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Newsboys in Concert April 29

The Grammy®-nominated and platinum-selling band Newsboys will be in concert Saturday, April 29, at 6 p.m. in Timmons Arena on the Furman University campus. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are available at the Timmons...

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Today is Dins Day!

[caption id="attachment_31652" align="alignright" width="542"] Dins Day helps raise money for the university and its students.[/caption] Furman University is reaching out to its alumni, parents and friends from around the world today as the school celebrates...

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Three Furman seniors receive Fulbright grants

Three 2017 Furman University graduating seniors have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The seniors are among over 1,900 U.S. citizens...

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U.S. must talk to North Korea

Furman Politics and International Affairs professor Akan Malici warns of dire consequences for the U.S. and the world if cooler heads don't prevail with respect to North Korea. As guest columnist for The Greenville News,...

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Power of the internship

More and more colleges and universities are embracing the idea of engaged learning and encouraging their students to pursue internships during the summer and throughout the academic year. In a column for the Greenville Journal, Furman...

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Furman completes $1.7M solar farm

Furman University is inching closer to reducing its carbon footprint. April 25 marks the day the university will connect more than 2,000 photovoltaic solar panels to the electrical grid that promise to reduce the university’s electricity expenditures by up...

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Modern Languages & Literatures collaborates with Hispanic Alliance

The Furman Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL) has established the Hispanic Alliance - Furman University Fellowship (HA-FU), a collaborative effort with Greenville’s Hispanic Alliance whose mission is to enrich the quality of life...

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BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament announces celebrities list

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, former Major League Baseball players Chipper Jones and Paul O’Neill, and actor Carmine Giovinazzo are among the celebrities who will visit Greenville to play in the 2017 BMW Charity...

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“Make Campus Great Again”

Lauren Cooley ’14 was a political activist when she was a student at Furman, and that is still true today. She writes and speaks about conservative causes, and she was recently interviewed on the Glenn...

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Are South Carolina schools really the worst in the nation?

In U.S. News & World Report's inaugural ranking of the 50 states, South Carolina holds the dubious distinction of last place for education. Cindy Landrum of Greenville Journal taps education experts to break down how the...

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Clemson, Furman team up to provide youth rugby camp

The Furman and Clemson rugby teams will again partner for the 2017 Summer Rugby Camp at Furman University. Furman Coach John Roberts and Clemson Coach Steve Lynch, two of the top college rugby coaches in...

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Marlanda Dekine is transforming consciousness and community

“It’s always wanting to know the why of things--not just this is the way things are, but why is this the way things are,” says Marlanda Dekine in an article by Lillia Callum-Penso of The Greenville News....

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