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Seeking justice in El Salvador
Furman religion professor Echol Nix visited El Salvador July 24-Aug. 1 as part of a U.S. delegation interested in learning more about the six Jesuit priests who were murdered nearly 25 years ago during the...
Continue ReadingFurman to hold summer commencement Aug. 16
Shirley Ritter, Professor of Education Emerita at Furman, will serve as speaker when Furman holds its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 16 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The university will award approximately 55 undergraduate and...
Continue ReadingCostco cofounder Sinegal to wrap up “Working Poor” series
Jim Sinegal, Costco cofounder and former Director of Costco Wholesale Corporation will speak in the final session of “Can’t Win for Losing: The Crisis of the Working Poor.” The event, "Revitalizing the American Dream," is...
Continue ReadingTracking Lights
There were some nerves for Furman physics professor John Conrad and his students when they sent their DJI Phantom 2 drone into the air for the first time—and that was on a sunny day over...
Continue ReadingSeizing the competitive advantage
Furman University’s Undergraduate Evening Studies program was just what Paul Santos was looking for when he wanted to ramp up his career and move into management at General Electric’s Greenville gas turbine plant. Santos, operations...
Continue ReadingClassical music for a new audience
Furman graduate Maggie Stapleton, assistant program director at KING-FM radio in Seattle, is in charge of promoting Second Inversion, a streaming channel designed to rethink classical music and make it more accessible to a younger...
Continue ReadingFurman offering course on sustainability in business
Furman is offering a program in the spring of 2015 that will help executives manage the challenges of a socially conscious business environment. The five-session course, offered by Furman’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development in...
Continue ReadingThe write stuff
Emily Poe-Crawford, 28, always received compliments on her handwriting when she would take notes in school. So after graduating from Furman in 2008 with a double-major in English and Spanish and then receiving a master’s...
Continue ReadingUnstoppable
Furman student Ryan Boyle ’18 has had a pretty good 2014. In May he won a World Cup cycling gold in Italy. In July, he matched the feat at the national championships held in Madison,...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute selects fellows to develop state-level afterschool policy
Sixteen leaders in the afterschool and expanded learning fields nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In...
Continue ReadingA bright and busy future
Furman graduate Mary-Mitchell Campbell is a Broadway musical director who's regularly balancing shows and benefit concerts while also serving as founder and executive director of ASTEP, a nonprofit that works internationally to change the lives...
Continue ReadingMultiplying opportunities
Retired mathematics professor John Poole began his career at Furman University in 1969, the same year that what was then known as the Furman Drama Department moved into The Playhouse. From the beginning, Poole said...
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