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Lending a Hand

The $1,500 that Conway City Council paid for three of its police officers to attend leadership diversity training at the Riley Institute at Furman this spring will be money well spent for a group of...

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Honoring a Very Special Artist

[caption id="attachment_25443" align="alignright" width="254"] Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness[/caption] Among the myriad events commemorating last year’s tragedy in Charleston is “Requiem for Mother Emanuel,” a powerful exhibit of batik paintings by Orangeburg resident and renowned artist...

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The Final Days of Great American Shopping

Tell us about your new collection of stories, which have been written over an extended period of time. Is there a theme that runs through the collection as a whole? Most of the stories take...

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Sharing the Knowledge

Don Hite ’88 has spent years conducting Broadway musicals, leading nationwide tours and scanning talent in Hollywood. That included serving as associate director of the national tour of “Miss Saigon” and directing music for the...

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Honoring the Real Heroes

Lt. Col. Kenneth Dwyer ’98 is a Special Forces officer who has been awarded the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat. He lost his left hand and left eye during a firefight in the...

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Brett Harker Named Head Baseball Coach

Brett Harker has been named Furman's new head baseball coach, director of athletics Mike Buddie announced on July 6. Harker, a Greenville native who owns six years of coaching experience — all in the Palmetto...

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Straight Talk SC series addresses critical issues in early childhood education

What Mary Lou Jones learned at Furman’s Straight Talk SC series just pulled at her heart strings. After hearing the latest research on the importance of early childhood education, the Greenville resident decided she wanted...

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Painting by numbers

When Rowan Griscom ’17 and Allie Rockstroh ’18 first heard they’d be painting not one, but two, massive murals for public display, they were a little intimidated. “The wall (on Stone Avenue) was huge, the...

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Brexit and Everything After

For months, residents of the United Kingdom have debated whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union or leave the 28-nation bloc that was formed just after World War II.  On June 23,...

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A Solid Freshman Year

Virginia Poe loved the conversations she had during her freshman year at Furman. Anything from soccer to food to faith, she fondly looked back on her now-finished first year.  She also loved the season the...

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