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Best-selling author David Shields on campus March 29 & 31

The New York Times best-selling author David Shields will speak about his latest book, as well as talk about a film based on his work and directed by James Franco in two separate events March...

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Furman alum, student receive NSF fellowships

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded grants through the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) to a Furman University student and a Furman alumnus. The recipients are Furman senior chemistry major Daniela Mesa Sanchez of...

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Furman to receive awards at Southern Literary Festival

Founded in 1937, the Southern Literary Festival is an organization of 18 southern colleges, which aims to promote southern literature. Each year a different school hosts the festival, an undergraduate writing conference that offers participants...

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10 women of faith leading the charge ahead

In honor of International Women’s Day, Sojourners asked a few of their favorite women leaders about their personal hopes, faiths, fights for justice, and how their womanhood surrounds and informs those aspects. Furman Politics and International...

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Liberal arts education helps graduates adapt to the workforce

Chris Worthy of The Greenville News talks to career services officials at Furman University and Converse College who argue that employers are looking for more than academic acumen and a high-powered degree from their candidates. John...

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Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to speak

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Harvard University Professor, journalist, cultural critic, and author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will speak on the Furman University campus Thursday, March 30 at 5:30 p.m. in Shaw Hall of Younts Conference Center....

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Carson receives award from Southeastern Association of Housing Officers

Vice President for Student Life Connie Carson received The Founder's Award from the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) during the Association's annual meeting, which took place Feb. 28-March 3 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Association’s...

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Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion in concert March 26

The Furman University Department of Music and Furman Percussion Club will host Grammy Award-winning Third Coast Percussion in a concert Sunday, March 26 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. The concert is...

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Defense lawyer Judy Clarke receives Courageous Advocacy award

Judy Clarke, a 1974 Furman University psychology graduate and lawyer known for her stance against the death penalty, has received the Griffin Bell Award for Courageous Advocacy from the American College of Trial Lawyers. The...

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Millennials behind Argent want to reinvent women’s office attire

Furman Business and Accounting graduate Sali (Sumer) Christeson (Class of 2007)  and Eleanor Turner are the millennial co-founders of Argent, a clothing company that aims to inspire women to take a seat at the table...

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