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Furman’s teacher education program receives national honor from CAEP
The Department of Education at Furman University is recognized by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation for its teacher education program. Only 30 institutions across the nation were honored in this way in...
Continue ReadingGreenville Best and Brightest
Many of Greenville Business Magazine's "Best and Brightest" have ties to Furman University.
Continue ReadingFurman rises in US News rankings; noted for innovation, teaching, research, first-year experience
The university has ranked among the most innovative universities since 2016, and ranked No. 4 this year, signaling the level of awareness of The Furman Advantage and other programs have in higher education.
Continue ReadingFurman again featured in The Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ guide
Furman University ranks highly in “best quality of life,” “best classroom experience” and other categories.
Continue ReadingFor graduates, Summer Commencement marked ‘the beginning of a lifetime of learning’
More than three dozen students were eligible to receive degrees during the Davis Chapel ceremony, including many in graduate programs that ended in the summer term.
Continue ReadingFOX CAROLINA: Furman alumna, Elizabeth Allen, makes Guinness World Record
For Furman University education alumna Elizabeth Allen '20 M'22, what started as tiny paper airplanes thrown in the direction of a classmate soon became an obsession to break a world record. Allen, a 3rd-grade teacher...
Continue ReadingRoe v Wade ruling by Supreme Court affects more than abortion rights
In the days following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we asked Furman faculty members about the moment. They weighed in with expert perspectives representing government and politics (including Constitutional law and...
Continue ReadingAlum wraps up record-setting feat – link by link
A moment of restlessness in class started a chain of events that led Elizabeth Allen ’20 M’22 to a Guinness World Record. The project she spent years creating is now officially recognized as the world’s...
Continue ReadingIn Literacy Corner, ‘the curriculum is the children’
Some call it EDRD-966: Advanced Practicum in Literacy Coaching. Others know it as Literacy Corner. Whatever the name, the month of June has been an adventure in reading, writing and teaching for eight Furman graduate...
Continue ReadingHow SC school districts and universities are curbing the teacher shortage
Like other selected Upstate South Carolina colleges, Furman University has a teacher residency program that serves a critical role in shoring up a dwindling supply of teachers in the state. Higher education reporter Alexis Hamilton...
Continue ReadingThe silencing of LGBTQ voices in U.S. public schools
In a piece he wrote for Shuddhashar's education issue, A. Scott Henderson, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education at Furman University, describes the ways in which conservative political groups in the U.S. have...
Continue ReadingWalker Zimmerman’s USMNT journey: How faith and fortitude helped him become America’s best center-back
Nashville SC defender and USMNT member Walker Zimmerman '15 is set to become the third player in Furman University's history to compete in a FIFA World Cup later this year in Qatar. Zimmerman, who played...
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