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Juneteenth is an opportunity to reflect
President Elizabeth Davis sent the message below to the campus community on Friday, June 18, 2021. Dear Campus Community, The first time I heard about Juneteenth I was a first-year student in college at Baylor...
Continue ReadingUproar over statues will prompt ‘assumptions’ about the South
Sarah Worth, professor of philosophy, and Sarah Archino, associate professor of art history, co-authored a letter to the editor in the Greenville News about controversy surrounding the "Wings of the City" statue installation in downtown...
Continue ReadingFurman University Board of Trustees Approves Faculty Promotion and Tenure
During its spring meeting on May 20, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved the promotions and/or tenure for a number of faculty members. Eight members of the faculty were promoted to the rank of...
Continue ReadingStudents, faculty honored at 2020 and 2021 commencement ceremonies
Student and faculty awards and honors were handed out at the commencement ceremonies for the class of 2021 on Saturday, May 8, and for the class of 2020 on Saturday, May 15. The Donaldson-Watkins and...
Continue ReadingTrude Heller dies at 98
The Post and Courier wrote about Trude Heller, who died May 11 at age 98. Along with her late husband Max, the Hellers are the namesake of Furman's Heller Service Corps. The Post and Courier...
Continue ReadingTrude Heller passes away at 98
Trude Heller, who, with her late husband Max, are the namesakes of Furman’s Heller Service Corps, died on May 11, 2021, in Greenville, S.C. She was 98. An obituary is available here. Heller was born...
Continue ReadingHow colleges weathered pandemic finances
In a wide-ranging story about the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to higher education, Susan Maddux, vice president for finance and administration, talked with The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) about measures taken...
Continue Reading‘Green’ products aren’t always what they say they are
When a recent viral tweet about a plastic bottle dressed up as a paper bottle touched off a conversation about "greenwashing," NBC's Today reached out to Jeanine Stratton, associate professor of business and accounting at Furman...
Continue ReadingCows, a DeLorean and time travel set the virtual stage for annual learning exchange
What do Marty McFly’s DeLorean, a herd of cows and codebreaking have in common? [caption id="attachment_50167" align="alignright" width="350"] In the learning exchange virtual escape room, participants travel back to 1952, when the current campus was...
Continue ReadingFurman again ranks among top schools ‘making an impact’
Once again, Furman University has been recognized as one of the top colleges in the country where students are making a difference in the world. This year, Furman ranked 15th in The Princeton Review’s list...
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