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Faculty Chamber Series opens Oct. 1

The opening concert of the Furman Faculty Chamber Music Series will be performed on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. A reception will follow the event. The concert is open...

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Rugby to host WCU Saturday

Furman Rugby will launch the fall season Saturday as the squad hosts Western Carolina University. The 1 p.m. game will be held at John S. Roberts Field on the Furman campus. The Paladins return all...

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Retiree tribute: Professor David Redburn

DAVID REDBURN came to Furman in 1990 with a strong background in the fields of gerontology and demography. He did his undergraduate work at North Carolina State before journeying to the University of Utah for...

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Retiree tribute: Professor Trudy Fuller

I HAVE BEEN fortunate to know and work with Trudy Fuller since I was 16 years old and a student at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities summer program. I went...

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The Paladin Rises

Georgia Tech has Buzz and Georgia has Uga. Images of Buzz, a cartoonish insect with a prominent stinger, and Uga, a grimacing bulldog with a spiked collar, are secondary symbols. They complement the schools’ long-held...

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We can act when we stare at evil

Furman political science professor Liz Smith teaches a course in “Politics of Good and Evil,” where the class studies man’s inhumanity to man, as evidenced by genocides and mass killings, as well as acts of...

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Blogging for literacy

They talked about their favorite foods and singers, their hobbies and their fears about going to middle school. Mostly though, they talked about books. A group of Furman education majors have been working with elementary...

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Riley Institute names semifinalists for award

The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds have announced the ten semifinalists for the Third Annual Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSCsm Award for Excellence. Presented in conjunction with the South Carolina Chamber of...

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Meet the 2013-14 Furman Fellows

GREENVILLE, S.C.—Five Furman University seniors have been named Furman Fellows for the current academic year. The students are Bryan Betts of Tega Cay, Kristina Pardo of Weston, Fla., Elisabeth Schlaudt of Greenville, Carrie Seigler of...

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A welcome from Furman Parents Council

Dear Furman Parents, On behalf of the Parents Council, we would like to welcome the parents of the Class of 2017 and new transfer students to Furman! You have become members of a very special...

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