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Furman receives $1 million grant from Rinker Foundation

[caption id="attachment_35089" align="alignright" width="401"] Ellen Chamblee '20 was among the Furman students who attended the Partners Luncheon in November.[/caption] Furman University has received a $1 million grant from the Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Foundation that...

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Ask a counselor: Furman University

Vanessa Infanzon with The Charlotte Observer conducts a Q&A with Furman University admission counselor Maggie Murphy in a special series, Carolina College Bound. The article is loaded with practical advice for helping students find the...

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It’s grand opening time for Furman on Main

Furman on Main, the university’s new presence in downtown Greenville at M. Judson Booksellers, will have its grand opening Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Event...

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Cookbook details history, recipes of Furman University’s White Oaks

Hospitality and food go hand in hand according to Furman University first gentleman Charles Davis. As Davis explored his role as the University's inaugural first gentleman, his instincts led him to the kitchen at White...

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Furman Theatre welcomes Doug Berky in “The Tiger’s Whisker and Other Tales”

Furman University Theatre welcomes alumnus and guest artist-in-residence Doug Berky (Class of 1995) who will present The Tiger’s Whisker and Other Tales Friday, Dec. 1, and Saturday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m., with a matinee...

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Furman travels to Wofford Saturday for second round of NCAA playoffs

After starting the season 0-3, Clay Hendrix wasn’t thinking about winning streaks or NCAA playoff games. The first-year head football coach says he was more concerned with the Paladins getting their first victory. But once...

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Show and tell

In their quest to learn how to sell things, marketing students sometimes forget the biggest sale they’ll ever make: themselves. The good news is the internet age presents more opportunities than ever before to do...

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FSO and Oratorio Chorus present Handel’s “Messiah” Dec. 1

The Furman Symphony Orchestra (FSO) and Oratorio Chorus will present Handel’s Messiah Friday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. The Cultural Life Program concert is open to the...

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Riley Institute announces Wilkins Leadership Awards

Furman University’s Riley Institute has announced that Rep. Weston Newton (R-Beaufort and Jasper Counties) and Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. (USMC-Ret.), former astronaut and head of NASA, are recipients of the David H. Wilkins...

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A closer look at mutual fund advertising

A review by The Wall Street Journal found that some asset managers are using incorrect ads to promote mutual funds, and there is little policing of the practice. Furman Business Professor Tom Smythe, who has...

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America’s brand of nationalism excludes critical perspectives

[caption id="attachment_27756" align="alignright" width="222"] Professor Akan Malici, Department of Politics and International Affairs[/caption] Can one love their country too much? As Americans, are we so nationalistic that we are blinded to ways in which the...

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Over Here, Over There: the Upstate in the Great War

Furman history professor Courtney Tollison co-curated “Over Here, Over There: Greenville in the Great War,” an exhibition on display in the spring of 2017 at the University's James B. Duke Library. The exhibition, which was...

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