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GHS and Furman: Academic Partners

In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Greenville Health System (GHS) president Dr. Spence Taylor writes about the organization’s efforts to create stronger, healthier communities and serve as an academic health center. Furman is one...

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The Iron Man of Europe?

To some, Furman graduate Alexander Stubb is the Iron Man who could save Europe, a former Finnish prime minister and part of the next generation of leaders needed on a Continent battered by anti-establishment populism....

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Hendrix Returns Home as Furman’s Head Football Coach

Clay Hendrix, a former Paladin offensive guard and assistant coach who spent the last decade as an assistant coach at the United States Air Force Academy, was introduced as Furman’s new head football coach on...

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2016: The Year in Pictures

What happened at Furman University in 2016?  Things got started in January with classes and a decent blanket of Southern snow and rolled right through the end of December when Clay Hendrix ’86 returned to...

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The Man Behind ‘America’s Wine Superstore’

The small wine shop that David Trone ’77 and his brother, Robert, opened 25 years ago has developed into a $2.5 billion enterprise with 149 “Total Wine & More” stores in 20 states. The Wall...

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A family with a passion for teaching

Surprises are always sweeter when shared with family. So when two Furman alumni were recently added to Greenville County’s teaching honor roll, their schools’ principals (who are also brother and sister) were able to make...

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Furman Names Recipients of Childers Teaching Excellence Awards

Ashley McCollum, a fifth-grade math teacher at Holly Springs Motlow Elementary School in Campobello, and Rachael Weisinger, an English teacher at Travelers Rest High School, have been named recipients of the 2016 Childers Education Foundation...

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Roberson, Carson Honored by Southern Conference

Furman University professor Sandy Roberson and Rob Carson, an assistant director in Furman's Office of Academic Assistance, have been named to the All-Southern Conference Faculty and Staff Team, it was announced on Thursday by the...

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Something Old, Something New

[caption id="attachment_28809" align="alignright" width="300"] This is how the 15th hole looked prior to the redesign.[/caption] When the design team of PGA Tour star and Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III was hired to create the...

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Faculty, students, and alumni present research at NCTE conference

Three Education Department faculty, two students, and eight alumni presented research as part of the annual National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference November 17-20 in Atlanta, attended by 6,000 dynamic literacy educators, authors...

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