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Campus flu cases this year about average
by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer Furman is seeing what Director of Student Health Services Mary Haselden described as a “typical” flu season this year. During the first week of classes in January, clinic staff saw...
Continue ReadingEverything’s coming up roses
Since the Furman campus is widely considered to be among the most beautiful in the nation, it comes as no surprise that Sheree Wright, senior grounds keeper at the university, was invited to write a...
Continue ReadingLiberal arts and the real world
In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman president Rod Smolla writes that “liberal college education is not disconnected from meaningful and productive jobs, callings or careers. To the contrary, it is often the gateway, the...
Continue ReadingRemembering the Wilmington Ten
Even though 2010 Furman graduate Andrew Barnhill was a native of Wilmington, N.C., it took him a long time to hear the infamous story of the Wilmington Ten, a group of individuals known for their...
Continue ReadingViewing emancipation through a digital lens
by Sara Morano ’13, Contributing Writer “It took many hands to loosen the chains of slavery and many on accident” Edward Ayers, an American historian, and the president of the University of Richmond, spoke about...
Continue ReadingWorship service features Singers, Chamber Choir
Furman University will present a worship service to close its annual Church Music Conference Friday, Jan. 25 at 4:30 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. “A Service of Psalms” is free and open to...
Continue ReadingProviding a helping hand on MLK Day
An Upstate community got some much needed attention this week thanks to a group of Furman students. In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, more than 130 students spruced up houses in...
Continue Reading“In the Mood,” coming to McAlister
The big band, swing dance musical revue known as “In the Mood” will be performed Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman campus. “In the Mood” celebrates America’s Greatest Generation...
Continue ReadingFurman Jazz Ensemble performs concert Jan. 25
The Furman Jazz Ensemble will present its winter concert Friday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are available at the door and...
Continue Reading20 questions with President Smolla
You want to know more about Furman president Rod Smolla? Where he was born? His major in college? His favorite type of music? His least favorite chore? You’ll learn all that and more in a...
Continue ReadingZimmerman selected in MLS draft
With the seventh and 20th picks in the MLS SuperDraft, FC Dallas took two players it didn’t think would be available at those spots. At No. 7, FCD took Walker Zimmerman, a 19-year-old Generation Adidas...
Continue ReadingNorth Village geothermal project nearly complete
by Gray Johnson ’16, Contributing Writer Under construction since 2010, the North Village geothermal project is expected to be complete by the end of August. This $4.92 million system represents a new method for heating...
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