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Black teacher recalls trials, triumphs at mostly white school
In a series of articles, The Greenville News chronicles 50 years since school desegregation in Greenville County. A piece by Angelia Davis highlights the plight of Pearlie Harris, the only black teacher at Greenville's Crestone...
Continue ReadingBranding competition challenges students to re-envision common brands
Choose one of four brands to reinvent – That was the challenge for students who competed in the Sleep When You’re Dead 24-Hour Brand Design Marathon and Pitch event over the weekend. [caption id="attachment_43439" align="alignright" width="393"] A student...
Continue ReadingStackhouse ’01 inducted to N.C. High School T&F, XC HOF
Former Furman standout Julie Stackhouse '01 (M '03) was inducted into the North Carolina High School Track and Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame Saturday, Feb. 1, at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem,...
Continue Reading2019: The Year in Review
As we get ready to enter the second month of 2020, let’s revisit the remarkable year we just wrapped up. From groundbreaking science to life-changing service, from Furman athletics to historic reflection, 2019 was a...
Continue ReadingFurman receives Carnegie Community Engagement Classification
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced today that Furman University has received the 2020 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that indicates commitment to, and activity toward, “finding ways to engage...
Continue ReadingFirst-year teachers honored with teaching excellence award
Fourth-grade teachers Caroline Terry ’18 (M.A. ’20) and Ellie White ’19 (M.A. ’20) have been named recipients of the 2020 Childers Education Foundation Teaching Excellence Award from Furman University. Terry, a teacher at Monarch Elementary...
Continue ReadingMentoring program: Key to addressing teacher retention
Erikah Haavie in Furman's Department of Education contributes an article in Greenville Business Magazine about how the university prepares teacher candidates and supports early career educators. Among the strategies employed to stem low retention rates...
Continue ReadingDepartment of Education news
Professor Paul Thomas presents multiple sessions at the annual NCTE meeting Education Professor Paul Thomas presented eight seminars during the 2019 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention Nov. 21-24 in Baltimore, Maryland. Session...
Continue ReadingJessica Patterson ’07 named SC Elementary Principal of the Year
Jessica Patterson, a 2007 Furman University graduate (M.Ed) and principal at Chastain Road Elementary School, has been named South Carolina's Elementary Principal of the Year by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators. Her six...
Continue ReadingFeeding the hungry in South Carolina
If you've ever crossed paths with a deer on South Carolina backroads or highways, you know the species is not in short supply. What is lacking in the state is access to free-range, healthy protein...
Continue ReadingPresidential historian Michael Beschloss to discuss ‘Leadership’ at AHBC
[caption id="attachment_40843" align="alignright" width="200"] Presidential historian Michael Beschloss[/caption] Michael Beschloss, the best-selling presidential historian and author of nine books about U.S. presidents, will present “Leadership: A Story of the American Presidency,” on Thursday, Oct. 17,...
Continue ReadingMS-CEM Program welcomes new class
When Furman’s Master of Science in Community Engaged Medicine (MS-CEM) program welcomed its second class in June, very little had changed from the year before. Same 34-credit course mix of hard science and public health...
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