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Furman’s Asia Garden Featured Among 12 Best Drive-To Gardens

On those hot, humid days when weeding a garden is the last thing on the mind, take a break and enjoy the labors of someone else's hands. The Charlotte Observer features a list of the...

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Nasha Lending’s Microloans Curate Local Entrepreneurship

Necessity is the mother of invention. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, loans to small businesses plummeted, leaving would-be entrepreneurs few options for startup funds. Enter Nasha Lending, a nonprofit that collects funds...

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Bruns ’19 Wins S.C. Amateur Match Play Crown

It didn't take Connor Bruns '19 (Duncan, S.C.) long to get back into the swing of match play last Sunday at Bear Creek Golf Club in Hilton Head. Bruns, who hadn't participated in match play in...

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Lt. Gen. John Mulholland and Dr. David Shi inducted into ROTC Hall of Fame

Furman alumni Lieutenant General John F. Mulholland, Jr., and Dr. David E. Shi were inducted into the United States Army ROTC Hall of Fame June 10 in a ceremony which took place in Fort Knox,...

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Music major Campbell selected for exchange program in Germany

Furman University student Logan Campbell of Easley has been selected among 75 students nationwide to participate in Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a program created to strengthen ties between Germany and the United States...

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Professors awarded USDA grant to study local agroforestry, animal production

Three Furman University professors will study how agroforestry systems improve agricultural sustainability at area farms with a $135,000 grant received from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) organization, part of the United States Department...

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Furman awards Postgraduate Diplomas in Corporate Sustainability

[caption id="attachment_25249" align="alignright" width="600"] Furman awards 18 Postgraduate Diplomas in Corporate Sustainability[/caption] The Center for Corporate and Professional Development at Furman University recently recognized the following Class of 2016 recipients of the Postgraduate Diploma in...

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Riley Institute and OLLI spotlight higher education in summer lecture series

The Riley Institute at Furman and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will present the closing session of their three-part series, “Education for Life: Working together to fulfill the promise of education,” Tuesday, June 21,...

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Riley Institute names Emerging Public Leaders

The Riley Institute at Furman University has announced its 2016-17 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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Education for Life series features acclaimed Johns Hopkins sociologist

The Riley Institute at Furman and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will present the second part of its three-part series, “Education for Life: Working together to fulfill the promise of education,” Tuesday, June 14,...

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