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“Dins Day” tops $1 million in gifts and pledges
Furman officials had high hopes for its first “Dins Day” celebration, a 24-hour fundraising event that took place on April 28, but the results exceeded even the most optimistic expectations. The final tallies show that...
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Kjersti Kleine ’17 was sure she knew what a leader was, and that person wasn’t her. Or so the Cary, N.C., native thought before getting involved as a freshman with Furman’s Shucker Institute for Leadership...
Continue ReadingThe Passion Behind Challenge Projects
“I think one of the biggest things I’ve learned is that leaders can come in all shapes and sizes,” Kleine says. “Originally coming into college I just thought that a leader was someone that was...
Continue ReadingA presidential appointment
When Sustainability Science/Spanish major Michael Robinson ’16 received an internship in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Energy and Climate Change, he thought he’d be in for a fair amount of administrative duties....
Continue ReadingRay, Sweezey honored by staff
[caption id="attachment_17957" align="alignright" width="300"]President Elizabeth Davis honors Emily Sweezey (left) and Linda Ray (right) during an April 17 ceremony. [/caption] Ray, an administrative assistant in Modern Languages and Literatures, has worked at Furman for 35...
Continue ReadingThe prolific professor
Average number of people who view daily posts on his blog, “The Becoming Radical”: 600-700 Average number of words he writes each day: 1,000+ Number of followers on Twitter: 4,086 Number of tweets since February...
Continue ReadingMastering the “green” classroom
“Green thinking” has moved into classrooms, where students earn degrees specifically focused on sustainability studies or add an Earth-friendly spin to more traditional majors. Furman launched its sustainability science major in 2011, which allows students...
Continue ReadingShucker Graduate Rises Above the Challenge
Luke Christie has never taken a walk, can't cut his own steak and can't put himself to bed, but when you talk to him, you tend to forget his physical challenges. He's articulate, intelligent, funny...
Continue ReadingA tip of the graduation cap to Luke Christie
Luke Christie has never taken a walk, can't cut his own steak and can't put himself to bed, but when you talk to him, you tend to forget his physical challenges. He's articulate, intelligent, funny...
Continue ReadingMen’s cycling team makes clean sweep at national championships
How good is the Furman men’s cycling team? This past weekend at the USA Cycling Collegiate National Championships in Asheville, N.C., Furman claimed victories in the Road Race, Criterium and Team Time Trial events. It...
Continue ReadingHistory, Asian studies professor publishes new book
Furman University Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies Wendy Matsumura, Ph.D., has published a new book about Okinawa. "The Limits of Okinawa: Japanese Capitalism, Living Labor, and Theorizations of Community" is published by Duke...
Continue ReadingA little bird told me
[caption id="attachment_17920" align="alignright" width="600"] Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com[/caption] The degree to which we humans can adapt to noise is many and varied. Let’s say we live in a quiet neighborhood where the only sounds we...
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