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Professor Receives $347,000 NIMH Grant
Erin Wamsley, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Furman University, has received a $347,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the effect of waking rest on memory. The three-year Academic...
Continue ReadingThe Campus Laboratory
Education is the key element behind many of Furman’s green initiatives, which includes everything from the new $1.6 solar farm to the elliptical machines that help power the Physical Activities Center. Wes Dripps, Associate Professor...
Continue ReadingFurman, Community Inextricably Linked
In a Greenville News op-ed piece, Dr. Angela Halfacre cites beliefs of our nation’s founding fathers who espoused the importance of youth involvement in civic engagement and service. With Furman’s Community Engagement Initiative, the university has...
Continue ReadingBeauty and the Books
Furman’s beautiful campus has been well documented, and now the Travel Channel has listed the university as one of its 10 favorite “resort-like campuses” in America. The Travel Channel blog, “Roam,” noted that campus “grounds...
Continue ReadingFurman, Vanderbilt Forge New Partnership
When a university like Furman consistently funnels well-rounded, high-caliber graduates to a top-rated master of accounting program like the one at Vanderbilt University, it makes perfect sense to establish a more formal relationship in order...
Continue ReadingErik Ching Authors New Book About Civil War in El Salvador
Furman University History Professor Dr. Erik Ching has written a new book about civil war in El Salvador. [caption id="attachment_26458" align="alignright" width="400"] Dr. Erik Ching is author of several books about El Salvador.[/caption] Stories of...
Continue ReadingCellobration Weekend to be Held Sept. 9-10
Furman University will host the 37th annual South Carolina Cello Choir weekend known as “Cellobration” Sept. 9-10. The event is a program of the South Carolina chapter of String Teachers Association (SCASTA). Cellobration is open...
Continue ReadingCelebrating the New School Year
Approximately 1,200 faculty, staff, students and members of the Greenville community came together in McAlister Auditorium Thursday as Furman University officially celebrated the beginning of the 2016-17 school year with fall convocation. [caption id="attachment_26412" align="alignright"...
Continue ReadingSpeaking About Stigma, Stress and Fear
Furman education professor Paul Thomas has been very open with his colleagues and administrators about his struggles with anxiety, which includes a fear of flying. He talked about some of those fears and how they are...
Continue ReadingYeah, That Leo Mazzone
Leo Mazzone was the pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves from 1990-2005, when the Braves won one World Series, five National League pennants and 14 division titles. He coached Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John...
Continue ReadingMadeline Clark ’04 Makes a Difference
2004 Political Science and Spanish graduate Madeline Clark Mavrogordato might be the epitome of teacher involvement. In an article in One Day Magazine by Keesa McKoy, the author describes Mavrogordato’s relationship with one of her third grade...
Continue ReadingTaylor ’16 Recognized for Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Thesis Competition
Furman Political Science and Psychology graduate Mallary Taylor ’16 of Greenville has been chosen as a runner-up winner of Pi Sigma Alpha’s 2016 Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis competition for her paper, “Exploring ‘The Compassion Gap’:...
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