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Furman on Main opens in downtown Greenville bookstore

Furman University officials announced today that the university will partner with M. Judson Booksellers on Main Street in Greenville, expanding its presence downtown and further connecting with its roots. Furman on Main will have its...

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Furman board welcomes new trustees at fall meeting

The Furman University Board of Trustees welcomed seven new members to the board during its fall meeting Saturday, Nov. 4. The new trustees are Robert Lewis Blocker ’68 of Clinton, Ct., The Henry and Lucy...

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Two Furman juniors named Metropolitan Fellows

The Furman Metropolitan Fellowship (FMF) program announced today that Furman juniors Quincy Mix and Rachel Simon will be headed to New York City in the summer of 2018 to participate in one of the university’s...

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Furman partners with Freeman Foundation to offer internships in Asia

Until this year, Austin Saggus ’18 had never traveled farther than the East Coast. All that changed when, as part of a new May Experience course at Furman, Saggus boarded a plane and flew 10,000...

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Furman presents conference on climate change Nov. 8-9

Furman University will present a conference on climate change Wednesday, Nov. 8 and Thursday, Nov. 9 from 7-8:30 p.m. in Shaw Hall of Younts Conference Center on campus. [caption id="attachment_34853" align="alignright" width="232"] Charles Bolden, Photo...

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Making career development a priority

Furman is one of several schools mentioned in a Chronicle of Higher Education article about liberal arts colleges that are starting or expanding programs to get students to think about their career goals, both early...

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Riley Institute announces winner of Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award

Make Summer Count, a program of Public Education Partners in Greenville that combats summer learning loss, has won the 2017 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. The Riley Institute at Furman University and...

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You can go home again

The weather was perfect and the Paladin football team did exactly what it was supposed to do as more than 3,000 Furman alums returned to campus this past weekend for Homecoming. In addition to a...

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High Noon on Nov. 1: “Are You Fake News?”

[caption id="attachment_34833" align="alignright" width="265"] John Armstrong[/caption] Furman Communication Studies professors John Armstrong and Brandon Inabinet will discuss “fake news” and the new media environment when they speak at the university’s High Noon fall lecture series...

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Award-winning historian to speak at Furman Nov. 7

Award-winning author and historian James W. Loewen will speak on the Furman University campus Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in Younts Conference Center about the rise of the neo-Confederate South in the 1890s and...

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