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MayX Snapshot: Through the looking glass with ‘Black Mirror’

Each day this week, we’re highlighting a course from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: Technology and Dystopia of “Black Mirror” INSTRUCTORS: Kevin Treu, professor and...

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MayX Snapshot: A deep dive into swimming – and culture, psychology and literature

Each day this week, we’re highlighting a course from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: Why We Swim INSTRUCTOR: Melinda Menzer, professor of English OBJECTIVE: Explore...

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A better world for those often left behind

One of three openly LGBTQ Black female state senators in the country, Kim Jackson ’06 is also the first openly lesbian priest of color to be ordained in the episcopal diocese of Atlanta. Read the spring issue of Furman...

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MayX Snapshot: The truth behind true crime

Each day this week, we’re highlighting a course from May Experience – a chance for students to explore topics beyond the typical academic year. COURSE: True Crime Writing: Why and How? INSTRUCTOR: Margaret Oakes, professor of...

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Eight Stories High

Long before Pearlie Harris M ’83 appeared on a mural high above downtown Greenville, she was a giant in education. Read more about her life growing up in the segregated South, her impact as an...

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Commencement Poem by Zachary Hughes ’20

Student Commencement Poem Furman University Zachary Hughes ’20 May 15, 2021   Generation Clarified Picture yourself at 90 The skin on your hands, once taut and elastic Has gone loose and papery. You take minutes...

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‘You flipped the script’: Class of 2020 welcomed home for overdue Commencement celebration

View a gallery of photos from Commencement Read commencement address by Deb Richardson-Moore Read student address by Emily Rose Zeytoonjian ’20 Read commencement poem by Zachary Hughes ’20 2020 honors graduates 2020 student and faculty...

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Commencement address by the Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore

Commencement Address, Class of 2020 Furman University The Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore May 15, 2021 When the pandemic closed everything down 14 months ago, I had already announced my retirement as pastor of Triune Mercy Center....

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Commencement student address by Emily Rose Zeytoonjian ’20

Student Commencement Speech Furman University Emily Rose Zeytoonjian ’20 May 15, 2021 Wow, what an honor it is to be standing up here among all of you as a member of the graduating class of...

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Q&A with Courtney Tollison ’99

Furman Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison ’99 serves on the university’s Task Force on Slavery and Justice. Read more about how our landscapes can reveal our community's values in the spring 2021 issue...

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