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In praise of the modern global market
In this recent season of political debate, America’s increasing economic interdependence with the rest of the globe was often the subject of negative discourse. But a glaring omission in this discussion of globalization, trade and...
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In this recent season of political debate, America’s increasing economic interdependence with the rest of the globe was often the subject of negative discourse. But a glaring omission in this discussion of globalization, trade and...
Continue ReadingBuilding bridges to college
Nelson Mandela once called education the most powerful tool for world change. Furman’s Bridges to a Brighter Future, an intensive, seven-year college access program for Greenville County students, is doing its best to promote the...
Continue ReadingMission to Mars
by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer As a scientist and researcher, Furman graduate Amy Williams knows about putting long days in on the job. But when the job is working with NASA on a mission in...
Continue ReadingWords of iridescence and memory
Furman English professor Joni Tevis published a collection of essays, The Wet Collection: A Field Guide to Iridescence and Memory, in 2007 while living in Minnesota. Tevis’ book found an audience with people who wanted...
Continue ReadingBuilding bridges to college
Nelson Mandela once called education the most powerful tool for world change. Furman’s Bridges to a Brighter Future, an intensive, seven-year college access program for Greenville County students, is doing its best to promote the...
Continue ReadingProfessor Tevis’ book draws attention
Furman English professor Joni Tevis published a collection of essays, The Wet Collection: A Field Guide to Iridescence and Memory, in 2007 while living in Minnesota. Tevis’ book found an audience with people who wanted something...
Continue ReadingFor the love of reading
by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer Hundreds of students at Greenville’s Duncan Chapel Elementary School left their classrooms recently with treats in their backpacks. Some selected copies of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Brown...
Continue ReadingMore awards for Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Furman graduate Tomiko Brown-Nagin has been awarded the 2012 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Nonfiction Prize for her recent book, Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement. The foundation awards...
Continue ReadingA famous photographic memory
When Furman student Samuel Douglas was 11 years old, he was part of a famous photo where he ran alongside Lance Armstrong during a bike race in Georgia. The photo, which appeared on the front...
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