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Sound Quality Music Series & More
The Furman University Music Department has announced its Sound Quality Series of concerts for the 2014-2015 season. The series is sponsored by the Furman Music Department and Partners in the Arts. Tickets are $12 for adults,...
Continue ReadingMeet the 2014-15 Furman Fellows
[caption id="attachment_13923" align="alignright" width="558"] This year's Furman Fellows are (from left to right) Emily Vontsolos, Cassie Chee, Kris Hajny, Orlin Sergev and Luke Christie.[/caption] Furman Fellows Class of 2015 Cassie Chee is a Spanish and...
Continue ReadingFurman celebrates beginning of school year with convocation
Furman has a lot to celebrate during the 2014-15 school year. It is the inaugural year for Elizabeth Davis, Furman’s 12th president, and it marks the 50th anniversary of desegregation at the university. The school...
Continue ReadingCrews selected as member of Leadership Greenville
Furman University’s Director of Undergraduate Evening Studies Beth Crews has been selected as part of the Chamber’s 41st class of Leadership Greenville. Leadership Greenville is a program designed and facilitated by the Greenville Chamber to help...
Continue ReadingGood news for college graduates
According to a story in The Wall Street Journal, this year’s college graduates are earning more than they expected to in their first jobs out of school. That doesn’t surprise John Barker, Furman’s director of...
Continue ReadingThe Marathon Man
Bill Pierce, a health sciences professor at Furman, is well known throughout the running world as the co-author of Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training Program, which...
Continue ReadingPaladins to open at UGa Saturday
[caption id="attachment_13890" align="alignright" width="222"] Trent Pannell, Turner Morches, Richard Budd and Derek Jones are seniors on the Furman Team. [/caption] The Furman Rugby team will launch the fall season Saturday with contests against the University of...
Continue ReadingRichardson named Emerging Teacher of the Year
Once a year, Spanish teacher Jessica Richardson ’12 rolls out the red carpet for her students, literally. After viewing the latest couture from Spain on fashion channel Solo Moda, Richardson and her students rearrange their...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces finalists for Excellence Award
The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds have announced the three finalists for the Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. The winner of the annual award, which highlights innovative educational initiatives...
Continue ReadingDorismond among finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year award
Former Furman volleyball player Christina Dorismond has been named one of the top 30 honorees for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The 2014 graduate finished her Furman career with a 3.98 GPA in...
Continue ReadingSustainability and collaboration
Furman is well known for its beautiful campus, commitment to sustainability and opportunities for deep undergraduate student research. These three components came together when the campus was recently designated as a Level I arboretum through...
Continue ReadingMichta to speak about crisis in Ukraine
Andrew Michta, PhD, M.W. Buckman Distinguished Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College, will speak Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. in Watkins Room in the Trone Student Center on the Furman campus. His talk, “U.S.,...
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