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God 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...
Continue ReadingHonoring the Real Heroes
Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer ’98 is a Special Forces officer who has been awarded the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat. He lost his left hand and left eye during a firefight in the...
Continue ReadingBrett Harker Named Head Baseball Coach
Brett Harker has been named Furman's new head baseball coach, director of athletics Mike Buddie announced on July 6. Harker, a Greenville native who owns six years of coaching experience — all in the Palmetto...
Continue ReadingFurman’s Asia Garden Featured Among 12 Best Drive-To Gardens
On those hot, humid days when weeding a garden is the last thing on the mind, take a break and enjoy the labors of someone else's hands. The Charlotte Observer features a list of the...
Continue ReadingStraight Talk SC series addresses critical issues in early childhood education
What Mary Lou Jones learned at Furman’s Straight Talk SC series just pulled at her heart strings. After hearing the latest research on the importance of early childhood education, the Greenville resident decided she wanted...
Continue ReadingPainting by numbers
When Rowan Griscom ’17 and Allie Rockstroh ’18 first heard they’d be painting not one, but two, massive murals for public display, they were a little intimidated. “The wall (on Stone Avenue) was huge, the...
Continue ReadingBrexit and Everything After
For months, residents of the United Kingdom have debated whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union or leave the 28-nation bloc that was formed just after World War II. On June 23,...
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