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$1.9 million from Hollingsworth foundation to fund scholarships, academic departments

Furman University is among the agencies who received grants this week from the Hollingsworth Funds, the foundation that controls the estate of the late Greenville industrialist John D. Hollingsworth.  The foundation announced it was providing...

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Meet Furman alum and Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero

Madeline Anne Rogero graduated from Furman in 1979 with a B.A. degree in political science.  On Saturday, Dec. 17, the 59-year-old Florida native was inaugurated as the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.  She made it...

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President Smolla speaks on First Amendment rights

Furman president Rod Smolla recently spoke about First Amendment rights to a group of high school students at Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas.  His talk led to one of the students at the school,...

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Remembering Pearl Harbor

On Dec. 7, the United States commemorated the 70th anniversary of one of the most notable moments in the history of the nation.  In an op-ed for The Greenville News, Furman history professor Courtney Tollison...

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Alum Tomiko Brown-Nagin joins Harvard Law faculty

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a 1992 Furman graduate, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a tenured Professor of Law this summer.  Brown-Nagin, a leading expert on legal history, education law, and civil rights, will also...

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Trees make us healthier, speaker says

By Chloe Kowalski '12, Contributing Writer DECEMBER 5, 2011 Imagine your city has a spare $1 million. Then, try telling the city commission the money should not go to improving education, roads, sewer lines, public...

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NLRB vs. Boeing: President Smolla writes about what the law has to say about dispute

Much has been written and said about the National Labor Relations Board’s complaint against Boeing, arising from Boeing’s decision to build its second 787 Dreamliner plant in North Charleston instead of the Pacific Northwest. But...

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2007 alum Michael Scullin receives graduate research award from APA

Michael Scullin, a 2007 Furman graduate who is finishing his Ph.D. work at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the 2011 Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award from the American Psychological Association (APA).  The...

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Milliken Foundation makes $1 million gift in honor of Furman trustee Daniel Sanders

DECEMBER 1, 2011 by Vince Moore, Media Relations Director The Milliken Foundation has made a $1 million contribution to Furman in honor of university trustee Daniel S. Sanders, who recently retired from the Milliken &...

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India “truly an unbelievable experience”

NOVEMBER 29, 2011 By Tori Hedden '12, Contributing Writer and Study Abroad Participant Many students who participate in Furman’s study abroad programs find it difficult to relate the experience to those at home after the...

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