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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...

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The 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...

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Furman, 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...

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Beauty 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...

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Furman, 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...

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Erik 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...

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Cellobration 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...

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Celebrating 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"...

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Speaking 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...

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Yeah, 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...

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Madeline 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...

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Taylor ’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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