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Home, Sweet Home
On Wednesday, August 17, the Community Conservation Corps (CCC) of Furman University celebrated a significant milestone: the weatherization of its 100th home—and the 50th home it has improved in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of...
Continue ReadingStover Publishes New Book
[caption id="attachment_26165" align="alignright" width="400"] Stover's new book is available through SolutionTree.com and Amazon.com[/caption] Assistant Professor of Education Katie Stover, Ph.D., has published her second book, From Pencils to Podcasts: Digital Tools for Transforming K-6 Literacy...
Continue ReadingUnited Way and Furman Partner in Needs Assessment
In an effort to strengthen Greenville’s ability to build a Cycle of Success for current and future generations, United Way of Greenville County will partner with Furman University to undertake a needs assessment in neighborhoods...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute Announces Finalists for Education Award
Furman University’s Riley Institute has announced the three finalists for the 2016 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. The winner of the award will be named at a luncheon Friday, Oct. 14, at...
Continue ReadingThe Journey Continues
Clint Dempsey is one of the best soccer players the United States has ever produced. He is the only American to score in three different FIFA World Cups, and he is the men’s national team’s...
Continue ReadingSinging for the Children
Furman student Drew Whitlow is doing his part to help the Syrian children refugees. On Monday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Triune Mercy Center, Whitlow, a church music major, will assemble a dozen of...
Continue ReadingWhy Some Latinos Support Donald Trump
Dr. Bryan Betancur, a Colombian-American who teaches Spanish at Furman, writes in the Fair Observer that the 55 million Latinos in the United States embody diversity. “We come from African, European, Asian and indigenous backgrounds,”...
Continue ReadingMaking Room at Our Table in a Global Community
News of the wrongful arrest of United Arab Emirates businessman Ahmed Al Menhali at an Ohio hotel in June coupled with the July terrorist attack at a bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh prompted Furman professor Lisa...
Continue ReadingWhat You Won’t Find in the Curriculum
Read Dr. John Beckford's Commencement Address Furman University awarded 60 undergraduate and graduate degrees during its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 13 at in McAlister Auditorium. Dr. John Beckford, professor of music and former...
Continue ReadingDoubling Down on Accountability and Discipline
In an op-ed for The Post and Courier in Charleston, education professor Paul Thomas writes that Charleston County is making a wise and important decision to reform discipline policies in the school district. While education...
Continue ReadingAlum Named GCS Teacher of Year
It took only a volunteer activity in a third grade classroom to shift her pre-health college track to education, but that was all the confirmation she needed. For Katie Saunders, a 2009 Furman University graduate...
Continue ReadingFulfilling the Promise of Education
In June of this year, Furman’s Riley Institute and the university's Osher Lifelong Learning Center sponsored a three-part series titled “Education for Life: Working Together to Fulfill the Promise of Education.” The program addressed the...
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