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Furman announces 2018 spring term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2018 spring term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade-point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall and...

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American Beauty

VacationIdea, an online travel magazine, lists “25 of the Coolest College Campuses” in America and Furman makes the cut. According to the magazine, “learning acquires a whole new level of inspiration when the surroundings are...

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Hardly scraping by: Norwich’s Rhim picks himself up, looks ahead

It will take more than a bad case of road rash and a fractured collar bone to keep Norwich, Vermont native Brendan Rhim off the bike. Bouncing back from injuries suffered in a mid-May race...

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Class of 2018: Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Sustainability

The Center for Corporate and Professional Development at Furman University recently recognized the Class of 2018 graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Sustainability. The Class of 2018 includes: [caption id="attachment_36368" align="alignright" width="475"] The Postgraduate...

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Furman recognizes Corporate Sustainability Fellows

The Center for Corporate and Professional Development at Furman University recently recognized two executives as Corporate Sustainability Fellows (CSF). The 2018 Corporate Sustainability Fellows are: [caption id="attachment_36362" align="alignright" width="450"] Jeffrey Goetz (center) is flanked by...

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Upstate diversity leaders recognized

Diversity leaders were recognized at the 14th Annual Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards Dinner held at the TD Convention Center on May 24. The event was presented by the Greenville Chamber and the Riley Institute at...

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Professor Liz Bouzarth receives CUR mentoring award

Liz Bouzarth, associate professor of mathematics at Furman University, has received a Math and Computer Science Faculty Mentoring Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). Candidates for the awards must show evidence of undergraduate...

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Unlikely friends

There are some interesting leaves sprouting from an oak tree on the campus of Sterling School in Greenville’s Nicholtown neighborhood. On May 9, about 50 elementary students, teachers, administrators, police officers and other community members...

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Soccer—a universal language

When choosing among spring break options, few college sophomores are likely to sign up for a week of manual labor, icy showers and playing with schoolchildren who don’t speak English in a country still reeling...

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Tonight’s gubernatorial debate moved to WYFF studios

The South Carolina gubernatorial debate that was originally scheduled to take place on the Furman University campus Tuesday, May 29 at 7 p.m. has been moved to the WYFF-TV studios in Greenville and will be...

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Furman recognizes Women’s Leadership Institute graduates

The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) of Furman University recently recognized the following Class of 2018 graduates: Eva Anagnostis, Assistant Director, Greenville County Workforce Development Kimberly Appleby, Contracts & Pricing Negotiation Manager, Lockheed Martin Julianne Bower,...

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Is this the way to transform struggling rural schools?

As U.S. Secretary of Education in the 1990s and early 2000s, and previously as Governor of South Carolina for eight years, Richard Riley had a front-row seat for witnessing the impact of under-funded and under-resourced...

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