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On spending one’s chips: Reason, restlessness, and the pursuit of happiness
Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey, both professors in the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Furman University, draw from their book, "Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment," in an...
Continue ReadingMarsh taps new public entity practice head
Furman University Board of Trustees member Kevin Bryant '85 has accepted a new post at Marsh, a global insurance broker and risk advisor. A political science alumnus who minored in business administration and played on...
Continue ReadingWhy the Upstate market is attracting venture capital
Vincent Harris of Upstate Business Journal (a publication of Community Journals) writes about Greenville, South Carolina, and its growing reputation for attracting venture capital firms. One such firm is North Carolina-based Flywheel Coworking. The company...
Continue ReadingDeveloping creative accountants
If you read the title, "Developing Creative Accountants," and skipped the article because you're not an accountant, you may want to reconsider and put this one at the top of your "must read" list. In...
Continue ReadingWhy aren’t more female coaches in charge of pro teams?
Sarah Lorge Butler, writer and editor for Runner's World, examines the dearth of female coaches for professional running teams in the wake of two high-profile jobs that recently went to men. In roughly two dozen...
Continue Reading30 of the most beautiful college campuses in the world
Furman University's campus beauty earns praise from Cosmopolitan magazine. Writer Kara Ladd points to the university's Italianate bell tower, Asian garden, miles of scenic trails and more in the magazine's round-up of 30 must-see campuses.
Continue ReadingHow Greenville group is confronting racism and nation’s ‘biggest lie’
In a opinion piece appearing in The Greenville News, former Furman University Board of Trustees member Baxter Wynn wrote, "I have come to believe that deep-seated personal racial bias, often unintended, unconscious, and difficult to...
Continue ReadingChandra Dillard named City History and Heritage Advisor
State Representative Chandra Dillard, director of community relations at Furman University and a former member of Greenville City Council, has stepped up to assist the City of Greenville in preserving its storied and complex history...
Continue ReadingSammy Clough ’20 jumps into education and coaching with both feet
He didn’t have teaching or coaching experience. But Sammy Clough ’20, a communication studies graduate, landed a position doing both at Augusta Christian Schools in Georgia in the same year COVID-19 upended just about every...
Continue ReadingDuke Endowment’s $25M grant keeps Furman’s student stipend program going
Furman University announced that it has received its second $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment to expand and advance The Furman Advantage. Anna B. Mitchell of The Post and Courier takes a deeper look...
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