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Kyra Cox builds stellar golf resume after vowing to help autistic sister

Freshman Women's Golf team member Kyra Cox is featured in a Golfweek article. In it, she describes how her autistic sister, Kaylee, first inspired her to take up the game and now continues to motivate...

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‘Do good work, struggle well, seek help when you need it”

  Convocation Remarks Jeremy Cass, Associate Academic Dean and Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures August 27, 2018 Good morning. Welcome to the official opening of the 2018-2019 academic year, Furman’s one-hundred-ninety-third. I would like...

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Let the new academic year begin

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis gave a special welcome to the Class of 2022, and alum Keith B. Johnson ’05 talked about his journey from the Paladin football field to becoming one of the youngest...

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Memory’s surprising role in child death trials

Furman University psychology professor Gil Einstein goes on record in The Crime Report about a form of forgetting that leads to tragic consequences. Einstein and fellow researcher Mark McDaniel say that the act of unintentionally...

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Furman Police Lt. Victor Rivas injured in car accident

While driving to work on Friday, Aug. 24, Furman Police Lieutenant Victor Rivas was struck by a stolen pick-up truck on White Horse Road. Rivas’ car was destroyed in the accident, and he sustained substantial...

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Furman students named Millennium Fellows

Eighteen Furman University students have been named Millennium Fellows through United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network. [caption id="attachment_36756" align="alignright" width="263"] The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is an initiative that aligns institutions...

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Furman Welcomes Students Back To Campus

It’s still summer on the calendar, but the break is over for Furman students. On Friday, Aug. 24, one of the most diverse and academically talented freshman classes in university history began reporting to what...

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Furman a top performer in Sustainable Campus Index

Furman University has been recognized as one of the top 10 overall performers in the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index, claiming the seventh spot in the national rankings among baccalaureate institutions. Furman also achieved a top...

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Furman to hold opening convocation Monday, Aug. 27 at 11 a.m.

Judge Keith B. Johnson, a 2005 Furman University graduate and associate Juvenile Court Judge for the Augusta (Georgia) Judicial Circuit, will serve as speaker at Furman’s opening convocation Monday, Aug. 27 at 11 a.m. in...

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Three-part lecture series to examine immigration issues

The Riley Institute® and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman University will open their StraightTalk Series with “Immigration Enforcement in a Post-9/11 America” Thursday, Aug. 30, 6:30-8 p.m., in Shaw Hall of the...

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Leveling Up in the Game of Life

When you tell your professors the plan is to focus on video games now that you’re in college, an enthusiastic “how can we help” isn’t usually the response. That’s exactly the reaction Noelle Warner ’19...

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South Carolina holds back about 354 third-graders who struggle to read

Furman Education Professor Paul Thomas is quoted in a Post and Courier story about more than 350 South Carolina third-graders who were held back because of reading deficiencies. “Three hundred and fifty-four students retained is still...

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