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Educational partnership helps open doors

The Greenville region is blessed with an abundance of educational institutions offering a broad array of opportunities, and Greenville Technical College and Furman have enjoyed a longstanding partnership that is a model for collaboration and...

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Paintings by Furman alum on display in Thompson Gallery

Paintings by 2010 Furman alumnus Dan Perkins will be on display Oct. 5-26 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. A reception...

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Five Furman grads enlist with Teach For America

Five Furman University graduates have begun teaching with Teach for America (TFA), a selective national nonprofit organization that places college students and recent graduates in high-need classrooms across the country. The alumni are: Heather Ayer...

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David Burns ’98: A year’s journey, a new liver, and a fighting spirit

For David Burns ’98, every day is a new opportunity to give back. A husband to Susan and father of two (Andrew, 5, and Eloise, 1), a teacher, and an athlete, Burns considers each day...

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Furman alums named “Best and Brightest”

Greenville Business Magazine has published its annual list of the “Best & Brightest 35 and Under,” and four Furman graduates are included on the 2015 list. The alumni making this year’s list are Diana Berti...

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A lead worth following

  John Kiser ’14 was sitting at his desk in his Atlanta office when he got a long-distance phone call from Tacoma, Wash. The caller said she knew the whereabouts of a 55-year-old man, Robert...

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Training dogs to sniff out arson

  As a member of the Chemistry Department faculty for 30 years Laura Wright, Ph.D., has fielded her share of strange phone calls. But a call from Jason Nurmi of the nearby Parker Fire Department...

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Leading the way

A framed picture of an iconic campus scene has pride of place in the president’s hallway at Furman. On the white mat that surrounds the painting are hundreds of student signatures captured in the days...

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Sharon and Scott Rankin Close Soccer Field House Fundraising with $250,000 Gift

[caption id="attachment_18411" align="alignright" width="356"] Complex set to be complete this October[/caption] It was one of those down to the wire situations athletes know so well. The ready to be built soccer field house was nearing...

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Family Ties

For Ashley Ginn ’05, all signs pointed to Furman. Two of her closest friends, Katherine Tumbleston ’03 and Lindley Sharp ’04, enrolled at Furman. As a high school student in Boone, N.C., Ginn’s math tutor...

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Furman makes two more “beautiful” lists

Some say looks don’t matter. But ask anyone at Furman if campus beauty was part of their college decision, odds are you’ll be met with a resounding “Yes!” Furman made the most beautiful campus round-up...

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Staying the course

Grudgingly, Jeremiah Ockunzzi ’17 had made his peace. “I loved Furman, but it was a good two years and that was the end of a chapter in my life,” he says. Ockunzzi's father had lost his...

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