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Anna Sugg Named One of Most Influential Women in Election Media
Anna Sugg ’12 remembers when she first got interested in politics. “When I was in fifth grade, our teacher gave us this assignment where she had a worksheet and we had to watch the Bush...
Continue ReadingHitting on All Cylinders
Whitewater High School in Georgia is no stranger to successful baseball seasons and producing college-level talent, but perhaps none of their alums has made a first-year splash like 2015 graduate Jabari Richards. Richards, who just...
Continue ReadingFurman energy efficiency grant fuels savings for local nonprofits
Donating money wisely is easier said than done. That was the basic tenet behind an $80,000 gift given to Furman University in spring 2015 by an anonymous donor. The donation was earmarked to help make...
Continue ReadingFurman Students, Alums Join Musical Theatre for Summer Productions
Greenville’s GLOW Lyric Theatre, South Carolina’s only professional opera, operetta and musical theatre company, is gearing up for a Furman-filled July. The 2016 season of Gounod’s deeply romantic opera, “Romeo et Juliette” and the fiery...
Continue ReadingSouthern Living Lists Greenville Among “South’s Best College Towns”
When Southern Living magazine compiled its list of the “South’s Best College Towns,” Furman’s hometown, Greenville, was among the top 21 choices. According to the magazine, it “selected some of our favorite small towns, some...
Continue ReadingA Life of Design
After studying studio art at Furman, Meredith Moran German ’99 moved to New York City and began working as a fashion designer. She and her husband, Wendell, eventually started their own company, Meredith Wendell, whose...
Continue ReadingGod and Faith References Prominent in Confederate Flag Emails to Haley
Among the 10,000 emails and letters Governor Nikki Haley received regarding the debate about the Confederate battle flag on Statehouse grounds, many included references to the Almighty. As reported by Schuyler Kropf of The Post...
Continue ReadingLending a Hand
The $1,500 that Conway City Council paid for three of its police officers to attend leadership diversity training at the Riley Institute at Furman this spring will be money well spent for a group of...
Continue ReadingHonoring a Very Special Artist
[caption id="attachment_25443" align="alignright" width="254"] Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness[/caption] Among the myriad events commemorating last year’s tragedy in Charleston is “Requiem for Mother Emanuel,” a powerful exhibit of batik paintings by Orangeburg resident and renowned artist...
Continue ReadingThe Final Days of Great American Shopping
Tell us about your new collection of stories, which have been written over an extended period of time. Is there a theme that runs through the collection as a whole? Most of the stories take...
Continue ReadingSharing the Knowledge
Don Hite ’88 has spent years conducting Broadway musicals, leading nationwide tours and scanning talent in Hollywood. That included serving as associate director of the national tour of “Miss Saigon” and directing music for the...
Continue ReadingWhite-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows Named
Sixteen leaders in the field of afterschool and expanded learning nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott...
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