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Furman to host 2016 Mock Trial national championship
Furman has been selected to host the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Championship tournament that will take place in April 2016. The event, which features the country's top college mock trial teams vying for...
Continue ReadingA moment to savor
Students from the First Year Writing seminar Sugar and Spice recently visited the Biology Department’s Food Lab to share a holiday tradition with James B. Duke Associate Professor of Asian Studies and History Savita Nair....
Continue ReadingGame on
If you want to buy stock that rests on the future of a soccer team—or any other type of sports team—Furman junior Andrew Kaonga soon will have a game available for you. Although Kaonga ,...
Continue ReadingFurman has built one of the nation’s top mock trial programs
So far this fall, the Furman mock trial team has participated in tournaments in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Durham, Elon, Irvine, and Philadelphia. The extensive travel and countless hours of participation pay off for Furman Mock Trial, an...
Continue ReadingScholarship creates new opportunities for philosophy students
Sarah Worth ’92 can give a lot of concrete reasons why you should major in philosophy. Philosophy majors score the highest on the verbal and analytical writing sections of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Only...
Continue ReadingThe Washington Experience
[caption id="attachment_14779" align="alignright" width="300"] Stewart Atkins and Congressman Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader[/caption] For Carson Priest ’15, his summer as an intern in Washington, D.C., was anything but boring as he learned everything from how...
Continue ReadingHomecoming 2014: It’s a wrap
Furman compiled a series of triumphs on Friday when men’s soccer crushed ETSU 3–0, women’s soccer defeated UNCG 4–1, and volleyball beat Mercer 3–1. On Saturday, the volleyball team was again victorious with a 3–0 win against...
Continue ReadingFurman takes first place in two video contests
Students in Dr. Wes Dripps' ECOS (Environmental Community of Students) Engaged Living classes snag first place in two sustainability video contests. The first contest was sponsored by Green Living Project, the second by the Associated...
Continue ReadingMeet Mike Wilson ’88
After an hour spent with Mike Wilson, newly appointed executive director of alumni and parent engagement, one can quickly identify the common threads that unite all who have experienced Furman.
Continue ReadingBecoming a strong candidate for success
William Shelley ’14 wasn’t looking for just any internship last summer, which worked out well because Brad Crone wasn’t look for just any intern. “It’s a working internship. It’s not running the Xerox and going...
Continue ReadingLooking for life on Mars
Amy Williams is looking for little green men . . . on Mars. Well, not exactly. She’s actually searching for something much smaller on the Red Planet—bacteria. At the University of California-Davis, Williams ’07 (Earth...
Continue ReadingCounselor Travel
Every fall, our admission counselors hit the road to meet with prospective students and their families. Our counselors attend college fairs, host admission receptions, and have one-on-one conversations with you. To find out when we'll...
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