16 students attend first Summer Business and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

At the very heart of entrepreneurship lies the concept that anyone can have an idea, but without the skills to bring it to life, an idea will remain just that. Addressing this fundamental need for...

The Greenville story of Troy Terry

Furman Executive Director for Graduate and Evening Studies Troy Terry has a passion for literacy and service-learning. The Lowcountry native and Clemson University graduate reveals other hobbies, interests and a little-known claim to fame in...

Education Professor Katie Kelly co-authors new book

Furman Associate Professor of Education Katie Kelly has published a new book with co-author Lester Laminack, consultant and professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. [caption id="attachment_38564" align="alignright" width="327"] Kelly joined the Furman faculty in 2012....

Lillian’s from Southernside

Lillian Brock Flemming '71 was one of the first three African-American women to attend Furman University, and the first to serve on Greenville’s City Council. At age 69, the educator is entering her fourth decade...

2018: The year in review

Huff awards recognize American history scholarship, support Upstate literacy

Furman University presented three awards that recognize history scholarship and support history literacy in the Upstate. The A.V. Huff American History Scholarship and the Kate Huff History Scholars Awards were presented at the American History...

Meredith Burton receives Marian Wright Edelman Advocacy Award

Meredith Burton, director of the Furman Child Development Center, has received the Marian Wright Edelman Advocacy Award from the South Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (SCAEYC). The award was presented to Burton...

Furman offers new Master of Arts in Strategic Design

Furman University has announced that it will offer a Master of Arts in Strategic Design (MA-SDG) through a collaboration with the Miami Ad School @ Portfolio Center in Atlanta. Furman is currently accepting applications for...

Las Vegas shooting victims honored in art exhibition

Fifty-eight lives, 58 portraits. Through works of art, Ellen Culbertson Abramo, a 2000 Furman University art major turned education graduate (MA), is honoring those who perished in the Oct. 1, 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting....

Literacy Corner: A custom approach to literacy training

Furman Associate Professor of Education Katie Kelly wants to make a dent in the over 4,000 South Carolina students that may have to repeat the third grade next school year because they fall short of...

Unlikely friends

There are some interesting leaves sprouting from an oak tree on the campus of Sterling School in Greenville’s Nicholtown neighborhood. On May 9, about 50 elementary students, teachers, administrators, police officers and other community members...

Project-Based Learning Convocation set for June 8

Furman University will hold a Project-Based Learning (PBL) Convocation Friday, June 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in Younts Conference Center on the Furman campus. The meeting is sponsored by Furman Graduate Studies and the Riley Institute....