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Fifty years after

Fifty years ago, on February 2, 1965, Joseph Allen Vaughn took his seat in a classroom at Furman University. In the process, he became the first African-American undergraduate to attend the university. His enrollment changed...

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Fuel Furman Launches

When it comes to raising funds that support Furman students, every dollar counts. FUEL Furman is a crowd-funding platform organized by the Office of Annual Giving and the Student Government Association that gives our alumni...

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Students represent the U.S. at APEC conference

Meeting international students, political, and corporate leaders and learning about a rapidly globalizing world are just some of the benefits four Furman University seniors received from their trip to the APEC conference in Beijing, China, this...

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Putting words to work

Imagine the scene: Natural light pouring into an open, industrial-modern room, muscular metal beams soothed by aged wood. There are desks, many of them, where English major after English major type away, crafting words for...

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Rethinking classical

  The only thing older than most of the people tuning in to classical music these days is the music itself. Classical is the second most popular format on public radio stations, but nearly 71...

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Hendricks named VP for enrollment management

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis today announced the appointment of W. Michael Hendricks, Ed.D., as Vice President for Enrollment Management. Hendricks, who currently is Vice President of Enrollment Management at The Catholic University of America...

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Jessica Taylor beats the clock on MSNBC

Jessica Taylor, a 2007 Furman graduate who serves as campaign editor for The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., recently appeared on MSNBC’s Up Against the Clock “Tournament of Champions.” Taylor demonstrated her knowledge of national...

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Flight plan

One week after Crit Jones ’14  graduated Furman, he was hired by Duggan Associates Inc., a consulting company specializing in operational excellence. A  few months later, the business and accounting major from Argyle, Texas, was touching down in Malaysia...

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Writing the history of desegregation at Furman

  Furman’s 50 Years Commemorating Desegregation webpage does more than thoughtfully explore the University’s path to integration. It paints a picture by presenting colorful portraits of those who blazed the sometimes turbulent path. It, too, provides...

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An overnighter in the lab

Margaret McCurry ’18 donned a comfy pair of pajamas and settled in for the night. Other than her 13 hair “accessories,” she looked like a typical college freshman getting ready for bed. It’s 11 p.m....

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