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Furman extends downtown Greenville footprint to One City Plaza
Furman is expanding its downtown presence – and planning one of the school’s greatest investments in the Greenville community – with the addition of a 2,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of 101 N. Main...
Continue Reading‘How did we get here?’: StraightTalk series examines structural racism
Each year since 2011, The Riley Institute and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman – joined recently by South Carolina ETV – have collaborated to present a public discussion of timely issues for the...
Continue ReadingJuneteenth is an opportunity to reflect
President Elizabeth Davis sent the message below to the campus community on Friday, June 18, 2021. Dear Campus Community, The first time I heard about Juneteenth I was a first-year student in college at Baylor...
Continue ReadingWith new $1 million commitment, Laniers continue to support student success
James A. Lanier Jr. ’79 and Mary Anne Anderson Lanier ’79 are watching ripples grow and expand toward a bright future. The couple previously committed $1.05 million to invest in Furman University’s Shi Institute for...
Continue ReadingFurman 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...
Continue ReadingShould Greenville County Schools start a public Montessori program?
During a Greenville County Schools board meeting, members broached the topic of offering a public Montessori school option. While South Carolina has 47 public Montessori programs, the ones in Greenville County exist only in private...
Continue ReadingAmerica needs history and civics education to promote unity
In the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, and amid a climate of political polarization in the country, six former U.S. education secretaries get behind an education initiative aimed at restoring...
Continue ReadingAnother 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...
Continue ReadingLet 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...
Continue ReadingClass 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...
Continue ReadingMessage 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...
Continue ReadingGetting the COVID vaccine is the most people-loving thing we can do
As the COVID vaccine begins rolling out across the United States, Cathy Stevens, director of the White-Riley-Peterson Afterschool Policy Fellowship at The Riley Institute, implores Americans to consider getting the vaccine for the sake of...
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