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Furman Professor Simmons Named to Inaugural All-SoCon Faculty Team

Furman philosophy professor J. Aaron Simmons, Ph.D., has been named to the inaugural All-Southern Conference Faculty Team, the league announced Monday. Representatives from all 10 member schools were recognized by the league. The recipients shared demonstrated service...

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Riley Institute honors late Senator Clementa Pinckney, Mayor Joe Riley, Governor Nikki Haley

Furman’s Riley Institute has announced that the late South Carolina Senator Clementa Pinckney, along with Governor Nikki Haley and Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, are this year’s recipients of the David H. Wilkins Awards for Excellence. The...

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Making the holidays a little brighter

[caption id="attachment_20318" align="alignright" width="259"] Jeremiah Drummond, right, is an Emerging Public Leader in the Riley Institute.[/caption] Jeremiah Drummond, a Dorman High School senior, is helping needy families capture the Christmas spirit this year by providing...

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Furman awards Childers Teaching Excellence Award to two 2015 graduates

Mary Varley, a first-year third grade teacher at Anderson Mill Elementary School in Spartanburg District 6, and John Morrison, a social studies student teacher intern at Berea High School in Greenville, have been named recipients...

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An educational moment in Brussels

As the search for a suspected terrorist spread to Brussels, Belgium following the recent attacks in Paris, a study away group from Furman got an experience it never expected—a close-up look at the top news...

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Furman alums write about the Merkel magic

Before Time magazine named Angela Merkel its 2015 Person of the Year, Furman alums Claire Greenstein ’11 and Brandon Tensley ’12 wrote about the influential German Chancellor for Foreign Affairs magazine. In the op-ed, “The...

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The science of service

Though some may argue science and religion are irreconcilable fields, David Sibley ’07 proves that they intersect. Sibley serves as Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Manhasset, NY, but in college he was set on...

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On the road to success

Elle Cohen isn’t afraid of hard work, but work alone wasn’t going to advance her career any further. “There are a lot of opportunities that come up at my job, and a great deal of...

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Furman, Greenville to host Duathlon National Championships in 2018-19

USA Triathlon has announced that the city of Greenville, along with Furman, will serve as hosts for the 2018-19 USA Triathlon Duathlon National Championships. Athletes will compete for age-group national titles in standard- and sprint-distance...

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A most prolific retirement

Nearly four decades worth of aspiring fiction writers at Furman got their first meaningful feedback from Gil Allen, Ph.D. Nearly as often, it probably wasn’t what they wanted to hear. “What I would usually tell students...

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