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Florida hires Billy Napier as head football coach

The University of Florida football team has a Furman University Paladin at the helm. On Sunday, November 28, the University of Florida announced that Billy Napier, former starting quarterback for Furman and 2003 health and...

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S.C. schools usher in innovation centers

Furman University's Anthony Herrera, executive director of The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, goes on record in a SC Biz News story about the growing presence of business incubators on campuses in the state....

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‘City of Women’ art exhibit in Greenville to tell Upstate SC’s untold stories

The Greenville Center for Creative Arts will host an exhibition commemorating contemporary and historical women from the area. "City of Women," a show inspired by an article in The New Yorker, will be on display...

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Kirkland Lewis named Furman Women’s Lacrosse coach

Furman Athletics Director Jason Donnelly has announced the hiring of Kirkland Lewis as the next head coach of the Furman Women's Lacrosse program. Lewis previously served as an assistant coach during the 2021 season at...

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Greenville looks to set statewide example in solving food desert problem

Concerned citizens and groups like LiveWell Greenville aim to make food deserts a thing of the past. Food deserts, where there's a lack of access to healthy, fresh foods, are typically found in low-income urban...

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Why city’s West Greenville plan must address the area’s racial inequities

In an opinion piece appearing in The Greenville News, two Furman University professors sound off on the City of Greenville's proposed Micro-Area Plan, a.k.a. Village Action Plan, for the Village of West Greenville. Judith Williams,...

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Q&A with Yendelela Neely Holston, a 2021 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards honoree

Yendelela Neely Holston, chief diversity and inclusion officer and partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, has been named a Top Diversity & Inclusion Officer honoree in Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2021 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion...

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SC entrepreneurial insights from John Warner

John Warner, founder of Innoventure and self-described "serial entrepreneur," joined Mike Switzer, host of public radio program "South Carolina Business Review." Warner spoke about the latest infusion of endowment funds for Furman University's Hill Institute...

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Elevating the mental health conversation

[caption id="attachment_53159" align="alignright" width="266"] U.S. Congressman David Trone.[/caption] Furman University Board of Trustees member David Trone, U.S. Representative (D-District 6) from Maryland, is in the news for introducing a bipartisan bill aimed at establishing a...

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For the birds

The HAVOC tradition at Furman University is a chance for students to tap their creativity toward raising funds for charities most meaningful to them. And when it comes to our feathered friends, Jake Gerardi ’22...

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