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Student commencement speech by Lexie Harvey

  Student Commencement Speech Lexie Harvey May 5, 2018 One morning this year, I was walking to class when a friend called me to inform me she had lice. I immediately started scratching my head,...

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Proving Our Promise, a letter from President Davis

Furman-Gallup study will ensure The Furman Advantage delivers. By President Elizabeth Davis EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of Furman Magazine. We made a promise and we plan to keep...

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Furman prepares for spring commencement Saturday

[caption id="attachment_36113" align="alignright" width="340"] Ligler, a 1972 Furman graduate, holds two doctorate degrees from Oxford University and is a member of the Inventors Hall of Fame.[/caption] Check out 2018 Senior Spotlight Watch commencement live via...

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Furman remembers professor Charles Brewer

A celebration of the life and legacy of Charles L. Brewer, legendary professor of psychology at Furman, will be held Sunday, May 6, from 2-4 p.m. at the Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center. Brewer,...

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Dins Day ’18 raises over $1.5M for Furman University

The Furman University community banded together April 24 for the fourth annual Dins Day, a 24-hour celebration of what it means to be a Paladin. This year, alumni, students, parents and friends of the university...

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Higher ed in Afghanistan

Kenneth Holland, a 1970 Furman graduate, became president of American University of Afghanistan in June 2017. After playing a significant role in rebuilding higher education in the war-torn nation, he assumed the presidency of the...

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Today is Dins Day!

Furman University will show its colors and kick off a 24-hour celebration when the school holds its fourth annual Dins Day Tuesday, April 24. Started in 2015, Dins Day encourages the Furman community to show...

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Tomiko Brown-Nagin named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a 1992 Furman graduate and a leading historian on law and society, has been named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She will assume her new position on July 1. Brown-Nagin...

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Senior Lexie Harvey selected as student commencement speaker

Furman University senior Lexie Harvey, a politics and international affairs major from Brentwood, Tennessee, will be the student speaker at Furman’s spring commencement Saturday, May 5. [caption id="attachment_36131" align="alignright" width="270"] Lexie Harvey is a politics...

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Join the celebration at Fluor Field April 24

If you’re attending the University of South Carolina-Furman baseball game at Greenville’s Fluor Field Tuesday, April 24, be prepared to see plenty of purple, both on and off the field. And you might want to...

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