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How important is your state to U.S. history?
This news release was written and provided to Furman by Washington University in St. Louis. As the United States celebrates its founding on July 4, new research on “collective narcissism” suggests many Americans have hugely...
Continue Reading$50,000 in scholarships from Osher Foundation benefit adult reentry students
Furman University Undergraduate Evening Studies (UES) has received a $50,000 grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation. The grant supports UES Osher Reentry Scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year, enabling nontraditional adult learners (NALs) to continue...
Continue ReadingColleges replace plastic straws with paper
Before Furman's move to replace plastic straws with paper ones in 2017, the university was tearing through about 22,000 straws per month--a fraction of the 500 million straws used each day in America. University Business...
Continue ReadingMeasuring the college experience
In a “Future U Podcast,” Brandon Busteed, executive director of Education & Workforce Development at Gallup, discusses what college graduates think about their higher education experiences. As part of his discussion with co-hosts Jeff Selingo...
Continue ReadingMenzer named to board of South Carolina Council on the Holocaust
Furman University English professor Melinda Menzer has been appointed to the board of the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust. The South Carolina Council on the Holocaust was established by the South Carolina Legislature in...
Continue ReadingFurman installs epinephrine kits
"Twenty-five percent of people who suffer from life-threatening allergies don’t know it, and those who do often engage in risky behavior by not carrying their prescribed epinephrine auto-injectors," reports Cindy Landrum of the Greenville Journal....
Continue ReadingWalking the balance transfer tightrope
Jonathan Handy, an assistant professor of business and accounting at Furman, speaks with WalletHub about balance transfer credit cards and how to avoid the mistakes that can happen when using them.
Continue ReadingIs holding students back in third grade a good idea?
Furman Education Professor Paul Thomas is quoted in The Post and Courier in an article headlined “Up to 4,000 SC third-graders could be held back for failing reading test.”
Continue ReadingFrom the lab to the workplace
When it comes to giving students an opportunity to meet with the top executives in their field of study and learn more about what awaits them after graduation, nobody does it better than Furman’s chemistry...
Continue ReadingHigh tech meets low tech at Furman solar farm
When Furman’s six-acre, $1.7 million solar farm was installed off Poinsett Highway last year, the project turned heads. But it’s likely to get even more attention now that 12 St. Croix sheep have moved in...
Continue ReadingTonight’s “Lakeside” concert moves to McAlister Auditorium
As Furman celebrates 50 years of its Music by the Lake Concert Series, tonight's concert at 7:30 p.m. will take place in McAlister Auditorium on campus. For the much-anticipated concert, “For New York,” “Rhapsody in Blue” features...
Continue ReadingWCU remembers chancellor and Furman alum David Belcher
David Belcher, a 1979 Furman alumnus and beloved chancellor of Western Carolina University, died Sunday at the age of 60 from brain cancer. A native of Barnwell, South Carolina, Belcher graduated from Furman with a degree...
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