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North Village geothermal project nearly complete
JANUARY 18, 2013 by Gray Johnson '16, Contributing Writer Under construction since 2010, the North Village geothermal project is expected to be complete by the end of August. This $4.92 million system represents a new...
Continue Reading“Fix” columnist comes to campus
JANUARY 18, 2013 by Sara Morano ’13, Contributing Writer The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza visited Furman Tuesday and shared his thoughts on presidential politics, the fiscal cliff and life in Washington, D.C. Cillizzi is a...
Continue ReadingViewing emancipation through a digital lens
JANUARY 24, 2013 by Sara Morano ’13, Contributing Writer “It took many hands to loosen the chains of slavery and many on accident.”Edward Ayers, an American historian, and the president of the University of Richmond,...
Continue ReadingLiberal arts education and the real world
In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman president Rod Smolla writes that “liberal college education is not disconnected from meaningful and productive jobs, callings or careers. To the contrary, it is often the gateway, the...
Continue ReadingFurman Theatre presents “Doubt, A Parable”
Did he or didn't he? Where's the proof? A seed of doubt is sown. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play and filmed in 2008 with Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt” is...
Continue ReadingChris White ’92 to screen new film
Filmmaker Chris White '92 will present his film, Get Better, on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in Furman Hall 214 on campus. The showing is free and open to the public and is part...
Continue ReadingEngaging Faith conference meets Feb. 22-23
Furman will hold its Engaging Faith 2013 conference Feb. 22-23 in Daniel Chapel on campus. This year's speakers are Brené Brown, a nationally renowned speaker whose 2010 TEDx Houston talk on the power of vulnerability...
Continue ReadingFurman named Tree Campus USA
The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Furman University as a 2012 Tree Campus USA for its dedication to effective community forestry management. Furman has earned the honor five consecutive years. To receive the designation, Furman...
Continue Reading‘It’s Bell Tower Serious’
Look to your left. Look to your right. One of you is going to marry someone you meet at Furman. That's what former Furman president David Shi told Courtney Tollison's freshman class at orientation in...
Continue ReadingPaintings by Jeff Jensen on display
Paintings by Jeff Jensen will be on display Feb. 14 through March 15 at Thompson Gallery in the Roe Art Building on campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday....
Continue ReadingSandra Day O’Connor to be keynote speaker
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 Law & Society Symposium to be held in Charleston Monday, April 15. The program, which will focus on the separation...
Continue ReadingA look back at Civil Rights in Greenville
On Wednesday, Feb. 27, Furman will host a special screening of a half-hour program produced by WSPA-TV that takes an in-depth look at the Civil Rights efforts that took place in Greenville during the 1960s....
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