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Campus gets vote of approval from Travel + Leisure
What makes a college campus beautiful? According to Travel + Leisure magazine, it’s the “varying combinations of awe-inspiring architecture, landscaping, and surroundings.” When it came time to choose the 30 “Most Beautiful College Campuses” from...
Continue ReadingFall is in the air and on college campuses
Fall is in the air, and college campuses are often a mainstay of Southern autumns. But it’s not always just about football. According to Southern Living magazine, there’s more to most campuses than dining halls,...
Continue ReadingA golden opportunity
“Go west, young man” is a quaint idea associated with the outdated concept of manifest destiny, but the basic message was the same when Furman art history professor Marie Watkins spoke to Mary Elizabeth Morse...
Continue ReadingMeet the class of 2018
They come from 36 states and 20 foreign countries. There are the usual number of valedictorians, student body presidents and homecoming queens, but there is also a belly dance teacher, a kite maker, a private...
Continue ReadingMath & the Mouse
Kate Causey ’17 has always wanted to pursue a career in mathematics. But she didn’t fully appreciate the number of opportunities in her chosen field until she met the world’s most famous mouse. Causey was...
Continue ReadingRichardson named Emerging Teacher of the Year
Once a year, Spanish teacher Jessica Richardson ’12 rolls out the red carpet for her students, literally. After viewing the latest couture from Spain on fashion channel Solo Moda, Richardson and her students rearrange their...
Continue ReadingMaking an impact despite the odds
University chaplain Vaughn CroweTipton couldn’t send just anybody to Haiti. In fact, he couldn’t send anybody period, which presented a particularly vexing challenge in Furman’s quest to fulfill former president Rod Smolla’s pledge to help...
Continue ReadingAdam Scheuch ’98 named Teacher of the Year
Adam Scheuch ’98 knew when he was a still a student himself he wanted to teach. It was a fire fueled by a fundamental drive to “touch the life of an individual in a positive...
Continue ReadingTracking Lights
There were some nerves for Furman physics professor John Conrad and his students when they sent their DJI Phantom 2 drone into the air for the first time—and that was on a sunny day over...
Continue ReadingSeizing the competitive advantage
Furman University’s Undergraduate Evening Studies program was just what Paul Santos was looking for when he wanted to ramp up his career and move into management at General Electric’s Greenville gas turbine plant. Santos, operations...
Continue ReadingA bright and busy future
Furman graduate Mary-Mitchell Campbell is a Broadway musical director who's regularly balancing shows and benefit concerts while also serving as founder and executive director of ASTEP, a nonprofit that works internationally to change the lives...
Continue ReadingMultiplying opportunities
Retired mathematics professor John Poole began his career at Furman University in 1969, the same year that what was then known as the Furman Drama Department moved into The Playhouse. From the beginning, Poole said...
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