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Furman to hold Athletics Hall of Fame banquet Friday

Furman alum Dottie Pepper '87, a CBS golf analyst who won 17 times on the LPGA tour, will emcee the 2017 Furman University Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet on Friday, Oct. 13 at Studio 220...

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More famous than you knew

When the Daily Mail of London published a list of five “famous sites across the world [that] started life in another country,” Furman’s Place of Peace made the list. The structure, which is located on...

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Oct. 6, 1953 was a special day

In 1947, Furman University trustees were confronted with a downtown campus swollen by veterans’ enrollment, a physical plant with maintenance deferred since the Great Depression, and serious transportation issues in the mile that separated its...

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Paladin football team has new friend

The Furman football team has established a very special friendship with a student from Berea Middle School. Sean Arnold, an eighth grader, suffers from Nephrotic Syndrome, a disease affecting his kidneys. WSPA-TV reported on how...

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Legislators to speak at WhatWorksSC award celebration Oct. 24

South Carolina Representatives Rita Allison (R-Spartanburg) and James Smith (D-Richland) will discuss public education in South Carolina as part of the seventh annual WhatWorksSC™ award luncheon to be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center...

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Fall High Noon lecture series begins Oct. 11

Jim Leavell, Herring Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies at Furman University, will kick off the university’s High Noon fall lecture series Wednesday, October 11 when he gives a talk about the bombing of Pearl Harbor....

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High Noon Lecture Series fall schedule

  High Noon at the Upcountry History Museum 2017 Fall Schedule All lectures begin at noon on Wednesdays and last one hour.  For more information, contact Furman’s University Communications office at 864-294-3107 or [email protected].  ...

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Facing the big question in Reasons to Be Pretty

It’s a struggle to maintain fulfilling love relationships, friendships and jobs. Although some will not want to admit it, Courtney Dorn ’18 says actors and audience members may be able to find some of themselves...

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From rebuild to resurgence

Golfweek wrote about the nationally-ranked Furman women's golf team, which is making its debut this week at the prestigious ANNIKA Intercollegiate Presented by 3M. The  Paladins were invited to the elite, 12-team field that includes...

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A family that plays together

Theatre has always been a family affair for Tony, Margaret, Elli and Mike Caterisano. Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Margaret Caterisano first came to Furman as a costume designer in 1986. Since then, she’s worked...

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