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Sen. Graham may be ‘in trouble’ with re-election in South Carolina
A FOX News article reports that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham may be in for his toughest re-election fight yet against well-funded Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison. Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and international affairs at...
Continue ReadingHow to cope with sending your kid to college
Furman's Connie Carson, vice president for student life, is tapped for an article appearing in The Washington Post Magazine about sending students back to school amid a pandemic. The piece focuses on ways to allay...
Continue ReadingSenior learners Zoom into OLLI classes
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University is now accepting registrations for its fall classes, which begin Sept. 14 and run through Nov. 13. Sixty-four live-online classes are available through Zoom and cover languages,...
Continue ReadingHow the suffrage movement unfolded in Greenville
Furman Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison '99 writes an opinion piece for The Greenville News. She chronicles South Carolina's role in the women's suffrage movement, for which Greenville’s contributions began in 1890,...
Continue ReadingTrue ‘Magic’ of college happens for just 2 out of 100 students
Fewer students than we think experience the "true magic" of a college education, says Brandon Busteed, who penned an article for Forbes. He notes that only 2 out of every 100 students have the life-changing...
Continue ReadingNPR reporter makes a stop at Furman as part of its ‘College Road Trip’ series
National Public Radio reporter Elissa Nadworny recently stopped by Furman University, where she spoke with SGA President Griffin Mills '21 and several other Furman students, faculty and staff members. Nadworny also visited a class conducted...
Continue ReadingForward Into Light: Greenville celebrates centennial of women’s right to vote
It took roughly 70 years and risk of arrest, imprisonment and other harms to self and family among many early suffragists. But ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote finally came...
Continue ReadingCelebrating a basic and treasured right
Like many other celebrations during the coronavirus pandemic, events commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution have gone by the wayside. But Furman’s Distinguished University Public Historian and Scholar Courtney Tollison and...
Continue ReadingSC women celebrate a century of having the right to vote
The 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was celebrated Aug. 18 in Columbia, South Carolina. Among the more than 80 women lining the steps of the Statehouse for the...
Continue ReadingSC Democrats leverage Biden-Harris ticket to help boost down-ballot turnout
Furman University's Danielle Vinson '89, a professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs, spoke to reporters for The State about Joe Biden's pick for his vice presidential running mate, Kamala Harris. Vinson explains...
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