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Engaged Living program honored for collaborative initaitive
Furman University’s Engaged Living Program has won the “Outstanding Collaborative Initiative Award” from the Commission for Admissions, Orientation and First-Year Experience of ACPA-College Student Educators-International. The award is presented to recognize an outstanding collaborative initiative...
Continue ReadingFlight plan
One week after Crit Jones ’14 graduated Furman, he was hired by Duggan Associates Inc., a consulting company specializing in operational excellence. A few months later, the business and accounting major from Argyle, Texas, was touching down in Malaysia...
Continue ReadingWriting the history of desegregation at Furman
Furman’s 50 Years Commemorating Desegregation webpage does more than thoughtfully explore the University’s path to integration. It paints a picture by presenting colorful portraits of those who blazed the sometimes turbulent path. It, too, provides perspective....
Continue ReadingAn overnighter in the lab
Margaret McCurry ’18 donned a comfy pair of pajamas and settled in for the night. Other than her 13 hair “accessories,” she looked like a typical college freshman getting ready for bed. It’s 11 p.m....
Continue ReadingZTA becomes Furman’s eighth sorority
With less than 3,000 students, the words “too many” and “Furman” aren’t often found in the same sentence. So remember this day, both for its rarity and its fleeting status: Furman has too many women...
Continue ReadingMusic and mentorship
Ann Shoemaker ’02 was 12 when she first saw the love of her life. She had a 12-year-old’s reaction. “I had no idea what (a bassoon) was,” she said. “My elementary school band teacher showed...
Continue ReadingPresident Davis on Leadership, Communication and Academic Organizations
This academic year marked a new era in the 188-year history of Furman University when Dr. Elizabeth Davis became the school’s first female president. In December, the Upstate Business Journal sat down with Davis to...
Continue ReadingWomen’s Leadership Institute launches January 13
Furman University Women’s Leadership Institute is kicking off its inaugural conference on Jan. 13 with Aphrodite Konduros, judge of the S.C. Court of Appeals, as the headliner. Konduros, a member of the South Carolina and Greenville...
Continue ReadingStudent-organized Shamrock Run rallies support for abuse prevention
Nearly 100 members of the Zeta Pi Chapter of Furman’s Kappa Delta sorority recently came together to raise more than $16,000 for Greenville’s Julie Valentine Center and Prevent Child Abuse America. While the sorority has...
Continue ReadingTeatro, danza, musica
The night before Kenzie Wynne ’17 boarded the plane for her summer experience in Italy, she began plaguing herself with questions. “What if it isn’t everything I imagined? What if I hate traveling? What if...
Continue ReadingFurman to host 2016 Mock Trial national championship
Furman has been selected to host the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Championship tournament that will take place in April 2016. The event, which features the country's top college mock trial teams vying for...
Continue ReadingA moment to savor
Students from the First Year Writing seminar Sugar and Spice recently visited the Biology Department’s Food Lab to share a holiday tradition with James B. Duke Associate Professor of Asian Studies and History Savita Nair....
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