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Alum Mary Frances Edwards Garrett bequests $2.2 million gift to Furman

Furman University has received a $2.2 million bequest from the estate of the late Mary Frances Edwards Garrett to create an endowed scholarship fund for students who are interested in entering teaching and ministerial professions....

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Board of Trustees approve promotions, tenure for faculty

During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman University Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 17 faculty members and heard that seven new members will join the board on July 1. The trustees also...

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University names Michael Jennings Chief Diversity Officer

Michael E. Jennings, associate dean of the Consortium for Social Transformation at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has been named Chief Diversity Officer at Furman University. Jennings, who is also a tenured...

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Rev. Kate Taber named Associate University Chaplain

Rev. Kathryn (Kate) Taber, Facilitator for Peacemaking and Mission Partnerships of the Presbyterian Church (USA) World Mission in Jerusalem, has been named Associate University Chaplain at Furman. Taber will begin her duties at Furman July...

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Perfect partnership

On March 8, 2017, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County lauded Furman’s Shi Center for Sustainability as their first Organizational Donor of the Year. The award recognizes the work Furman’s Community Conservation Corps (CCC) did...

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Strength in numbers

Math Professors Casey Hawthorne and John Harris want their students to know that math is more than Xs, Ys and Zs. So during April, they took 64 students from three classes to share projects of...

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Evicted

As Kenia Flores ’20 learned, timing is everything. During a recent visit to Gantt Summary Court as part of her Introduction to Sociology class (SOC 101), she listened as two cases played out between tenants...

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Furman sends class of 2017 on its way

Alexander Stubb's commencement address. Furman University awarded 697 undergraduate and master’s degrees and presented its top academic honors during graduation exercises Saturday, May 6. [caption id="attachment_31987" align="alignright" width="459"] Furman awarded a total of 697 degrees...

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2017 student commencement speech–Jack McNeill

Jack McNeill Student Commencement Speech May 6, 2017 Four years ago, in Paladin Stadium, my lacrosse coach quoted Mike Tyson before what would soon prove to be the worst physical exercise I’ve ever endured. “Everybody...

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2017 commencement speech by Alexander Stubb

Alexander Stubb Commencement Speech Furman University May 6, 2017 Madam President, Mr. Vice President, professors, parents, and class of 2017. I'll start in Finnish. How y'all doin'? Every word that (President) Elizabeth (Davis) just said...

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