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...

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...

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...

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...

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...