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An educator champions ‘the link’
Mary Seawell Metz ’58 has served as a professor, president and trustee at colleges from one coast to another, affording her an appreciation of university life that few enjoy. Among the most critical operations, she...
Continue ReadingCows, a DeLorean and time travel set the virtual stage for annual learning exchange
What do Marty McFly’s DeLorean, a herd of cows and codebreaking have in common? [caption id="attachment_50167" align="alignright" width="350"] In the learning exchange virtual escape room, participants travel back to 1952, when the current campus was...
Continue ReadingFurman receives second $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment
Furman University has received a $25 million grant from The Duke Endowment to expand and advance The Furman Advantage, the university’s transformational approach to offering every student a pathway toward a meaningful and valuable college...
Continue ReadingSolving the ‘expert blind spot’
Ben Haywood kept a Rubik’s Cube in his fridge at home for six weeks during the 2020 winter break. You can imagine it sitting there, between a jar of pickles and the OJ. Haywood, assistant...
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