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Kelsey Orr selected as Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow

Kelsey Orr, a rising senior at Furman University, is one of 10 undergraduates from across the country to be selected as a 2016 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow. Managed and funded by the U.S....

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Teeing It Up with the Guys

When the GolfBC Championship begins this week at Gallagher’s Canyon Golf & Country Club in Canada, there will be 155 men and one woman playing in the tournament.  The lone female will be Jacqueline Bendrick,...

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Blackwell to work with Leipzig University as part of Mellon grant

Furman University Classics professor Dr. Christopher W. Blackwell will collaborate with faculty at Leipzig University (Germany), which was awarded a $204,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund research on tools...

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Music by the Lake Concert Series Begins May 26

Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, will begin Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s amphitheater. The series opens with a performance by the Lakeside...

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Seven New Members Elected to Furman Board of Trustees

Robert E. Hill, Jr., chair of the Furman University Board of Trustees, announced today that six new trustees and one trustee emeritus have been elected to the board. The new trustees are Yendelela Neely Anderson...

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What a Difference a Century Makes

Research by Lane Harris, an Asian Studies and history professor at Furman, helped a writer learn more about his grandfather’s life in China. The writer, Ian Gill, found Harris’ research online about the modern Chinese...

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Riley Institute and OLLI present Straight Talk SC: Education for Life

Politicians, philanthropists, corporate leaders and educators call for education reform. Vast differences of opinion lead to disputes and finger-pointing. Yet most agree the goal is the same—to see children grow into adults who have the...

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University Announces Dean’s List for Spring Semester

Here is a list of the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2016 spring term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during...

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OLLI accepting applications for Senior Leaders Greenville

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman is accepting applications through June 6 for its next Senior Leaders Greenville program. Launched in 2013, Senior Leaders Greenville is a program designed for adults 55 and...

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Furman Faculty Members Receive Promotions, Tenure

During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 14 faculty members and granted emeritus status to four professors who are retiring this summer. The trustees also recognized...

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French professor Bessy publishes new book

[caption id="attachment_24729" align="alignright" width="198"] Book explores representations of migration in contemporary French cinema[/caption] Furman University Associate Professor of French Dr. Marianne Bessy has published a new book which examines representations of migration in contemporary French...

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The Final Days of Great American Shopping

[caption id="attachment_24698" align="alignright" width="212"] The Final Days of Great American Shopping is a collection of short stories from Gilbert Allen.[/caption] Dr. Gil Allen, the Bennette E. Geer Professor of Literature Emeritus at Furman, has published...

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