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FUEL Furman Fundraising Concludes
The third year of FUEL Furman: Ignite the Fire, Fuel the Future officially concluded on April 3. Nearly 80 donors participated with gifts ranging from $5 to $1,000. In total, supporters gave close to $8,500,...
Continue ReadingArt by Class of 2015 on display in Thompson Gallery
Art by 11 Furman seniors will be on display through May 9 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. One Screw Loose is a collection of works based on the artists’ own...
Continue ReadingStudents to attend SSCA honors conference
Seventeen Furman University students have been selected to attend the Southern States Communication Association’s 25th Annual Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference April 8-12 in Tampa, Fla. Caroline Walters ’15 (Moral Rhetoric and the Humanitarian...
Continue ReadingAlways the teacher
When their curious young son went “missing,” the Charles Brewer's parents always knew where to look. He might be playing ball with some of the neighborhood kids. But more than likely, the four-year-old was attending...
Continue ReadingClimate change: It’s not all bad news
Rising sea levels, severe weather patterns, record breaking temperatures… it’s a constant refrain from climate change experts around the world. But it isn’t all bad news. In Monday’s lecture titled “Climate Change,” Tripp Van Noppen,...
Continue ReadingA survivor of Rwanda
At the start of April each year, Jonathan Kubakundimana gets a familiar feeling of sadness in the pit of his stomach. The feeling has descended on the 21-year-old Furman student and Rwanda native each year...
Continue ReadingFilm festival explores the realities of China’s environmental crisis
High on a hillside in southwest China, a handful of elderly residents cry out, pleading for the protection of the mountains, trees, and streams around them. For many generations, protecting their environment has been a...
Continue ReadingJazz Ensemble and Combos in concert April 10
The Furman Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos will present a concert Friday, April 10, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. A Sound Quality Concert Series event, the concert is open to the...
Continue ReadingFurman Percussion Ensemble in concert April 11
The Furman University Percussion Ensemble will present its annual spring concert Saturday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall campus. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $5 for adults and...
Continue ReadingReaching out to grandmothers
When Furman student Christina Sturgeon met Ginny Simmons in an elevator at The Woodlands, a nearby retirement community, you could say it was a grandmother-granddaughter connection at first sight. That was the start of their...
Continue ReadingDaniel Mahoney speaks about “Christianity & the Religion of Humanity”
Daniel J. Mahoney, Professor of Political Science at Assumption College (Worcester, Mass.), will speak on the Furman University campus Thursday, April 9, at 5 p.m. in Watkins Room of the Trone Student Center. The CLP,...
Continue ReadingStratton awarded Furman Standard research grant
Furman University professor Jeanine Stratton, Ph.D., (Business & Accounting) has been awarded a Faculty Research Grant through The Furman Standard program. The grant is valued at $3,000 annually over three years and is designed to...
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