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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...

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Riley Institute announces afterschool and expanded learning policy fellows

The Riley Institute at Furman University has selected 16 leaders in the field of afterschool and expanded learning to participate in the White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellowship. The new class of WRP Fellows will travel to...

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Get ready for a new school year

Furman University’s 2019-20 academic year will officially get underway Tuesday, Aug. 27 when students attend their first day of classes. Approximately 660 first-year students will report to campus Friday, Aug. 23 while the rest of...

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Innovation Hour invites students to pitch their business ideas

The Literacy Corner, a four-week tutoring program led by graduate-level, certified teachers in Furman’s Master of Arts in Education program, has been sending kids home with stronger reading and writing skills for 10 years. When...

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Beauty and brains

According to Southern Living, “the South is home to some true beauty when it comes to our small towns, big cities, and everything in between; and we play host to some gorgeous, lauded universities to...

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Riley Institute and OLLI present series on the rise of nationalism

The Riley Institute® and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman University will open their annual StraightTalk Series Thursday, Aug. 29, at Furman University. The three-part series will focus on the current rise of...

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Furman to hold summer commencement exercises Aug. 17

Erik Ching, professor of history and director of undergraduate research at Furman University, will serve as speaker when the university holds its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 17 at 4 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The...

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The Trump appointee who’s putting white supremacists in jail

Furman alum Thomas Cullen was featured in an article in The Washington Post Magazine titled “The Trump Appointee Who’s Putting White Supremacists in Jail.” As the chief federal prosecutor for the Western District of Virginia,...

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Furman listed in 2020 Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ guide

Furman University has once again been selected for inclusion in the newest edition of The Princeton Review’s college guide, “The Best 385 Colleges.” Among the featured lists the publication cited as being especially important to...

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A significant contribution

In an interview with Mike Switzer of South Carolina Business Review, a South Carolina Public Radio program, John Warner talks about Furman’s nearly $300 million economic impact on the Upstate. Warner, co-founder of Accessible Diagnostics...

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