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Meet Furman alum and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero
Madeline Anne Rogero graduated from Furman in 1979 with a B.A. degree in political science. On Saturday, Dec. 17, the 59-year-old Florida native was inaugurated as the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. She made it...
Continue ReadingPresident Smolla speaks on First Amendment rights
Furman president Rod Smolla recently spoke about First Amendment rights to a group of high school students at Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas. His talk led to one of the students at the school,...
Continue ReadingRemembering Pearl Harbor
On Dec. 7, the United States commemorated the 70th anniversary of one of the most notable moments in the history of the nation. In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman history professor Courtney Tollison...
Continue ReadingAlum Tomiko Brown-Nagin joins Harvard Law faculty
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a 1992 Furman graduate, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a tenured Professor of Law this summer. Brown-Nagin, a leading expert on legal history, education law, and civil rights, will also...
Continue ReadingTrees make us healthier, speaker says
By Chloe Kowalski '12, Contributing Writer DECEMBER 5, 2011 Imagine your city has a spare $1 million. Then, try telling the city commission the money should not go to improving education, roads, sewer lines, public...
Continue ReadingNLRB vs. Boeing: President Smolla writes about what the law has to say about dispute
Much has been written and said about the National Labor Relations Board’s complaint against Boeing, arising from Boeing’s decision to build its second 787 Dreamliner plant in North Charleston instead of the Pacific Northwest. But...
Continue Reading2007 alum Michael Scullin receives graduate research award from APA
Michael Scullin, a 2007 Furman graduate who is finishing his Ph.D. work at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the 2011 Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). The...
Continue ReadingMilliken Foundation makes $1 million gift in honor of Furman trustee Daniel Sanders
DECEMBER 1, 2011 by Vince Moore, Media Relations Director The Milliken Foundation has made a $1 million contribution to Furman in honor of university trustee Daniel S. Sanders, who recently retired from the Milliken &...
Continue ReadingIndia “truly an unbelievable experience”
NOVEMBER 29, 2011 By Tori Hedden '12, Contributing Writer and Study Abroad Participant Many students who participate in Furman’s study abroad programs find it difficult to relate the experience to those at home after the...
Continue ReadingConverting exercise into electricity
Fifteen of the elliptical machines in the Furman Fitness Center are equipped with devices to feed electricity generated by the users into the campus power grid. The Associated Press reported on the energy-saving system in...
Continue ReadingSchiff brings debt discussion down to earth
NOVEMBER 22, 2011 By Sara Morano '14, Contributing Writer “The shelves of Wal-Mart will be empty!” Just hours after the Congressional Super Committee announced it would not meet a midnight deadline for cutting $1.2 trillion...
Continue ReadingKudos to Furman’s music program
Furman has been recognized as one of the “Top Ten Music Colleges in the Nation” by the Education-Portal.com website. Others mentioned on the list include The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, Berklee...
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