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Selective colleges not out of reach
The college admissions and enrollment process can be intimidating and complicated, especially to low-income students who are the first in their family to attend college. But studies have shown that that when low-income students do...
Continue ReadingWho speaks for Furman?
[caption id="attachment_15222" align="alignright" width="300"] Joseph Vaughn entering library first semester at Furman spring 1965 (Bonhomie 1965)[/caption] Furman University was a microcosm of South Carolina and the South as a whole during the tumult of the...
Continue ReadingFurman music professors to present concert Nov. 13
The Furman Faculty Chamber Music Series will present a concert Thursday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The event is part of Furman’s Sound Quality Concert Series. Tickets are $12...
Continue ReadingSouth Regional to be held in Maryland
Furman, champions of the Southern Conference, advance the Final 16 of the USA Rugby DII College Championships. The South Regionals will be held Nov. 22-23 in Salisbury, Maryland. See more.
Continue ReadingKendall Driscoll ’16 becomes published poet
Kendall Driscoll ’16 believed writing her thoughts would keep them hidden safely away. What the soft-spoken music education major from Aiken didn’t count on was the words jumping off the page. Speech of the Masquerade, Driscoll’s...
Continue ReadingRecognizing Furman in the fall
Best College Values, a college planning resource, has released a list of the 50 American colleges with the most natural beauty in the fall. Furman was No. 30 on the list, which acknowledged the schools...
Continue ReadingFurman defeats UNC-Wilmington to capture Southern Rugby Conference title
Furman ended UNC-Wilmington’s three-year reign over the Southern Rugby Conference Sunday by defeating the Seahawks 23-17 to win the SRC championship. Hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the Paladins coasted to the...
Continue ReadingA lasting legacy
The Greenville community recently lost a philanthropist and community leader, Mamie Jolley Bruce, whose lasting legacy has and will continue to make a difference in Greenville. Her generous gift created Furman’s Bridges to a Brighter...
Continue ReadingFurman Standard honors ten
[caption id="attachment_15126" align="alignright" width="300"] Top left and continuing clockwise, George (left) and Fran Ligler (right) honored Carl Kohrt, who is photographed with his wife Lynne, and Charles Brewer. Brewer was also honored by Genie Gullick....
Continue ReadingThe struggle over desegregation at Furman
On Jan. 29, 1965, Joseph Vaughn became Furman's first African-American undergraduate student. That date marked the turning point in a debate that divided the campus for more than a decade and changed the university's culture...
Continue ReadingA circuitous journey into politics
Madeline Rogero took a circuitous path to her current position as mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. After graduating from Furman with a degree in political science in 1979, Rogero worked with César Chávez's United Farm Workers,...
Continue ReadingThe Washington Experience
[caption id="attachment_14779" align="alignright" width="300"] Stewart Atkins and Congressman Kevin McCarthy, House Majority Leader[/caption] For Carson Priest ’15, his summer as an intern in Washington, D.C., was anything but boring as he learned everything from how...
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