{"id":30,"date":"2019-10-31T17:26:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:24:18","slug":"grief-loss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/grief-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Grief &amp; Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are going through a difficult time or you just have questions about life and faith, the chaplains provide a non-judgmental and confidential space. Chaplains offer resources to any student, faculty, or staff member. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/chaplains\/\">about meeting with a chaplain<\/a>, or call 864.294.2133 to set up a visit with a chaplain.<\/p>\n<h3>Grief in Common<\/h3>\n<p>Grief in Common is a secular grief support group for students struggling with loss. For Spring semester 2026, the group will meet at 3:00 pm on Thursdays in Chapel&#8217;s Lounge (on the lower level). The group is facilitated by a counselor from the Trone Center for Mental Fitness, and Alexis Carter Thomas, Associate Chaplain. For more information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:alexis.thomas9@furman.edu\">Alexis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Academic Support<\/h3>\n<p>Students who have lost loved ones and need academic support (i.e. may miss class because of a funeral) are encouraged to contact the Academic Dean&#8217;s office at 864.294.2064.<\/p>\n<h3>Self-Help Education Materials<\/h3>\n<p>We realize that almost everyone will experience a loss at some point in college.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/grief-loss\/grief-and-loss-resources\/\">\u00a0Read more about Furman&#8217;s grief and loss resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are going through a difficult time or you just have questions about life and faith, the chaplains provide a non-judgmental and confidential space. Chaplains offer resources to any student, faculty, or staff member. Learn more about meeting with a chaplain, or call 864.294.2133 to set up a visit with a chaplain. Grief in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":686,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":723,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/spiritual-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}