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Mosteller now Miss South Carolina

Brooke Mosteller told a joke during her pressure-packed interview question at the Miss South Carolina 2013 pageant. She was still having fun as she was introduced as the state's new beauty queen Sunday. Mosteller, a...

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“Mobi-Rec” comes to Greenville

Nine graduates of the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative has given a mobile recreation vehicle to the Greenville Parks and Recreation Department that will help make physical recreation more accessible to disadvantaged youth...

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Manyé named president of NACS

Furman University modern languages professor Lourdes Manyé has been elected to a two-year term as president of the North American Catalan Society (NACS).  Manyé has been serving as treasurer of the organization since 2007. Founded...

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Building community, one stone at a time

Bruce Clemens has always wanted to move mountains. This year, he enlisted the help of ten Furman students to help him to do just that, literally. Teamed up with an industrious group of local villagers,...

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Kierkegaard, collaboration and online philosphical musings

While most students this summer likely aren’t planning on discussing Nietzsche, Kierkegaard in their spare time to solve societal issues, it’s all a part of the day for philosophy major Maggie Bedrosian. Bedrosian has been accepted to...

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A literary dream come true

Ed Tarkington, a 1995 Furman graduate, is an English teacher and wrestling coach at Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy in Tennessee. He will also soon be a published novelist. His first novel, Only Love Can Break Your...

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A literary dream come true

Ed Tarkington, a 1995 Furman graduate, is an English teacher and wrestling coach at Nashville’s Montgomery Bell Academy in Tennessee. He will also soon be a published novelist. His first novel, Only Love Can Break Your...

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Not necessarily born to run

Generally speaking, the best way to improve as a runner is to train as a runner, but unless you were truly born to run, focusing solely on running is probably a very limited strategy. Instead,...

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For love of the numbers game

What are the chances that a professional baseball player in Japan will excel in Major League Baseball? Furman graduate Connor Jennings is doing his best to predict that very thing. Jennings, who graduated in May...

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Not necessarily born to run

Generally speaking, the best way to improve as a runner is to train as a runner, but unless you were truly born to run, focusing solely on running is probably a very limited strategy. Instead,...

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For love of the numbers game

What are the chances that a professional baseball player in Japan will excel in Major League Baseball? Furman graduate Connor Jennings is doing his best to predict that very thing. Jennings, who graduated in May...

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Corporate connections

    Furman University first began installing solar panels on campus more than a decade ago. Now, a Furman student wants to make the technology behind them even better. As part of his summer research...

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