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Furman’s Fulbright Four

Four 2016 Furman University graduates have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. With the newly selected 2016-2017 Fulbright winners, Furman has...

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Cary Fontana ’10 receives Fulbright EU Fellowship

Cary Fontana, a 2010 Furman University political science and economics graduate, has won a Fulbright-Schuman grant from the U.S. State Department. Also known as the European Union (EU) Fulbright, the honor is awarded to only...

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Kelsey Orr selected as Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow

Kelsey Orr, a rising senior at Furman University, is one of 10 undergraduates from across the country to be selected as a 2016 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow. Managed and funded by the U.S....

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Blackwell to work with Leipzig University as part of Mellon grant

Furman University Classics professor Dr. Christopher W. Blackwell will collaborate with faculty at Leipzig University (Germany), which was awarded a $204,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will fund research on tools...

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Music by the Lake Concert Series Begins May 26

Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, will begin Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s amphitheater. The series opens with a performance by the Lakeside...

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Riley Institute and OLLI present Straight Talk SC: Education for Life

Politicians, philanthropists, corporate leaders and educators call for education reform. Vast differences of opinion lead to disputes and finger-pointing. Yet most agree the goal is the same—to see children grow into adults who have the...

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French professor Bessy publishes new book

[caption id="attachment_24729" align="alignright" width="198"] Book explores representations of migration in contemporary French cinema[/caption] Furman University Associate Professor of French Dr. Marianne Bessy has published a new book which examines representations of migration in contemporary French...

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Furman recognizes graduates of Women’s Leadership Institute

The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) of Furman University recently recognized the following Class of 2016 graduates: Kaleigh Aldridge, Baldor, Greenville Laura Bain, Upstate Forever, Greenville Heidi Bray, Arclabs, Piedmont Catriona Carlisle, Meals on Wheels Greenville...

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Furman announces Meritorious Diversity & Inclusion Awards

Furman University’s Diversity and Inclusiveness Committee has announced the recipients of the university’s inaugural Meritorious Diversity and Inclusion awards. The awards are given to a current Furman faculty member, staff member and student. The recipients...

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30 Amazing Landmarks at Small Colleges in the U.S.

Big things come in small packages. That's especially true for Furman University whose size belies the glut of votes it receives in the media about campus aesthetics. This time, Furman's signature Bell Tower caught the...

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