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Bibb presents Bonner American Scholar lecture

AUGUST 24, 2012 by Vince Moore, Director of News and Media Relations Dr. Bryan Bibb, associate professor of religion at Furman, will present the Bonner American Scholar Lecture Thursday, Aug. 30 to mark the beginning...

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Unique, creative, unusual: That’s the Paladins

Nicknames can showcase a school's creativity in branding its athletic teams. Sometimes, it is a connection to the history of the school or region. Other times, the nickname choice defies explanation. Yahoo! Sports compiled its...

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An impressive choral accomplishment

Jeffrey Baxter, a 1982 Furman graduate in music education, has been named the Florence Kopleff Choral Administrator Chair for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The chair was created in perpetuity as a tribute to American contralto...

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Baxter named to new chair for Atlanta Symphony

Jeffrey Baxter, a 1982 Furman graduate in music education, has been named the Florence Kopleff Choral Administrator Chair for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The chair was created in perpetuity as a tribute to American contralto...

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The Reggio way

AUGUST 22, 2012 by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer “How do trees drink out of their roots?” “Where does tree sap come from?” “Why do squirrels live in trees?” They may not even be in first...

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Zwing earns high USC honor

FALL, 2012 Lyndey Ritz Zwing, a 2009 Furman graduate in political science, received a Compleat Lawyer Bronze Award at the May 2012 Commencement ceremonies at the University of South Carolina School of Law. The award...

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Furman listed in Princeton Review college guide

Furman is featured in the new 2013 edition of The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, The Best 377 Colleges.  About 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges and three colleges outside the U.S.A. are profiled...

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Five appointed to endowed professorships

AUGUST 21, 2012 by John Roberts, Newspage Editor Faculty appointments to one life-time and four limited-term endowed professorships were announced last week by John Beckford, vice president for academic affairs and dean. The honored professors are...

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Underwood’s article published

FALL, 2012 Robert Underwood’s article, "Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.: Economic and Market Consequences of Globalization," has been published in the September/October issue of the journal Business Horizons. The article examines the growth of foreign...

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Fan Fest, field day and more

AUGUST 20, 2012 by John Roberts, Newspage Editor Furman Fan Fest, an exhibition soccer game against Wake Forest and a field day for the class of Class of 2016: they were all part of a...

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Green is “cool” in Sierra Club list

Furman is listed in the Sierra Club’s sixth annual ranking of America's greenest colleges. The 96 “cool” schools were noted for their commitment to making environmental improvements and performing well in the survey's various categories,...

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In praise and memory of Dr. Hans Einstein

Dr. Hans Einstein, a 1943 Furman graduate, was an immigrant success story, healer, family man and visionary. A distant relative of famed physicist Albert Einstein, he practiced internal and pulmonary medicine for decades in Bakersfield,...

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