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‘Voting in America’ StraightTalk Lecture Series begins Sept. 1
It wasn’t hard to predict that voting would be a topical subject to explore in an election year. With questions and uncertainty swirling as Nov. 3 approaches, however, topical will be an understatement when "Voting...
Continue ReadingA message from Furman University President Elizabeth Davis
Furman University || President’s Welcome, Fall 2020 from Furman University on Vimeo. Editor's note: President Davis sent the following message to Furman’s students, faculty and staff today, the first day of classes: Dear Furman...
Continue ReadingA community conversation with Don Gordon
Don Gordon, executive director of the Riley Institute at Furman University, has a virtual community conversation with Jane Robelot of WYFF News 4. Gordon says the pandemic has further distanced people from one another and...
Continue ReadingFurman responds to Black alumni petition
In the aftermath of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other Black Americans, people of color who are members of the Furman family have shared horrific and painful stories about explicit...
Continue ReadingMaya Pack ’96 takes helm at SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health
Furman University alumna Maya Pack, a 1996 sociology and Spanish graduate, has been appointed executive director of the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health. Her post began on July 1. Among other roles...
Continue ReadingEnding systemic racism
On the fifth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel murders by a white supremacist, recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery remind us that we still need to have difficult conversations about ending...
Continue ReadingStudents, alumni, parents and friends join together for Dins Day on June 16
Furman University students, alumni, parents and friends will join together Tuesday, June 16, to kick off the sixth annual Dins Day, a 24-hour celebration of Paladin pride and philanthropy. After a date change due to...
Continue ReadingFurman’s fall semester to begin Aug. 18
Furman University announced its fall 2020 schedule today, with a planned full semester of in-person instruction beginning Aug. 18, one week sooner than previously scheduled. Students will leave for Thanksgiving break and finish final exams...
Continue ReadingDo not turn away from racial violence
Dear Campus Community, Even though we can’t be together in person right now because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask that you come together with us in spirit to reflect and take action on behalf...
Continue ReadingDegrees awarded to 671 students at Saturday’s virtual graduation
On Saturday, May 9, Furman University President Elizabeth Davis conferred degrees on 671 students virtually in a video to graduates. [caption id="attachment_45212" align="alignright" width="210"] A screenshot taken during the Emily Scott Robinson's live Instagram show...
Continue ReadingA beautiful day in the neighborhood
Furman University alumna Alise Alexander '16 pens an article about forgotten neighborhood traditions in "Public Discourse," the journal of the Witherspoon Institute. Despite the cloud of COVID-19, Alexander sees a silver lining - neighbors, who...
Continue ReadingEmerging Public Leaders winners announced
High school seniors from around the state are being recognized for creating service projects that help children in foster care, elementary school students and adolescents from low-income families and people experiencing homelessness. The seniors are...
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