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Nasha Lending’s Microloans Curate Local Entrepreneurship

Necessity is the mother of invention. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, loans to small businesses plummeted, leaving would-be entrepreneurs few options for startup funds. Enter Nasha Lending, a nonprofit that collects funds...

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A Solid Freshman Year

Virginia Poe loved the conversations she had during her freshman year at Furman. Anything from soccer to food to faith, she fondly looked back on her now-finished first year.  She also loved the season the...

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Reeder sets sights on U.S. Olympic Trials

Troy Reeder ’17 “didn’t want to go out there and lay an egg” at the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships earlier this month at the University of Oregon’s legendary Heyward Field. That would have...

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Bruns ’19 Wins S.C. Amateur Match Play Crown

It didn't take Connor Bruns '19 (Duncan, S.C.) long to get back into the swing of match play last Sunday at Bear Creek Golf Club in Hilton Head. Bruns, who hadn't participated in match play in...

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Lt. Gen. John Mulholland and Dr. David Shi inducted into ROTC Hall of Fame

Furman alumni Lieutenant General John F. Mulholland, Jr., and Dr. David E. Shi were inducted into the United States Army ROTC Hall of Fame June 10 in a ceremony which took place in Fort Knox,...

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Music major Campbell selected for exchange program in Germany

Furman University student Logan Campbell of Easley has been selected among 75 students nationwide to participate in Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a program created to strengthen ties between Germany and the United States...

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Furman Professor Lends Hand With “Roots” Remake

Tell us how you came to be involved in the remake of “Roots?” The music supervisor of Roots tracked me down after Forest Whitaker requested private lessons on the jeli ngoni, a West African lute...

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A Run for the Senate

The Republican voters in South Carolina District 12 had to decide on Tuesday between four candidates who were running for the State Senate.  Furman political science professor Brent Nelsen talked with WSPA-TV about the candidates...

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Digging into the roots of food

Eating may seem like a straightforward act of everyday life, but if you look at it from a sociological perspective, why people eat the way they do is a complex question. Just ask Ken Kolb,...

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Commenting on News from Orlando

As the investigation continues into the gunman of the Orlando nightclub shootings, Omar Mateen, the FBI is looking at Mateen's wife and what she knew before the massacre.  In an interview with FOX Carolina, Furman...

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The Rising Economic Discontent

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have recognized the deep-seated concerns of Republicans and Democrats about their past, present and future economic prospects and their campaign messages have resonated with these concerns.  As a...

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Portrait of the Artist

Nathan Bertling ’96 grew up in Spartanburg with an affinity for art and a curiosity toward the divine, but it wasn’t until his college years in Furman’s art department and, later, his experiences at seminary,...

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