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From a Furman national title to unlikely friendships, you’ll want to hear these stories
Bobby Daugherty '90, an economics major and member of the NCAA Division I-AA Furman Football squad that won the national championship in 1988, will be among the speakers in the Storytellers Project show on March...
Continue ReadingPontari named interim vice president for academic affairs and provost
Beth Pontari, who has led Furman University’s engaged learning efforts as associate provost since 2017, will serve as interim vice president for academic affairs and provost, beginning July 1, Furman President Elizabeth Davis announced Wednesday....
Continue ReadingBonds 101: Students participate in live capital finance project
Finance-savvy students might geek out at the prospect of sitting in class learning about debt instruments and how institutions use them for funding large capital expenditures. Others might not be so interested. But likely all...
Continue ReadingHave we gotten student success completely backward?
In an article appearing in The Chronicle of Education, Aaron Basko, associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Lynchburg, in Virginia, cites the Gallup-Purdue Index, which lays out “The Big 6 for...
Continue ReadingProfessional women are starting to reap benefits of marriage
Lindsay Diehl '22 and Cabot Fowler '23 were trawling for an interesting research project last summer when their economics professor suggested they peruse a national survey of youth. Created by the U.S Bureau of Labor...
Continue ReadingS.C. schools usher in innovation centers
Furman University's Anthony Herrera, executive director of The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, goes on record in a SC Biz News story about the growing presence of business incubators on campuses in the state....
Continue ReadingGhosts, monsters and fiscal cliffs
In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman professors Jason Jones (Economics) and Tom Smythe (Business and Accounting) address the issue of America’s looming fiscal cliff. They write that the nation’s elected officials must, through...
Continue ReadingAverting ghosts, monsters and fiscal cliffs
In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman professors Jason Jones (Economics) and Tom Smythe (Business and Accounting) address the issue of America’s looming fiscal cliff. They write that the nation’s elected officials must, through leadership...
Continue ReadingSC entrepreneurial insights from John Warner
John Warner, founder of Innoventure and self-described "serial entrepreneur," joined Mike Switzer, host of public radio program "South Carolina Business Review." Warner spoke about the latest infusion of endowment funds for Furman University's Hill Institute...
Continue ReadingDemand for workers pushes wages higher
For a story about the worker shortage and increasing wages in the United States, Ross Norton of SC Biz News turns to two Furman University professors in the Department of Economics, Kailash Khandke and Jeffrey...
Continue ReadingGreenville think tank CEO named Ascend Fellow
The Post and Courier reports on Greenville native and 2005 Furman University history graduate Joe Waters, who has been named to the 2021-22 cohort of Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows. Over the course of 18 months,...
Continue ReadingGreenville’s Best and Brightest 35 and Under
Celebrating "rising stars" in the business community, Greenville Business Magazine has published its annual Best & Brightest 35 and Under issue. Now in its 27th year of the special issue, the magazine again includes a...
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