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No joke: Using humor in class is harder when learning is remote

Educators everywhere have found out the hard way that incorporating humor in the online classroom is a tough nut to crack. Scott Henderson, an education professor at Furman University, takes a look at humor in...

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For the love of elephants

“If elephants didn’t exist, you couldn’t invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely, they challenge credulity and common sense.” – Lyall Watson (1939-2008), South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist...

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Dr. George Lipscomb on virtual education in the age of COVID-19

FOX Carolina taps the expertise of Furman University's George Lipscomb in its "The School Station" segment about how COVID-19 is impacting learning in K-12 education. A professor in the education department at the university, Lipscomb...

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Highlighting Joseph Vaughn

Lillian Brock Flemming '71, '75 (M), '14 (H) reflects on Joseph Vaughn Day at Furman University on Jan. 29. In an interview outside Furman gates, Flemming told FOX Carolina that "we need more Joseph Vaughns."...

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Why SC is wrong to ‘jump on the bandwagon’ of ‘science of reading’ movement

Paul L. Thomas, a Furman University education professor who taught nearly two decades in the South Carolina public school system, writes an opinion piece in The Greenville News about the folly of the state's latest...

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Washington has the 6th most coronavirus restrictions

In an article published on Yahoo! News about states with the most COVID-19 restrictions, Seattle-based reporter Charles Woodman cites a report compiled by WalletHub. Leading the pack with the most restrictions is California, with Oklahoma...

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Beckman Scholars Program bolsters undergraduate research

Furman University has once again been named a Beckman Scholars Program awardee, receiving funds for undergraduate students and their faculty mentors to take a deep dive into biology, chemistry, or a combination of the two....

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Mill Village Farms grows healthy food, opportunities and hope

Several initiatives led by Furman University alum Dan Weidenbenner's Mill Community Ministries aim to lessen food insecurity, impart job and entrepreneurship skills and instill hope for the citizens of Greenville County. Weidenbenner, a 2011 psychology...

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Alumna stands in for Kamala Harris during inauguration rehearsal

Furman University music alumna TSgt. Stacey Holliday '04 created quite a buzz on Monday, Jan. 18, during Inauguration Day rehearsal, which coincided with the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. A member of the Singing Sergeants,...

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One land’s work at healing can help U.S.

John Harris, a Furman University mathematics professor, proffers a mathematical approach for solving problems of social and political unrest in the U.S. in an opinion piece he wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Following the rioting...

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