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CBR: ‘The Assault on College Financing’

Furman University President Elizabeth Davis appeared on "Carolina Business Review" in a virtual panel discussion about the financial impact of COVID-19 on higher education in "The Assault on College Financing." She joined leaders from Elon...

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SC party leaders trade jabs over gunshot fired into local GOP office

After an unoccupied Lancaster County Republican Party office took a bullet to its glass facade on Sept. 20, a war of words erupted between SC GOP Party Chairman Drew McKissick and Democratic Party Chairman Trav...

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Julia Tyson and the art of racing

You could call her a Renaissance woman. Julia Tyson ’22 is a studio art and communication studies double major with a penchant for auto racing. When she’s not working on her studies, you’ll find her...

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The South’s most beautiful colleges

Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, again makes Southern Living magazine's list of the "South's Most Beautiful Colleges." Other Palmetto State colleges making the 2020 list include The Citadel in Charleston and, just up the...

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Paladin Pivots: Turning crisis into opportunity

It isn’t the crash course in agility training anyone would have wished for, but for all its chaos, COVID-19 has produced masters of the entrepreneurial pivot. In a new virtual speaker series, “Paladin Pivots: Stories...

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Who will be LGBTQ Nation’s Up & Coming Politician of the Year?

Furman University history alumna Kimberly Jackson '06 has been nominated by LGBTQ Nation as an "Up and Coming Politician of the Year." Rev. Jackson is seeking a bid to become Georgia's first LGBTQ state senator....

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Gift of $4 million by alumnus makes headlines

Furman University recently announced that Dr. Matthew W. Wilson made a planned gift of $4 million to benefit the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health and student experiences. Among other outlets, the news was...

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Greenville Business Magazine’s Best & Brightest 35 and Under

Greenville Business Magazine has published its list of the 35 "Best & Brightest 35 and Under." The pool of honorees includes several Furman alumni, including Bree Alexander '12, who earned her bachelor's in psychology from...

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Furman’s strengths-based approach to education

Earlier this year, Gallup Inc. honored Furman University with one of only five 2020 Don Clifton Strengths for Students Awards - an award that recognizes the integration of CliftonStrengths throughout campus. Gallup Inc. published an...

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Trump’s payroll tax deferral causes concerns for Upstate businesses

Furman University's Brent Nelsen, a politics and international affairs professor, spoke to WYFF News 4 reporter Taggart Houck about the payroll tax deferral program President Donald Trump imposed through executive action. The tax holiday allows...

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