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What You Won’t Find in the Curriculum
Read Dr. John Beckford's Commencement Address Furman University awarded 60 undergraduate and graduate degrees during its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 13 at in McAlister Auditorium. Dr. John Beckford, professor of music and former...
Continue ReadingDoubling Down on Accountability and Discipline
In an op-ed for The Post and Courier in Charleston, education professor Paul Thomas writes that Charleston County is making a wise and important decision to reform discipline policies in the school district. While education...
Continue ReadingFulfilling the Promise of Education
In June of this year, Furman’s Riley Institute and the university's Osher Lifelong Learning Center sponsored a three-part series titled “Education for Life: Working Together to Fulfill the Promise of Education.” The program addressed the...
Continue ReadingA summer well spent
For 10 weeks this summer, 11 Shi Center Fellows devoted their time and energy to a host of different projects related to sustainability, both on the University campus and in the community. They were part of...
Continue ReadingA New School Year on the Horizon
Furman University’s 2016-17 academic year will officially get underway Tuesday, Aug. 23 when students attend their first day of classes. Approximately 780 freshmen reported to campus Friday, Aug. 19, while the rest of the university’s 2,700...
Continue ReadingWorking with a Think Tank
Furman alum Robin Lewis ’12 is one of three co-authors of an ongoing study by the prestigious Brookings Institution. The 2016 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project, which was just released and builds on the...
Continue ReadingFurman Alum Helps Syrian Refugees
For Sami Alkoutami ’16 and his family, Syria is more than a story in the news. It is Alkoutami’s ancestral home and from where his father, Dr. Ghassan Alkoutami, moved to the United States in...
Continue ReadingAdvice from Successful Women
Women in Greenville are making their marks in the world of business and throughout the community. In the August issue of Greenville Business Magazine, five of those women were asked what advice they would give...
Continue ReadingGreenville is “Very Cool”
A writer with the Chicago Tribune recently visited Greenville, Furman’s hometown, and he came away with the same impression most folks have when they visit the revitalized city for the first time—amazement and high praise....
Continue ReadingDr. Guth Comments on RNC’s Partisan Prayers
Pastor Mark Burns of Easley made news when he spoke at the Republican National Convention, declaring that Donald Trump is a man of God and that the "enemy" is “Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party."...
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