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Slavi Georgiev’s American Education

Slavi Georgiev was 12 in 1989 when the communist regime in his home country of Bulgaria fell. They were in the middle of the school year, he remembers, when teachers came in and instructed them...

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Furman Alum Noel Painter Named EVP and Provost at Stetson

1991 Furman University music theory graduate Noel Painter has been named Executive Vice President and Provost at Stetson University (Deland, Fla.). Painter joined the faculty of Stetson University School of Music in 1999, and served as...

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The right place at the right time

When Furman announced it's new strategic vision in October—The Furman Advantage, an ambitious effort to transform the student experience and address critical community issues, some likely asked how such an experience would defined. It dawned on me that...

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Riley Institute Co-Sponsors Symposium on Immigration

Immigration attorneys, practitioners and scholars will examine major issues related to immigration policy at a day-long symposium hosted by the Charleston Law Review of the Charleston School of Law and the Riley Institute at Furman...

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Furman Alumna to Sing with the Royal Opera

This fall, soprano Jacquelyn Stucker ’11 will add her voice to the company at The Royal Opera in London as one of only five Jette Parker Young Artists for 2017. She was selected for the...

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Hacking Homelessness

Every night of the year, people in St. Louis, Missouri, look for places to sleep. For some, their search may mean walking miles, upon arriving only to find a shelter is full. At times, those...

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Lending a Helping Hand

More than 300 Furman students participated in service projects around the community as part of the university’s MLK Day of Service on Jan. 16. WYFF-TV was there to report on the students’ efforts.

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Furman Announces Fall Semester Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2016 fall term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall...

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Furman Mourns Death of Professor Vincent Hausmann

Furman University is mourning the death of longtime faculty member Vincent J. Hausmann, who passed away Jan. 9 after a protracted illness. Hausmann, an associate professor of English, had taught at Furman since 1999 and...

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MLK Day of Service

[caption id="attachment_29143" align="alignright" width="300"] The day of service began at the Trone Student Center.[/caption] Furman University was officially closed Monday, Jan. 16 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but it wasn’t a day...

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