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Furman to hold summer commencement Aug. 16

Shirley Ritter, Professor of Education Emerita at Furman, will serve as speaker when Furman holds its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 16 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The university will award approximately 55 undergraduate and...

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Tracking Lights

There were some nerves for Furman physics professor John Conrad and his students when they sent their DJI Phantom 2 drone into the air for the first time—and that was on a sunny day over...

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Seizing the competitive advantage

Furman University’s Undergraduate Evening Studies program was just what Paul Santos was looking for when he wanted to ramp up his career and move into management at General Electric’s Greenville gas turbine plant. Santos, operations...

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Classical music for a new audience

Furman graduate Maggie Stapleton, assistant program director at KING-FM radio in Seattle, is in charge of promoting Second Inversion, a streaming channel designed to rethink classical music and make it more accessible to a younger...

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Furman offering course on sustainability in business

Furman is offering a program in the spring of 2015 that will help executives manage the challenges of a socially conscious business environment. The five-session course, offered by Furman’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development in...

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The write stuff

Emily Poe-Crawford, 28, always received compliments on her handwriting when she would take notes in school. So after graduating from Furman in 2008 with a double-major in English and Spanish and then receiving a master’s...

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Unstoppable

Furman student Ryan Boyle ’18 has had a pretty good 2014. In May he won a World Cup cycling gold in Italy. In July, he matched the feat at the national championships held in Madison,...

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A bright and busy future

Furman graduate Mary-Mitchell Campbell is a Broadway musical director who's regularly balancing shows and benefit concerts while also serving as founder and executive director of ASTEP, a nonprofit that works internationally to change the lives...

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Multiplying opportunities

Retired mathematics professor John Poole began his career at Furman University in 1969, the same year that what was then known as the Furman Drama Department moved into The Playhouse. From the beginning, Poole said...

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The good neighbors

Breaking the cycle of poverty is not an easy task and will require systemic changes, deep interpersonal relationships with the poor, and a major investment of state and federal resources, said one of the speakers...

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