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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 2017 graduates: Cindy Benjamin-LS3P Associates, Ltd. Kristin Bennett-United Way of Greenville County Anne Lee Buck-Greenville First Steps Terese Calhoun-Greenville Area Development...

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Strength in numbers

Math Professors Casey Hawthorne and John Harris want their students to know that math is more than Xs, Ys and Zs. So during April, they took 64 students from three classes to share projects of...

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Grits, globalization and Furman

Alexander Stubb, 1993 Furman graduate and former Prime Minister of Finland, spoke with Paul Hyde of The Greenville News ahead of commencement exercises. Without revealing too much of his keynote address, Stubb described how his...

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Metal Head

Charlotte-based steel container company General Steel Drum was founded by Furman University Economics and Business Administration major Ed West (Class of 1965) in 1979. He sold the company to Myers Containers Inc. of Portland, Ore., but...

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Evicted

As Kenia Flores ’20 learned, timing is everything. During a recent visit to Gantt Summary Court as part of her Introduction to Sociology class (SOC 101), she listened as two cases played out between tenants...

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Furman sends class of 2017 on its way

Alexander Stubb's commencement address. Furman University awarded 697 undergraduate and master’s degrees and presented its top academic honors during graduation exercises Saturday, May 6. [caption id="attachment_31987" align="alignright" width="459"] Furman awarded a total of 697 degrees...

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Emerging Public Leaders recognized

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. EPL is a program designed to...

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2017 student commencement speech–Jack McNeill

Jack McNeill Student Commencement Speech May 6, 2017 Four years ago, in Paladin Stadium, my lacrosse coach quoted Mike Tyson before what would soon prove to be the worst physical exercise I’ve ever endured. “Everybody...

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2017 commencement speech by Alexander Stubb

Alexander Stubb Commencement Speech Furman University May 6, 2017 Madam President, Mr. Vice President, professors, parents, and class of 2017. I'll start in Finnish. How y'all doin'? Every word that (President) Elizabeth (Davis) just said...

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Commencement exercises moved to Timmons Arena

Commencement update: Due to inclement weather in the forecast, Furman's commencement exercises scheduled for Paladin Stadium this evening will be held in Timmons Arena. Commencement begins at 7:30 p.m. Degree candidates should report to the floor...

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Curry receives major honor from the Manhattan Institute

Ravenel B. Curry III, a 1963 Furman University graduate who is president and co-founder of Eagle Capital Management in New York City, was honored with the Manhattan Institute’s Alexander Hamilton Award during the Institute’s 40th...

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The debt ceiling ‘crisis’

Furman University Associate Economics Professor Jason Jones answers the question "when is a crisis really a crisis?" in a piece he wrote for Greenville Business Magazine (see page 11). Jones unpacks the so-called debt ceiling "crisis" by...

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