{"id":3086,"date":"2014-09-11T14:20:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T18:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/11\/a-new-era-at-furman\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T18:27:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T23:27:33","slug":"a-new-era-at-furman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/a-new-era-at-furman\/","title":{"rendered":"A new era at Furman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/elizabeth-davis-town.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14001 lazyload\" alt=\"elizabeth-davis-town\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/elizabeth-davis-town.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"257\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/257;\" \/><\/a>The heavy bookshelves and smoldering cigars are long gone. Visitors entering the president\u2019s office at Furman University today will encounter blush-colored orchids, Impressionist paintings, and a Waterford crystal cross. But the duties for Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Furman\u2019s 12th president, are far more demanding than redecorating an office traditionally held by men. The university\u2019s first female president is charged with redefining the institution\u2019s vision and image in a time of rising costs and increased competition. Read more in\u00a0<b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towncarolina.com\/features\/29-history\/1076-new-girl-on-campus.html\">Town<\/a><\/i><\/b> magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heavy bookshelves and smoldering cigars are long gone. Visitors entering the president\u2019s office at Furman University today will encounter blush-colored orchids, Impressionist paintings, and a Waterford crystal cross. But the duties for Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Furman\u2019s 12th president, are far more demanding than redecorating an office traditionally held by men. The university\u2019s first female president is charged with redefining the institution\u2019s vision and image in a time of rising costs and increased competition. Read more in\u00a0<b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towncarolina.com\/features\/29-history\/1076-new-girl-on-campus.html\">Town<\/a><\/i><\/b>\u00a0magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":13643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}