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Public vs. Private Debate

Is there a difference between public and private education? In an article for WalletHub, a panel of leading education-policy experts were asked to weigh in on the issue. Those experts included Furman education professor Paul...

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Changing the World

This past February, Furman was rated among the nation’s top five schools for “making an impact” in the Princeton Review's 2016 edition of Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the...

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A new leaf

Graced with an Asia garden, a rose garden, a spring-fed lake, and hundreds of trees—including 55 labeled species—Furman University’s 750-acre campus is justly lauded for its beauty. Of all the flora on campus, though, it’s...

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Furman meets New York City

With fewer than 3,000 students, Furman is always going to face a climb when it comes to matching the size and influence of other alumni bases, and nowhere is that mountain steeper than New York....

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McKinney ’15 featured in early childhood journal

Sarah McKinney ’15 recently had an article published in Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education, a journal of The Early Childhood Education Assembly. The article, “Do Kindergarten Students Play Anymore?” discusses the conflict McKinney...

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A Summer in New Zealand

Furman student Erin Mellor is one of nine American students participating in a pilot exchange program this summer at Massey University in New Zealand. In addition to having an internship with Te Rakau Theatre and...

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Discovering Psychology’s European Roots

Caroline Balling ’17 made a few surprising discoveries during her three weeks abroad as part of Furman May X course, “Discovering Psychology’s European Roots.” She absolutely loved the German version of macaroni and cheese topped...

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Brexit and Everything After

On June 23, residents of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the 28-nation bloc that was formed just after World War II. Furman political science professor Brent Nelsen, who joined the faculty...

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Summer Commencement Exercises to Be Held Aug. 13

John Beckford, professor of music and former Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean at Furman University, will serve as speaker when Furman holds its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 13 at 4 p.m. in...

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2016 Summer Commencement Address by John Beckford

Summer Commencement Address August 13, 2016 John S. Beckford, Professor of Music “What You May Not Have Found in the Furman Curriculum”   Thank you Provost Shields, and thanks to President Davis for the invitation...

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