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Riley Institute selects 12th class of Lowcountry diversity leaders

Forty-two leaders from the Lowcountry and surrounding area have been selected to participate in the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) this fall. “In a time of considerable division both nationally and locally,...

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Men’s golf comes back in a big way

A little more than three years ago, the men’s golf program at Furman University was on the verge of being eliminated. Today, the program has made a remarkable comeback. Sparked by a gift of $1...

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Furman to hold fall convocation Sept. 7 at 10 a.m.

Furman University will celebrate the beginning of the 2017-18 school year with its fall convocation Thursday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Furman president Elizabeth Davis will preside as the university welcomes the...

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Furman upends dawgs

The Furman rugby team christened the fall season Saturday with a 22-3 win over Division I Georgia while the Paladin b-side dropped a 10-15 decision to the Bulldogs. The preseason friendly was split into four,...

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Furman 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...

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Riley Institute selects 24th class of Diversity Leaders

Forty-three leaders from the Upstate and surrounding area have been selected to participate in the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) this fall. “In a time of considerable division both nationally and locally,...

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Alternative facts and fake news: NBC’s Chuck Todd to speak on campus Thursday

Chuck Todd, NBC News political director and moderator of “Meet the Press,” will deliver the keynote address for the program, “Alternative Facts and Partisan Media: Missing Walter Cronkite,” that will be held on the Furman...

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The road home

One Saturday in early July, when you were likely asleep, Arianna (McClain) Shirk ’02 was dancing joyously in AIC Kijabi Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit in Kijabi, Kenya. Calming the labored breathing of a 1-pound infant,...

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A “horrifying” experience

Furman graduate Lindsay Caesar's journey to Charlottesville, Va., last weekend began in joy and hope but ended in a nightmare. The Greenville News talked with Caesar, who, along with her fiancé, was among those marching...

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2017 summer commencement speech by professor Kate Kaup

  Professor Kate Kaup Summer Commencement Speech Furman University August 12, 2017 Congratulations Graduates of 2017!!  And congratulations to all of the family members (parents, stepparents, children, brothers, sisters, cousins, grandparents), and to all of...

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