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One of America’s most beautiful campuses

At Furman, a campus with brains and beauty

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The lights are bright downtown

When prospective students and their families come to look at college campuses, it is becoming more and more common for their visits to include a tour of the town in which they might end up...

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Teaching soccer’s lessons

Furman men’s head soccer coach Doug Allison says that friendship, determination and courage are values that the game can build into a young person. Those qualities, plus a few more, are what Allison has been...

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Talk of the TOWN – Blair Knobel ’03

We all have our favorite publications. The ones that arrive at our door each week. The ones we read on our iPads daily. Or even the ones we snag in the checkout line as guilty...

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Down on the farm

As summer closes in, the Furman Farm continues to make fresh produce available to the community. At their one-quarter acre, on-campus plot, Furman students plant, tend to and harvest a variety of fruits and vegetables....

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Back in the U.S.A.

The big news coming out of the soccer world over the weekend was that former Furman soccer star Clint Dempsey was returning to Major League Soccer after a successful stint in Europe. But why would...

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Three selected to all conference team

Three members of the Furman rugby team have been selected to the Southern Conference All-Star team and will travel to Charleston August 17 to compete against the Deep South All-Star team. Nick Rossano, Turner Morsches...

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A stroll no longer

The traditional college tour, a long-walking trek across campus to review academic buildings, residential halls and athletic facilities, is becoming a relic. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, many colleges and universities, including Furman,...

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A closer look at ‘Obamacare’

The South Carolina General Assembly has gone home for the year, but the fight over Medicaid expansion—a major building block of the federal Affordable Care Act and one of the most contested issues of the...

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Furman ranks high in ROI study

Furman University ranks among South Carolina’s top colleges and universities when it comes to providing its graduates the greatest lifetime return on investment, according to a new survey compiled by AffordableCollegesOnline.org (ACO). Furman was listed...

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