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Budget cuts threaten afterschool programs

Furman Riley Institute's Cathy Stevens and Eric Vanden Heuvel of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Green Bay (Wisconsin), author an opinion piece in digital magazine Youth Today about afterschool and summer programs. Citing...

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Oryza Astari ’16 contributes video

Oryza Astari, a 2016 Furman graduate, recently contributed a video for network Voice of America Indonesia. A politics and international affairs and philosophy double-major, Astari is interning for U.S. Rep. Norma Torres of California. Astari,...

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Don Aiesi to be inducted into Hall of Fame March 30

Don Aiesi, who taught political science at Furman University for more than 50 years before retiring in 2018, will be inducted into the Furman Politics and International Affairs Hall of Fame during a ceremony Saturday,...

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Richard W. Riley receives Good Scout award

The honorable Richard W. Riley, founder of the Riley Institute at Furman, was recognized March 5 with the Good Scout Award at the Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America Patron Fundraising Dinner. The event...

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Evans-Sago: ‘Do You Hear ‘Gay’?’

Furman University alumnus Travis Evans-Sago will speak on the Furman campus Thursday, March 14, at 4:30 p.m. in McEachern Lecture Hall of Furman Hall. His talk, “Do You Hear ‘Gay’?” is free and open to...

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Finding freedom after life on death row

Anthony Ray Hinton mesmerized a capacity crowd at Furman's McAlister Auditorium Feb. 27 with his account of enduring nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row for crimes he did not commit. Among the media represented...

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Symphonic Winds in concert March 15

Furman Symphonic Winds will present a concert Friday, March 15, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. Presented by the Furman Department of Music, the event is open to the public....

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Core Insight

1982 Furman University graduate Nick Craig found his purpose at MIT. For the Furman computer science and math alumnus, it took enrolling in engineering school to learn that he was more gifted in people and...

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Paul L. Thomas authors book about teaching writing

Furman Department of Education Professor Paul L. Thomas has written a new book about teaching writing. [caption id="attachment_38126" align="alignright" width="283"] Thomas’ book is the culmination of his experiences spanning nearly 40 years as both a...

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First African-American recipient of the WWI Medal of Honor

While researching African-Americans who served in the WWI American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) from her community, oral historian and Furman History Professor Courtney L. Tollison Hartness discovered the compelling story of a soldier who perished Sept. 28, 1918...

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