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Professor David Shaner to appear in public television documentary Sunday, Oct. 23
David Shaner, Herring Professor of Asian Studies and Philosophy, is among the experts interviewed for the public television documentary, “The Asian & Abrahamic Religions: A Divine Encounter in America.” SCETV will broadcast the two-hour program...
Continue ReadingFurman’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota wins national achievement award
Furman’s Theta Lambda Chapter of the music fraternity, Sigma Alpha Iota, has been recognized as the outstanding chapter for the 2010-11 academic year. The Katherine Becker National Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award is given annually to...
Continue ReadingDoing the “Hot Lips Hustle”
OCTOBER 16, 2011 by Chloe Kowalski, Contributing Writer To see Ryan Ernstes ’14 around Furman’s campus, one would hardly notice a faint scar above her lips. This slight mark, however, is the only physical indication...
Continue ReadingUCM President Ambrose enjoys inaugural day
Chuck Ambrose, a 1983 Furman graduate, was officially installed as the 15th president of the University of Central Missouri on Oct. 6. A four-year letterman and captain of the soccer team while a student at...
Continue ReadingNew approach to enrollment
An article about Furman’s efforts to develop new ways to evaluate students for admission and merit scholarships appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Continue ReadingMaking the grade
A study about grade inflation in higher education, co-authored by Furman computer science professor Christopher Healy and retired Duke University professor Stuart Rojstaczer, was cited in various news outlets, including Inside Higher Ed, USA Today,...
Continue ReadingA Forcier to be reckoned with
After throwing for 226 yards and seven touchdown passes and running for another score in a 62-21 victory over Presbyterian College, Paladin quarterback Chris Forcier was featured in The New York Times College Sports Blog,...
Continue ReadingPresident Smolla’s new book
Inside Higher Ed published an interview with president Rod Smolla about his new book, The Constitution Goes to College: Five Constitutional Ideas That Have Shaped the American University.
Continue ReadingTreating others with respect
An editorial by Troy Terry, director of Graduate Studies at Furman, was posted Sunday on GreenvilleOnline. Terry, a former public school teacher and principal, discusses how social media is shaping reality for young students and...
Continue ReadingPhoto slideshow: Furman vs. Samford
Greenville Online photographer Gwinn Davis captured some football and fan images from Saturday's game, a 26-21 loss to Southern Conference foe Samford. View her work.
Continue ReadingA father-daughter reading
OCTOBER 10, 2011 by Summer Woods '14 For the Aarnes family, a talent for writing is apparently genetic. Professor Bill Aarnes, an English professor, and his daughter, Emma, will be demonstrating that talent Wednesday when...
Continue ReadingVideo: President Smolla and Dillard hit the dance floor
OCTOBER 6, 2011 by Becky Lane' 04 and Jeremy Fleming '07 President Rod Smolla and Community Relations Director Chandra Dillard were among a group of local celebrities who laced up their dancing shoes Saturday as...
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