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Aspen String Trio in concert March 18
Furman University hosts the Aspen String Trio in a concert Monday, March 18 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. The performance is open to the public, and is a Sound Quality Series event. Tickets...
Continue ReadingRemembering an act of courage
On March 2, 1961, a large group of high school and college students gathered at Zion Baptist Church in Columbia. Their purpose was to peacefully confront the state government and the people of South Carolina...
Continue ReadingAward-winning Horsley studies skin’s mysteries
by Sarah Webb Two thousand twelve was an especially good year for biologist Valerie Horsley ’98. First, the Yale University professor won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which comes with research...
Continue ReadingHere’s to the ladies who brunch
by Peggy Haymes I walk into the room with the usual tables and linens and a breakfast buffet down one side. Sometimes I see people I know and eagerly greet them. Most of the time,...
Continue ReadingOn the Road with Peter Gwin
PETER GWIN REMEMBERS VIVIDLY the first time he experienced the thrill of sudden, bright-white clarity. While on a Furman study abroad trip to the United Kingdom, he and some friends decided to visit the European...
Continue ReadingEntrepreneurial Spirit
by Andy Peters David Trone walks past a display featuring holiday wine suggestions. He sees an assistant manager standing behind the customer-service desk at the McLean, Va., location of Total Wine & More and asks...
Continue ReadingFrom the President
President Smolla recently traveled to Washington, D.C., where he interviewed two experts about the future of journalism and print media, and about how the worlds of education and journalism share similar concerns in dealing with...
Continue ReadingExpansive new look
Here's a video tour of the new front atrium. The renovations to the Trone Student Center are well on their way to completion. When spring semester began January 7, students found the upstairs transformed, with...
Continue ReadingOrder of Merit
by Jim Stewart Virginia Thomas’ appointment in 1931 as dean of Greenville Woman’s College proved to be an inspired choice. She took the job during difficult times. The Depression had left GWC in a precarious...
Continue ReadingPolitics as Usual
by Jessica Taylor A few months ago, some Furman alumni and I met for dinner in Washington, D.C. Gathered for barbecue and sweet tea, reminiscent of our Southern roots, many of us had arrived after...
Continue ReadingBehind the scenes at Election Central
by Jessica Taylor I almost didn’t make it, thanks to Hurricane Sandy. That was how things began for me on Election Weekend — the most important days of the year, a time that we, as...
Continue ReadingBread for the Journey: Nadia Savova
TRAVELER magazine, published by National Geographic, recently launched a “Travelers of the Year” program to recognize “individuals who explore the world with passion and purpose.” Contributing editor George Stone described the 10 inaugural recipients as...
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