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Kirkland to join Paladins
Pierce Kirkland, a flanker and co-captain of the Memorial High School (Houston, TX) Rugby Team, has accepted a Furman Rugby Scholarship and has committed to attend Furman. Kirkland, the son of Robert Kirkland of Houston,...
Continue ReadingTurner to join Paladins
Andrew Turner, a resident of Muscat, Oman who began playing rugby in third grade, will attend Furman University next year and has committed to joining the Furman rugby team. Turner, who attended the 2014 Furman...
Continue ReadingWomen’s Leadership Institute graduates 33
Furman University’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development has announced that 33 members of its inaugural class of the Women’s Leadership Institute have graduated.
Continue ReadingThe man behind Furman’s track resurgence
Chris Borch, a 1978 Furman graduate, earned a spot on the Paladin cross country team as a walk-on in 1974. It was tradition back then for each runner to receive a pair of blue Onitsuka...
Continue ReadingDr. Blumenfield receives Fulbright to study in China
Tami Blumenfield, an assistant professor of Asian Studies, has been selected for a Fulbright Scholar Grant to conduct research in China during the 2015-16 academic year. Dr. Blumenfield will work with the Na communities of...
Continue ReadingBook by professor Kolb wins top award
A recently published book by Furman sociology professor Kenneth H. Kolb has received a major award from the American Sociological Association. Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling has been honored with...
Continue ReadingJustice, equity, and politics
Coleman Allums ’14 was set to prepare his third and final go-around for a highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship when he learned he won an award in recent weeks. “I knew how competitive this source...
Continue ReadingRhim is on a roll
The road to cycling success may seem an uphill climb, but Furman student Brendan Rhim has been riding lately as if cruising a downhill slope. The 19-year-old New Hampshire native recently helped the Furman cycling...
Continue ReadingHome game for Matt Davidson
When a married couple includes a husband who plays golf for a living, oftentimes the husband’s job dictates where the wife goes. But in the case of Matt Davidson ’04, who plays on the Web.com...
Continue ReadingTrustees approve faculty promotions, tenure
During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 12 faculty members and granted emeritus status to six professors who are retiring this summer. The trustees also recognized the...
Continue ReadingAn opera for social justice
[caption id="attachment_17981" align="alignright" width="160"] Frances Pollock[/caption] Frances “Katie” Pollock, a 2012 graduate of the Furman music program, has composed an opera based on the story of 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr., a South Carolina youth who...
Continue ReadingGhosts and songs of the apocalypse
We live in a world of ghosts, says author and Furman English professor Joni Tevis. In her new collection of essays, "The World is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure and Songs of the Apocalypse," Tevis embarks...
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