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A special delivery on Valentine’s Day
COVID-19 may have derailed this year's traditional Valentine’s Day Dance for Exceptional Adults hosted annually by Furman’s Heller Service Corps, but it didn’t stop student members of the service organization from showing kindness to the...
Continue ReadingDes Moines University President Angela Franklin ’81 leads historic transformation
Angela Walker Franklin ’81 has been some combination of “only” or “first” so many times in her life she’s lost count – probably because it never mattered much to her either way. “I was the...
Continue ReadingLet Joseph Vaughn Day shine a light on our values
This morning, President Elizabeth Davis sent the following message to the campus community to celebrate Joseph Vaughn Day. Dear Campus Community, At last week’s presidential inauguration, poet Amanda Gorman reminded us that “there is always...
Continue ReadingFurman University Announces new Furman Athletics Fund
In a move designed to broaden donor recognition and enhance financial support for Furman’s athletics programs, Furman Athletics and the university’s Office of Development has launched the Furman Athletics Fund. The new fund replaces the...
Continue ReadingTSgt. Stacey Holliday scores vice-presidential gig
If Stacey Holliday '04, a member of Singing Sergeants, told you she’d be taking part in Inauguration Day 2021, you might assume the alto would be performing as part of the United States Air Force...
Continue ReadingFurman leads study into trail accessibility for low-income populations
Parks and trails provide communities with great opportunities for outdoor recreation and physical activity. But they’re often inaccessible to people in low-income neighborhoods. What’s more, research into the problem is scarce. Enter Furman health sciences...
Continue ReadingEmma Jones ’20 helped her community acknowledge its painful history
Emma Jones ’20 knew she came from a place steeped in history. But she didn’t know pieces of that history had been left out. “There’s a lot of memorials there,” Jones says of Walker County,...
Continue ReadingWhitney Prowell ’08 named one of Columbia’s ‘Best and Brightest 35 and Under’
It wasn’t until she saw herself alongside other young professionals honored as one of Columbia Business Monthly magazine’s “Best and Brightest 35 and Under” in September that Whitney (Jones) Prowell ’08 realized she wouldn’t have...
Continue ReadingNancy Blackwell Bourne ’62 writes and illustrates her first book
If there’s one thing Nancy Blackwell Bourne ’62 has always been bad at, it’s being good at only one thing. Writing her first book at the age of 80 with her right hand and illustrating...
Continue ReadingInnovation Hour brings good ideas to life
Creative people find outlets for their gifts through paint and canvas, a camera lens, ink and paper, clay on a potter’s wheel, or maybe a well-worn stage. But where’s the conduit for a great idea,...
Continue ReadingThe certain outcome of the 2020 election
The following is an op-ed by Furman President Elizabeth Davis, as it appeared in The State newspaper on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, one thing will be certain: Regardless of the ongoing...
Continue ReadingHeller Service Corps: Where small acts of kindness create big impacts
Even if Barrett Taylor ’21 had not undergone 12 surgeries and procedures over her 21-year span of life, she’d likely still have a soft spot for volunteerism and children. Having gone through hospitalizations for brain...
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