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Furman’s Athletic Hall of Fame inducts Caldwell ’76 and Goldsmith ’02

The doors to Furman's Athletic Hall of Fame opened on Sept. 20 to welcome its newest inductees, Robbie Caldwell '76 and Matt Goldsmith '02, who represent the class of 2019. Joined by approximately 120 friends,...

Chief Information Officer David Steinour recognized for leadership

Furman University Chief Information Officer David Steinour has been selected to receive one of this year’s South Carolina CIO Awards, presented by Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly and Charleston Business Magazine and Acumen IT....

Bill Baker, Paige Ouzts ’93 invention could revolutionize diabetes management

When Furman Professor of Physics Bill Baker was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2003, it served as an initiation into a painful club. “The first thing you have to deal with is, ‘what is...

Finalists named for Riley Institute’s WhatWorksSC Award

The Riley Institute at Furman University® has announced the three finalists for the 2019 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award, which celebrates promising education initiatives that are improving outcomes for South Carolina’s students. “I am...

Second annual Women’s Networking Event scheduled for Sept. 23

New panelists and a more student-friendly location highlight the second annual Furman University Women’s Networking Event (WNE), but the goal to inspire and connect women in the Greenville community with each other and Furman students...

Former white nationalist Derek Black to speak at StraightTalk Series

Derek Black was a white nationalist to the core and an active advocate for its ideology, his identity shaped from birth by living in a world where white people are the true victims of racism...

Furman boosts preparedness with trauma kits

Furman University Police Chief John Milby stresses that the odds of anyone ever having to use the trauma kits that the police department began installing this summer are slim. However, slim is not the same...

Furman celebrates start of 2019-20 academic year with opening Convocation

Once a homeless high school dropout, LaDavia Drummond Just ’02 today possesses four college degrees and is a Fulbright Scholar teaching pharmacology to second-year medical students at Uganda Christian University School in Kampala, Uganda. That...

SGA President Jesse Tompkins committed to ‘sense of belonging’

For many teenagers, there is no bigger decision than the college decision. Jesse Tompkins ’20 was not an exception, but he faced an even more significant choice as he prepared to start the next phase...