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Furman to hold fall convocation Thursday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m.
Furman will celebrate the beginning of the 2014-15 school year with its fall convocation Thursday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Furman president Elizabeth Davis will preside as the university welcomes the class of...
Continue ReadingThe growing number of women college presidents
The days of the college presidency as a job for men is quickly becoming outdated as more and more women step into the role. At the recent Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, there were 23...
Continue ReadingHelping start a new church
Faith is at the center of the life and career of Dr. Vaughn CroweTipton, associate vice president for spiritual life and professor of religion at Furman. Over the years, he has served as a pastor...
Continue ReadingMaking an impact despite the odds
University chaplain Vaughn CroweTipton couldn’t send just anybody to Haiti. In fact, he couldn’t send anybody period, which presented a particularly vexing challenge in Furman’s quest to fulfill former president Rod Smolla’s pledge to help...
Continue ReadingThe new school year is here
Furman’s 2014-15 academic year will officially get underway Tuesday, Aug. 26 when students attend their first day of classes. Approximately 750 freshmen will report to campus Friday, Aug. 22 and take part in four days of...
Continue ReadingAdam Scheuch ’98 named Teacher of the Year
Adam Scheuch ’98 knew when he was a still a student himself he wanted to teach. It was a fire fueled by a fundamental drive to “touch the life of an individual in a positive...
Continue ReadingArt by Noelle Allen
Works by Noelle Allen, Associate Professor of Art at Dominican University (Chicago), will be on display Aug. 25-Sept. 27 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman University campus. Thompson Gallery hours...
Continue ReadingDoes flexible work schedule benefit everybody?
Flexible work is often touted as the answer to everything that’s wrong with the modern workplace. If workers can use technology to set their own hours, and work when, where and in whatever manner they’re...
Continue ReadingUsing music to teach the lessons of life
Furman graduate Adam Scheuch is band director at Mauldin High School. And on Aug. 14, he learned he had been named Greenville County Schools' Teacher of the Year for 2014-15. Scheuch said he sees himself...
Continue ReadingGil Allen authors collection of poems
Greg Williamson describes Gil Allen's new volume of poems this way: "With a big heart and an expert pen, he draws our attention to things we might have looked at once but didn’t really see...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces new Upstate DLI Class
Forty-four leaders from the Upstate have been selected to participate in the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative program. It is DLI's 18th class of Riley Fellows, and the group will join more than...
Continue ReadingWelcome to Furman
On behalf of Parents Council, we would like to welcome the parents of the Class of 2018 and new transfer students to Furman! You have become members of a very special family…the Furman family. Furman...
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