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Furman takes first place in two video contests

Students in Dr. Wes Dripps' ECOS (Environmental Community of Students) Engaged Living classes snag first place in two sustainability video contests. The first contest was sponsored by Green Living Project, the second by the Associated...

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“Everything comes from love”

Lillian Brock Flemming, a 1971 graduate of Furman University and one of the early African-American students at the school, was the speaker at the L.D. Johnson lecture on “What Really Matters?” Flemming’s talk was part...

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Richard Furman and James C. Furman digital collection now available

Furman University Special Collections & Archives has launched its Richard Furman and James C. Furman digital collection. The collection features more than 700 letters and sermons from Richard Furman (the University’s namesake) and James C....

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Wilson named Executive Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement

Mike Wilson, a 1988 Furman University graduate who earned six varsity letters as a member of the football and track teams, has been named Executive Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement at the university. A native...

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Meet Mike Wilson ’88

After an hour spent with Mike Wilson, newly appointed executive director of alumni and parent engagement, one can quickly identify the common threads that unite all who have experienced Furman.

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Looking for life on Mars

Amy Williams is looking for little green men . . . on Mars. Well, not exactly. She’s actually searching for something much smaller on the Red Planet—bacteria. At the University of California-Davis, Williams ’07 (Earth...

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Art by Furman alum Gieseking on display

Works by 2009 Furman alumna Rebecca Gieseking will be on display Oct. 6-25 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9...

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Furman names new alumni board members

The Furman University Alumni Office has named five new members to its board. The members are Joe Brewer, Deborah Carico, David Feild, Scott Graves, and Becky Sigmund. The purpose of the Alumni Board is to provide...

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Kartikeya Singh ’07 marches for climate change policy

Throughout his college career, Kartikeya Singh ’07 marched to the beat of a different drummer. Taking on an Individualized Curriculum Program at Furman, he pursued a major in Ecology and Sustainable Development. Now Singh, founder...

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Invaluable Lessons

The best school days in Kathmandu always start with breakfast. As part of her volunteer assignment as a teacher’s assistant, Caroline Hawkins ’16 worked in the cafeteria, dishing up hearty servings of dal bhat, a...

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Furman Board of Trustees welcomes new members

The Furman Board of Trustees welcomed six new members to the board during its fall meeting Saturday. The new trustees are John Donald Anderson of Charlotte, N.C., Christopher R. Borch of Saratoga, Calif., Sean P. Hartness...

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Video and police brutality

A friend of 2012 Furman graduate Alyssa Richardson recently posted this quip on Facebook: ‘I’m working on an antidote for the shoot-an-unarmed-black-person epidemic that’s sweeping America.” Though it managed to get dozens of “likes,” the...

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