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Civic and legislative leaders honored at Wilkins Awards

Rep. Gary Simrill (R-York) and Nella Barkley, president of Crystal-Barkley Corporation, were honored Tuesday, Jan. 14, as recipients of the 2019 David H. Wilkins Leadership Awards. The awards recognize outstanding legislative and civic leadership in...

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Aconabolics earns Trent Stubbs ’20 first place at second Innovation Hour

The second Innovation Hour competition wasn’t rigged, exactly, but to have a chance to beat Trent Stubbs ’20 you also had to have an idea that was literally one of the most innovative in Furman...

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Baker, Gerde named to All-SoCon Faculty and Staff Team

Elaine Baker, the associate athletics director for the Furman Sports Medicine Center, and Virginia W. Gerde, chair of and professor in Furman’s Department of Business and Accounting, have been named to the All-Southern Conference (SoCon)...

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Second Weekend at the Well will feature double the fun downtown

Furman basketball’s first game in downtown Greenville since 2007 was a smashing success in the most directly measurable way, with 3,750 fans filing into Bon Secours Wellness Arena last month to watch the Paladin men...

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Upstate and Lowcountry leaders become Riley Diversity Fellows

The Riley Institute at Furman has announced that 41 leaders from the Upstate, and 41 leaders from the Lowcountry and surrounding areas have completed the Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI). Over the past five months,...

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University announces Heller Scholars for 2013-14

Furman has awarded major scholarships to 13 graduates of Greenville County high schools for the 2013-14 academic year. The recipients are the first to receive the Max Heller Community Scholarship, which was established last fall....

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Saturday marks the first of three Weekends at the Well this season

One of Jason Donnelly’s first orders of business when he was hired as Furman’s new athletics director in July was to renew the basketball team’s deep ties to downtown that had lain dormant for the...

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A Record-Breaking Giving Tuesday

Paladins near and far came together December 3 to celebrate Furman’s seventh annual Giving Tuesday event. Alumni, students, parents and friends contributed $232,721 – $16,587 more than last year. During the 24-hour online giving event,...

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Sam Hayes ’20 brings passion for preserving historical buildings to Greenville

You’d be hard-pressed to find a list of historical cities in America that doesn’t include Charleston, South Carolina. You’d also be hard-pressed to find one that does include Greenville. Growing up in the former instilled...

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Give Back this Giving Tuesday

Furman University is gearing up for its seventh annual Giving Tuesday event on December 3. Last year, alumni, students and friends of the university celebrated the international day of philanthropy by contributing 744 gifts that...

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