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2021 Senior Spotlight

Congratulations to the class of 2021! Meet a few of this year's graduating seniors in the 2021 Senior Spotlight. These students' diverse engaged learning experiences and plans for the future offer a snapshot of the...

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Margaret ’83 and Robert Hill ’83 receive OneJax humanitarian award

The OneJax Institute in Jacksonville, Florida, honored Robert ’83 and Margaret Hill ’83 with their humanitarian award on April 15. OneJax is a nonprofit interfaith organization dedicated to achieving civility, understanding and respect for all...

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Duke Endowment’s $25M grant keeps Furman’s student stipend program going

Furman University announced that it has received its second $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment to expand and advance The Furman Advantage. Anna B. Mitchell of The Post and Courier takes a deeper look...

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Furman receives second $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment

Furman University has received a $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment to expand and advance The Furman Advantage, the university’s transformational approach to offering every student a pathway toward a meaningful and valuable college...

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Another cyber wake-up call, but Florida is up early

In a piece that appeared in Florida Politics, 1966 Furman alumnus J. Michael "Mike" McConnell  describes the increased threat to public services that comes with a dependence on information technology. The executive director of the...

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Fall 2020 Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2020 fall term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the semester. The...

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Joseph Vaughn statue unveiling scheduled April 16

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis sent the message below to the campus community on Tuesday, March 2.  Learn more about the unveiling and watch the live video stream of the event. Dear Campus Community, We are...

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Let Joseph Vaughn Day shine a light on our values

This morning, President Elizabeth Davis sent the following message to the campus community to celebrate Joseph Vaughn Day. Dear Campus Community, At last week’s presidential inauguration, poet Amanda Gorman reminded us that “there is always...

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Class of 2020 Millennium Fellows graduate

Fourteen Furman University students have graduated in the 2020 class of the Millennium Fellowship, a semester-long program of the United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network. The program convenes, challenges and celebrates student...

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Message from President Davis: A commitment to our democracy

Today, Elizabeth Davis, president of Furman University, sent the following message to the Furman community. Dear Campus Community, Yesterday was one of the most troubling days in the history of our American democracy. Like many...

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2020: The Year in Review

Amid the challenges, 2020 also brought us countless moments of joy, discovery and community – from learning and gathering virtually to getting out the vote to giving back. While students realized The Furman Advantage in...

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Student weighs in on China, U.S. foreign aid policies

Which country has a better foreign aid policy – the United States or China? Furman alumnus Davis Cousar ’20 pondered the question for some time before deciding he would tackle it as his senior research...

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