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A summer with the stars
Through the help of Furman’s internship program, junior Caroline Phillips traveled to Los Angeles, California for a summer internship where she brushed shoulders with Hollywood stars Jay Pharoah, Ne-Yo, John Ham, and Ben Affleck. The...
Continue ReadingThe man who said no to a President
Johnnie Mac Walters, who graduated from Furman in 1942, remembers being pressured more than 40 years ago to do what he considered unthinkable. In the early 1970s, when embattled President Richard Nixon sought to use...
Continue ReadingReady for what’s next
On May 4, Furman’s 590 graduates from the Class of 2013 received their degrees at commencement. Now, these students are preparing to start the job search, begin graduate school, and explore the world. As they...
Continue ReadingKohrt named interim President
Press releas 1999 feature on Kohrt in Furman Magazine The Furman University Board of Trustees unanimously elected Carl F. Kohrt, Ph.D., to be Interim President effective July 1, 2013. He succeeds Furman’s eleventh President, Rod...
Continue ReadingA campus tradition
Wading into Furman’s picturesque fountains is forbidden. But on this day – the last day of classes – university police look the other way. In what has become a well-watched campus tradition, Furman seniors stride...
Continue ReadingFurman baseball plays one, wins twice
Furman's baseball team defeated 11th-ranked South Carolina, 6-5, at Fluor Field on Wednesday, and the Paladins also chalked up a win in the fight against childhood cancer with a post-game head shaving event that pushed...
Continue ReadingA message in the art
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Continue ReadingMoving on: Furman mock trial team qualifies for nationals
The Furman Mock Trial Team took fifth place in the Carol N. Ney National Mock Trial Tournament which was hosted on campus March 22-24. Twenty-four teams participated in the three-day tourney, with the top six...
Continue ReadingMastering the sound
Twenty-one violin bows moved at a frantic pace inside Harper Hall as Joseph Scheer listened to a group of Furman music students. As his new pupils reached the dramatic conclusion of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, the concertmaster...
Continue ReadingA power player in the world of sports
Cindy Davis, a 1984 Furman graduate and president of Nike Golf, has been named to Sports Illustrated magazine’s “50 Most Powerful People in Sports.” According to SI, the “power that runs sports isn’t physical, despite all those power...
Continue ReadingHigh Noon: Democracy in the Middle East
Since 2010 several Arab nations have successfully overthrown long-lasting dictatorships in the hope that it would lead to democratic forms of governance. But many complications indicate the process might be more agonizing than the initial...
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