Modern Languages and Literature

‘It altered the course of my life’

When the day began, it was the dawning of their college experience, the culmination of so much dreaming, anticipation and hard work. Within a few hours, however, the students were left in shock, their optimism shattered....

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PHOTO GALLERY: The 2021-22 academic year opens with inspiration and new friends

Welcome back, students! The new academic year began with Opening Convocation at McAlister Auditorium and a lunch on the mall, an orientation carnival to welcome our 667 first-year students and 20 transfer students, and on Tuesday, the...

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PHOTO GALLERY: Welcome, students!

Students moved in this week, surrounded by family, friends and Orientation Team members, in preparation for the beginning of the school year on Tuesday. About 850 students arrived early or were here for Summer Session 2,...

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Stacy Capers ’18 knows the sound of success

Stacy Capers '18 will travel to Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, Aug. 15, to record a music video with singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth and the other three winners of a music contest. Capers' entry was...

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Furman announces Black Alumni Council

The Office of Alumni and Parent Engagement is proud to announce the establishment of the Black Alumni Council. As Furman’s newest volunteer leadership organization, the Council will be guided by its mission to support both...

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Spring 2021 Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the semester. The...

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New perspectives in STEM

Furman has been awarded a new $1 million S-STEM grant for 2020-25. Among other components, the award will provide renewable scholarships for 24 high-merit, high-need students seeking bachelor’s degrees in chemistry, biology, neuroscience or the...

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An educator champions ‘the link’

Mary Seawell Metz ’58 has served as a professor, president and trustee at colleges from one coast to another, affording her an appreciation of university life that few enjoy. Among the most critical operations, she...

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‘No prisoner in this lonely room’

Elizabeth Collins '21 created a public humanities outreach program to bring poetry therapy to cancer patients in the Greenville community. The program, What a Word’s Worth, was offered through Furman and the Cancer Support Community...

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From ballroom to river barge

At first glance, you may not see the connection between organizing a barge shipment on the White Nile River in South Sudan and planning a glitzy fundraiser in Washington, D.C. But the same heart and...

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