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From a Furman national title to unlikely friendships, you’ll want to hear these stories

Bobby Daugherty '90, an economics major and member of the NCAA Division I-AA Furman Football squad that won the national championship in 1988, will be among the speakers in the Storytellers Project show on March...

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Stanford Jennings ’84 mentioned in GVL Today

Amid the media frenzy swirling around Super Bowl LVI, the folks at GVL Today give a shout out to former Furman University Paladin running back and board member emeritus Stanford Jennings '84. The editors there...

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Spartanburg alum, Furman star Anna Morgan gets dream invite to Augusta National

Furman University Women's Golf team member Anna Morgan '23 has received one of only 72 invitations to play at the third Augusta National Women's Amateur. She is the fourth Lady Paladin to compete in the...

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Richard Cullen to become Youngkin’s counselor

The Commonwealth of Virginia's governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has selected former Virginia Attorney General Richard Cullen as counselor to the governor. On Jan. 14, Cullen, a 1971 Furman University graduate and former member of the Furman...

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2021: The Year in Review

This past year, the Furman community showed its resilience and care for one another amid the second year of the pandemic. It was a year of putting our values into action, enacting community and striving...

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Murr and Harmon named to All-SoCon Faculty & Staff Team

Furman's Scott Murr and Brad Harmon have been named to the All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team, which was announced Monday, Dec. 20, by the league office.  Two representatives each from all 10 member schools...

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O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

The trappings of Christmas – stockings hung by the chimney with care, mistletoe, the crush of holiday shoppers, St. Nick and his doppelgangers, a rainbow of lights, bellringers, too much food, brightly packaged gifts, and...

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D1 college football player Ryan Deluca came out as gay on Instagram

Fifth year senior Ryan Deluca, a Furman University communication studies major and Paladins wide receiver, came out publicly on Instagram. The reaction on social media and elsewhere caught Deluca by surprise. “Almost every single one...

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Have we gotten student success completely backward?

In an article appearing in The Chronicle of Education, Aaron Basko, associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Lynchburg, in Virginia, cites the Gallup-Purdue Index, which lays out “The Big 6 for...

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Florida hires Billy Napier as head football coach

The University of Florida football team has a Furman University Paladin at the helm. On Sunday, November 28, the University of Florida announced that Billy Napier, former starting quarterback for Furman and 2003 health and...

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Kirkland Lewis named Furman Women’s Lacrosse coach

Furman Athletics Director Jason Donnelly has announced the hiring of Kirkland Lewis as the next head coach of the Furman Women's Lacrosse program. Lewis previously served as an assistant coach during the 2021 season at...

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Former Central Missouri President Charles Ambrose named chancellor of Henderson State

Furman University alumnus and member of the Furman Board of Trustees Charles "Chuck" Ambrose will take the reins at Henderson State University (Arkadelphia), which became part of the Arkansas State University System this year. His...

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