OLLI at Furman accepting applications for Senior Leaders Greenville

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman is accepting applications through June 9 for Class 4, Senior Leaders Greenville. Launched in 2013, Senior Leaders Greenville is a program designed for adults 55 and up...

Conflicts over Confederate names and symbols likely to continue

Paul Hyde of The Greenville News spoke with three South Carolina experts about the heated debate swirling around Confederate symbols and names. Sparking local discussion is a local high school named for Confederate lieutenant general...

Board of Trustees approve promotions, tenure for faculty

During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 17 faculty members and heard that seven new members will join the board on July 1. The trustees also...

EES professor Muthukrishnan awarded Fulbright scholarship

[caption id="attachment_32175" align="alignright" width="300"] Known by many as the "warm heart of Africa," Malawi is in the southeast part of the continent. Map courtesy of Google Maps.[/caption] Suresh Muthukrishnan, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental...

Why Germany has boring politics

Furman graduates Claire Greenstein (Class of 2011) and Brandon Tensley (Class of 2012) have authored their fourth article for Foreign Affairs, a publication of the Council on Foreign Relations. In it, the writers explain why...

University names Michael Jennings Chief Diversity Officer

Michael E. Jennings, associate dean of the Consortium for Social Transformation at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has been named Chief Diversity Officer at Furman University. Jennings, who is also a tenured...

Rev. Kate Taber named Associate University Chaplain

Rev. Kathryn (Kate) Taber, Facilitator for Peacemaking and Mission Partnerships of the Presbyterian Church (USA) World Mission in Jerusalem, has been named Associate University Chaplain at Furman. Taber will begin her duties at Furman July...

Black power and the rise of Trumplandia

Furman University Education professor Paul Thomas draws from his formative years in the 1960s and 1970s to inform the opinion piece he penned for the HuffPost. In it, Thomas compares "black power" as it appeared...

Perfect partnership

On March 8, 2017, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County lauded Furman’s Shi Center for Sustainability as their first Organizational Donor of the Year. The award recognizes the work Furman’s Community Conservation Corps (CCC) did...

Furman Golf Club hosts BMW Charity Pro-Am

Furman recognizes Corporate Sustainability Fellows

The Center for Corporate and Professional Development at Furman University recently recognized three local executives as 2017 Corporate Sustainability Fellows. They are: David Bereskin (CEO, Greenville Water) Ron Cotterman (Vice President of Sustainability, Sealed Air)...

Riley Institute names new class of Emerging Public Leaders

The Riley Institute at Furman University has announced its 2017-2018 class of Emerging Public Leaders (EPL). Launched in 2002 by the Riley Institute, EPL is an intensive, statewide service-oriented leadership program for rising high school...