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Preparing students for lives of purpose

During a Zoom interview conducted by The Duke Endowment, Furman University President Elizabeth Davis described The Furman Advantage, how she intends to expand it with the latest $25 million grant from the Endowment, and what...

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Expect college wait lists to be obnoxiously long this year

With COVID-19, the models admissions officers traditionally use to predict the number of students who will enroll at their universities are less reliable. Factors like whether international students will make it to campus, the status...

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Furman students surprise special needs adults with bags full of love

[caption id="attachment_49075" align="alignright" width="400"] Student members of the Heller Service Corps stuff goodie bags for members of the special adult community.[/caption] For the last 15 years, Heller Service Corps at Furman University has hosted its...

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Dr. George Lipscomb on virtual education in the age of COVID-19

FOX Carolina taps the expertise of Furman University's George Lipscomb in its "The School Station" segment about how COVID-19 is impacting learning in K-12 education. A professor in the education department at the university, Lipscomb...

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Washington has the 6th most coronavirus restrictions

In an article published on Yahoo! News about states with the most COVID-19 restrictions, Seattle-based reporter Charles Woodman cites a report compiled by WalletHub. Leading the pack with the most restrictions is California, with Oklahoma...

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Joseph Vaughn Day public event postponed

Due to the high rates of COVID-19 in the Greenville and Upstate areas, a public celebration of Joseph Vaughn on Jan. 29 has been postponed. Michael Jennings, Ph.D., chief diversity officer for Furman, and Chandra...

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Getting the COVID vaccine is the most people-loving thing we can do

As the COVID vaccine begins rolling out across the United States, Cathy Stevens, director of the White-Riley-Peterson Afterschool Policy Fellowship at The Riley Institute, implores Americans to consider getting the vaccine for the sake of...

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7 things that could reduce health disparities for Blacks, Latinos hit hardest by pandemic

Shaniece Criss, an assistant professor of health sciences at Furman University, a Prisma Health board member and a Travelers Rest city councilwoman, was quoted in an article appearing in The Greenville News about COVID-19 and...

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A message from President Davis: Gratitude for community

On Friday, Nov. 20, Furman University President Elizabeth Davis shared the following message with the campus community, expressing her gratitude to students, faculty and staff for adding to Furman's resilience during the pandemic.  Dear Campus...

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Even in COVID-19 hot spots, many colleges aren’t aggressively testing

As universities across the country grapple with COVID-19 and ever-changing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the right way forward during the pandemic has proven to be a moving target. Elissa Nadworny...

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