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Riley Institute names new class of Emerging Public Leaders

The Riley Institute at Furman University has announced its 2017-2018 class of Emerging Public Leaders (EPL). Launched in 2002 by the Riley Institute, EPL is an intensive, statewide service-oriented leadership program for rising high school...

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Furman recognizes Women’s Leadership Institute graduates

The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) of Furman University recently recognized the following Class of 2017 graduates: Cindy Benjamin-LS3P Associates, Ltd. Kristin Bennett-United Way of Greenville County Anne Lee Buck-Greenville First Steps Terese Calhoun-Greenville Area Development...

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Grits, globalization and Furman

Alexander Stubb, 1993 Furman graduate and former Prime Minister of Finland, spoke with Paul Hyde of The Greenville News ahead of commencement exercises. Without revealing too much of his keynote address, Stubb described how his...

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Metal Head

Charlotte-based steel container company General Steel Drum was founded by Furman University Economics and Business Administration major Ed West (Class of 1965) in 1979. He sold the company to Myers Containers Inc. of Portland, Ore., but...

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Emerging Public Leaders recognized

The Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University has announced winners of its service project competition for high school seniors participating in the institute’s Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) program. EPL is a program designed to...

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The debt ceiling ‘crisis’

Furman University Associate Economics Professor Jason Jones answers the question "when is a crisis really a crisis?" in a piece he wrote for Greenville Business Magazine (see page 11). Jones unpacks the so-called debt ceiling "crisis" by...

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Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series begins May 25

Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, will begin Thursday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s amphitheater. The series opens with Dance Craze performed by the...

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Furman turns on solar array

"Furman University has flipped the switch on the largest solar project on a South Carolina university campus, as the university takes another step toward a carbon-neutral future," writes Nathaniel Cary of The Greenville News. The $1.7...

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How poor schools cheat smart students

[caption id="attachment_31822" align="alignright" width="229"] Able '18 is a Communication Studies major from Saluda, S.C.[/caption] Furman Communication Studies major Allie Able '18 says poorer South Carolina schools set the bar low in terms of college and...

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Jason Terrell’s SEED20 pitch for Profound Gentlemen wins top prize

Profound Gentlemen builds a cradle-to-career pipeline of male educators of color who provide a profound additional impact on boys of color through social-emotional learning, mentoring, and serving as role models. PG's vision is for boys...

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