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TSgt. Stacey Holliday scores vice-presidential gig

If Stacey Holliday '04, a member of Singing Sergeants, told you she’d be taking part in Inauguration Day 2021, you might assume the alto would be performing as part of the United States Air Force...

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Doing the hard work of keeping our republic

Spurred by the events at the nation's Capitol on Jan. 6, faculty in Furman University's Department of Politics and International Affairs write an op-ed in The Greenville News about how to maintain the republic that...

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Americans should rethink overthrowing other peoples’ governments

In his second opinion piece appearing in Informed Comment in recent days, Furman University's Akan Malici, a politics and international affairs professor, says Americans - Democrats and Republicans alike - have received an awakening of...

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Class of 2020 Millennium Fellows graduate

Fourteen Furman University students have graduated in the 2020 class of the Millennium Fellowship, a semester-long program of the United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network. The program convenes, challenges and celebrates student...

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Top three ways Biden can get us out of forever wars

Akan Malici, a Furman University professor of politics and international affairs, advances a three-pronged approach for staving off partisan politics in foreign policy for the Biden administration: 1) disavow post-cold war foreign policy ideologies, 2)...

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Three families, three gifts, untold impact

The reasons people give are as varied as the individuals making the gifts. Some make financial commitments to Furman to remember a loved one. Some give to advance a program or major of study. Still...

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The Founders’ guide to ‘Knock Down, Drag Out’ fighting

[caption id="attachment_48593" align="alignright" width="250"] Aaron Alexander Zubia[/caption] Reflecting on the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump protesters, Aaron Alexander Zubia writes an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal. Zubia, a postdoctoral...

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Furman leads study into trail accessibility for low-income populations

Parks and trails provide communities with great opportunities for outdoor recreation and physical activity. But they’re often inaccessible to people in low-income neighborhoods. What’s more, research into the problem is scarce. Enter Furman health sciences...

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Local filmmakers look back on ’80s Christian rock with ‘Electric Jesus’

Furman University theatre arts alumnus Chris White '92 and his wife Emily Reach White have written and directed a new feature film, "Electric Jesus," which will make its way to theaters near you this year....

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Learning with OLLI

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University gets a nice plug from GVL Today, a daily local news round-up from the people at 6AM City. Founded in 1993, OLLI will again offer its more...

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