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2018 Senior Spotlight

Our Senior Spotlights illuminate - from the lab to the links, the classroom to the stage, study away to activism - the unique journeys that lead to graduation.

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Lakeside Concert Series celebrates 50th anniversary

Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer. A Greenville tradition since 1968, the series begins Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s amphitheater. Opening the...

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Awards presented to Riley Institute’s Emerging Public Leaders

The Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University has announced winners of its service project competition for high school seniors participating in the institute’s Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) program. The EPL students for 2017-18 receiving...

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Graduate honors for May 5, 2018 commencement

  Graduate Honors Furman University Commencement May 5, 2018   Name Program Honors Hannah Marie Barton Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude Sarina Anne Basile Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude Erica Nicole Blake Bachelor of Arts...

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Furman bids farewell to class of 2018

List of graduates with honors Check out Senior Spotlight [caption id="attachment_36207" align="alignright" width="371"] Furman held a baccalaureate service for the graduating seniors earlier Saturday.[/caption] Furman University awarded 623 undergraduate and master’s degrees and presented its...

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Student commencement speech by Lexie Harvey

  Student Commencement Speech Lexie Harvey May 5, 2018 One morning this year, I was walking to class when a friend called me to inform me she had lice. I immediately started scratching my head,...

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Furman faculty publish new anthology of South Carolina poetry

A new anthology of South Carolina poetry edited by Furman University faculty members is now available. [caption id="attachment_36010" align="alignright" width="300"] "Archive" is published by The Ninety-Six Press and is edited by Furman faculty members Gil...

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Human rights lawyer David Tolbert ’79, visiting scholar at Duke

Human rights lawyer and 1979 Furman University history alumnus David Tolbert is a visiting scholar at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Tolbert, who has been at Duke since February, temporarily stepped away from his...

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Proving Our Promise, a letter from President Davis

Furman-Gallup study will ensure The Furman Advantage delivers. By President Elizabeth Davis EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of Furman Magazine. We made a promise and we plan to keep...

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Research Report

Ansley Ulmer ’18 is going to Hawaii the week before graduation. But she’s not getting an early start on celebrating. Ulmer is traveling to present at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in...

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Furman prepares for spring commencement Saturday

[caption id="attachment_36113" align="alignright" width="340"] Ligler, a 1972 Furman graduate, holds two doctorate degrees from Oxford University and is a member of the Inventors Hall of Fame.[/caption] Check out 2018 Senior Spotlight Watch commencement live via...

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Furman remembers professor Charles Brewer

A celebration of the life and legacy of Charles L. Brewer, legendary professor of psychology at Furman, will be held Sunday, May 6, from 2-4 p.m. at the Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center. Brewer,...

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