continue ReadingLooking back on moving forward
Two Furman University alumni and a retired faculty member who were at the school during the time it was desegregated by Greenville native Joseph Vaughn told the story of that event and the years...
Continue ReadingNoted historian, author David McCullough to speak at American History Book Club
Historian and best-selling author David McCullough, a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, will speak on “Leadership and the History You Don’t Know” Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m. at...
Continue ReadingLooking back at World War I
World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. Furman professor Carolyn Day will examine how the missing and the dead were treated during and after World War I as well as...
Continue ReadingSpeaking of El Salvador
During the 20th century, El Salvador suffered from one of the longest periods of military rule and political domination in the Americas, beginning with the 1931 coup against the democratically-elected Arturo Aurajo, and culminating in...
Continue ReadingVisualizing Emancipation
The concept seems counterintuitive at first, the reduction of the profoundly individual experience of slaves gaining freedom to bits of data on a digital map. But is it? Alex Lange ’17 doesn’t think so. As...
Continue ReadingFifty years after
Fifty years ago, on February 2, 1965, Joseph Allen Vaughn took his seat in a classroom at Furman University. In the process, he became the first African-American undergraduate to attend the university. His enrollment changed...
Continue ReadingWriting the history of desegregation at Furman
Furman’s 50 Years Commemorating Desegregation webpage does more than thoughtfully explore the University’s path to integration. It paints a picture by presenting colorful portraits of those who blazed the sometimes turbulent path. It, too, provides perspective....
Continue ReadingA moment to savor
Students from the First Year Writing seminar Sugar and Spice recently visited the Biology Department’s Food Lab to share a holiday tradition with James B. Duke Associate Professor of Asian Studies and History Savita Nair....
Continue ReadingWho speaks for Furman?
[caption id="attachment_15222" align="alignright" width="300"] Joseph Vaughn entering library first semester at Furman spring 1965 (Bonhomie 1965)[/caption] Furman University was a microcosm of South Carolina and the South as a whole during the tumult of the...
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