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Message from President Elizabeth Davis on DACA
Dear Furman Community, The Trump administration announced today its decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. I share the deep disappointment of hundreds of university presidents around the country who joined...
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 ReadingRiley 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,...
Continue ReadingMen’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...
Continue ReadingFurman 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...
Continue ReadingFurman 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,...
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 ReadingRiley 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,...
Continue ReadingAlternative 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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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