administrative

Why we swim

Furman English professor Melinda Menzer, Ph.D., knows exactly why she swims. “When I’m swimming, I’m smiling,” she writes in her blog, 10mileswim.wordpress.com. Menzer is smiling a lot. She literally travels miles in the water in...

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Kennedy named director of OLLI program at Furman

Nancy Kennedy has been named Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman. She began her new duties on May 1. Kennedy has spent the past three years as Volunteer Coordinator and Office Manager...

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A salute to the spring Dean’s List students

Here are the Furman students who were named to the Dean’s List for the spring term of 2014. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4...

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LDOC 2014

Free at last! Check out more photos from the last day of class (LDOC).

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Pi Kappa Phi wins Award of Distinction

The Delta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at Furman University has received the 2014 Chapter Award of Distinction from the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). The award was presented to fraternity members at the NIC...

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How to prevent sexual assault and date violence

Furman is a safe campus and most students don’t consider issues like sexual assault or dating violence. However, in a Tuesday lecture titled “Stand up and Speak” Jenna Vee Church from the Julie Valentine Center...

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Commencement exercises still planned for Paladin Stadium

Commencement exercises will be held in Paladin Stadium beginning at 7:30 p.m. as planned.  Furman officials will continue to monitor the weather situation very closely and will update degree candidates, families, and friends immediately through...

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Athletic department celebrates its year of success

Football All-American Dakota Dozier and women’s tennis standout Ansley Speaks were named Furman Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively, this week at the school’s ESPY style all-sports awards banquet held at Timmons Arena....

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Wroblewski ’16 receives State Department scholarship

Karlee Wroblewski, a Furman University sophomore from Somerset, Wis., has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) from the U.S. Department of State to undergo intensive study of the Chinese language. Wroblewski, who will spend eight...

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Furman student to host Twitter Q&A for physically disabled

Furman student Luke Christie, who serves as National Youth Chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, will host a live Twitter Q&A Tuesday, April 29 to offer advice about navigating college and professional life with a...

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Experience East Asia

When Kelsey Orr decided to come to Furman, she knew she’d meet some interesting people along the way. Furman set the bar high before classes even started. Orr was one of 11 incoming students who...

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Furman seniors receive Fulbrights to teach in Germany

Two Furman seniors will spend the 2014-15 academic year teaching in Germany after receiving English Teaching Assistantships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright recipients, who will begin their teaching assignments in Germany this fall,...

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