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Furman Standard honors ten
[caption id="attachment_15126" align="alignright" width="300"] Top left and continuing clockwise, George (left) and Fran Ligler (right) honored Carl Kohrt, who is photographed with his wife Lynne, and Charles Brewer. Brewer was also honored by Genie Gullick....
Continue ReadingThe struggle over desegregation at Furman
On Jan. 29, 1965, Joseph Vaughn became Furman's first African-American undergraduate student. That date marked the turning point in a debate that divided the campus for more than a decade and changed the university's culture...
Continue ReadingBecoming a strong candidate for success
William Shelley ’14 wasn’t looking for just any internship last summer, which worked out well because Brad Crone wasn’t look for just any intern. “It’s a working internship. It’s not running the Xerox and going...
Continue ReadingA golden opportunity
“Go west, young man” is a quaint idea associated with the outdated concept of manifest destiny, but the basic message was the same when Furman art history professor Marie Watkins spoke to Mary Elizabeth Morse...
Continue ReadingThe unfinished business of integration
Desegregation began on South Carolina college campuses in 1963, but integration has not yet been completed, a civil rights pioneer told a Furman University audience Thursday. An Evening with Harvey Gantt, one of a series...
Continue ReadingTen faculty appointed to endowed professorships
Furman announced this week that 10 faculty members have been appointed to endowed professorships at the university. Four of the new professorships are lifetime appointments, while the other six are for limited terms. Gifts from donors...
Continue ReadingWar and remembrance
Olivia Haase ’15 knew her great, great uncle had died on a World War I battlefield in France. What she didn’t know was how powerful the feelings would be when she saw his nearly century-old...
Continue ReadingThe pipes are calling!
Colorful kilts, border collies and the sound of bagpipes will be the order of the day when the Greenville Scottish Games get underway this weekend at Furman. The festivities will begin Friday, May 23 at 6...
Continue ReadingAuthor Doris Kearns Goodwin to talk about newest book
The American History Book Club (AHBC) will host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin in Greenville, Thursday, April 10 in a first-ever fundraising effort by the Book Club to advance the Upcountry’s appreciation for American...
Continue ReadingFurman Mock Trial wins bid to National Championship Finals
The Furman University Mock Trial program has won its 18th consecutive bid to the National Championship Finals to be held in April in Orlando, Fla. Furman earned the bid with a perfect score of 8-0 at...
Continue ReadingChildren’s author Brett visits Upcountry History Museum
New York Times #1 best-selling and beloved author/artist Jan Brett will visit the Upcountry History Museum-Furman University Wednesday, April 2 at 6 p.m. With more than 39 million books in print, Brett is one of America’s...
Continue ReadingHistory Professor Ching authors new book
Furman University History Professor Erik Ching, Ph.D., has written a new book about military regimes in El Salvador. Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880–1940, is published by University of Notre Dame...
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