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Introducing Shannon Young ’16
Shannon Young '16 is an intern with the offices of development and alumni and parent engagement this fall. She will be writing alumni feature stories and posting to social media throughout the term. Read on...
Continue ReadingReconstruction: What really happened after the Civil War?
Many historians believe there is no more complex and misunderstood time in history than Reconstruction, the tumultuous period that followed the end of the Civil War. Furman history professor Courtney Tollison will take an in-depth look...
Continue ReadingCornel West, Robert George square off in Tocqueville program
Robert P. George, Ph.D., and Cornel R. West, Ph.D. (pictured), two prominent thinkers on the right and left, respectively, will speak on campus about Christianity and politics Thursday, Oct. 22, at 5 p.m. in Watkins...
Continue ReadingFurman Chorales and Singers in concert Oct. 22
The Furman University Men’s and Women’s Chorales and the Furman Singers will present their fall concert Thursday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Memorial Chapel on the Furman University campus. The concert is free and...
Continue ReadingA second chance at a first-class education
Most kids have a lot of growing up to do when they graduate from high school. Breana Vachon had more to do than most. A late birthday combined with skipping the fourth grade had...
Continue ReadingAdopting a grandparent at Furman
Adjusting to the lack of family connection in everyday life can be rough transition for many college students living away from home. To help students maintain that family connection while away at school, Furman sophomore...
Continue ReadingHelping Greenville middle schoolers stay on track
It all started with Dave Breslin. Breslin, a fifth-grade social studies teacher, set the bar high for his fifth-graders, including young Ansel Sanders. The dynamic educator brought learning to life and made it relevant and...
Continue ReadingEmily Wirzba ’13 addresses climate action resolution
An article by Emily Wirzba ’13 was recently published in The Hill in support of a recent House Republican resolution on climate change, calling it “a strong vehicle to carry within Congress a renewed spirit of bipartisan dialogue...
Continue ReadingAlum Alexander Stubb talks about European integration
In an Oct. 7 speech at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, former Finland Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said his interest in European integration began in a classroom at Furman University in the 1980s....
Continue ReadingBridging the gap
The blunt truth is, after her parents divorced when she was 10 Furman wouldn’t have been on many people’s list of potential futures for Casey Crisp ’09. It was on the only one that mattered,...
Continue ReadingFall Festival of Choral Music presents concert Oct. 17
The Furman Fall Festival of Choral Music will close with a free concert Saturday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus. For the festival, singers from high school programs in the region are...
Continue ReadingThe Berlin Wall revisited
2012 Furman University political science and German major Brandon Tensley attempts to uncover the root causes of xenophobia among people from former East Germany. In a piece he wrote for the Washington Post, Tensley teases...
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