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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....
Continue ReadingIn praise of faculty scholarship
Watch a video about the 2018 Faculty Scholarship Reception Faculty scholarship is happening all around Furman. Even on top of classroom requirements, advising, grading, serving on committees and attending meetings, professors from all disciplines are...
Continue ReadingEducation professor Paul Thomas co-edits collection of essays
[caption id="attachment_35583" align="alignright" width="297"] Paul L. Thomas co-edits new book.[/caption] Furman Department of Education professor Paul L. Thomas has co-edited a new collection of essays, Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America (Brill/Sense)....
Continue ReadingFurman hosts Upstate Schools Consortium
Launched in 1986, the Upstate Schools Consortium started as an organization comprised of member school districts and Furman University. Now, the Consortium represents 39 school districts, private schools, charter schools, and colleges and universities from...
Continue ReadingWhat’s the ideal mix of online and face-to-face classes?
In a new study by Furman Education professor Temi Bidjerano and University of Albany associate provost for online learning Peter Shea, the researchers look at 30 New York community colleges to determine how many online...
Continue ReadingHuff awards recognize American history scholarship
Furman University will present two awards that recognize history scholarship and support history literacy in the Upstate. The awards will be presented at the American History Book Club and Forum, which takes place Oct. 19...
Continue ReadingJ.J. Lies ’18 chosen as Anderson District 2 Teacher of the Year
J.J. Lies James “J.J.” Lies ’18 has been chosen as the Anderson County School District Two Teacher of the Year. A native of Sumter,...
Continue ReadingFurman alums chosen for positions as principal, music director
Two Furman alumni have been promoted to new administrative positions, their schools recently announced. Carrie Pennington Carrie Pennington ’07 has been named principal at Hunt Meadows Elementary School in Anderson School District One. “I am...
Continue ReadingMoore, Dendy named principals in Laurens District 55
Two Furman alumni have been appointed as principals in Laurens County School District 55. Chris Moore ’11 has been selected as principal of Laurens District High School and Randy Dendy ’11 has been promoted to...
Continue ReadingLisa Cassidy ’02 to lead Liberty Middle School
Liberty Middle School will welcome Lisa Cassidy ’02 as its new principal for the coming school year. Cassidy comes to Liberty from Anderson School District One, where she has served as the director of planning...
Continue ReadingFurman alums earn GCS honors
Kim Brice ’11, Joseph Foster ’13 and Holly Rushton were recently chosen for special awards as top employees of Greenville County Schools. Foster, the Freshman Class Assistant Principal at Wade Hampton High School, was named...
Continue ReadingFailing forward: a theory of learning
President and Chief Executive Officer of Public Education Partners Ansel Sanders ’09 gave senior education majors at Furman University last week a call to action. He encouraged them to look for the right-sized challenges and...
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