It’s not uncommon to feel a little less enthusiastic about teaching during the last weeks of the semester as demands crank up and time seems to slip away. If you […]
Do you have a writing project you are invested in this spring? Would you like to connect with other Furman colleagues to achieve your goals? Research shows that scholars engaged in […]
Multimodal assignments—assignments that ask students to use more than one mode of communication, such as verbal + visual or verbal + aural—offer students a challenge while allowing them to combine […]
The FDC offers two primary grant programs – Teaching Development and Teaching Innovation - to enhance teaching pedagogy that facilitates student learning and to integrate new technologies that enhance or […]
The conversation about happiness--what it is, what it isn't, and how to cultivate it--is an ongoing discussion.  Join us to learn more about what Build the Life you Want The Art […]
The two-stage exam method approaches the act of taking an exam as an individual and a team effort and views course-based assessments as opportunities both to formally assess learning and […]
In this Learning By Design Studio we'll introduce the benefits and and principles of Play Pedagogy in Higher education. There will be an opportunity to draw (or even sculpt clay […]
With her genius for demystifying science, Temple Grandin draws on cutting-edge research to take us inside visual thinking and uncover how a world increasingly geared to the verbal tends to […]
This workshop is the second of a three-part series on multi-modal projects brought to you by Sarah Archino, Paige Dhyne, Magdelyn Helwig, and Jean Schwab. Colleagues are welcome to join as […]
This workshop is the third of a three-part series on multi-modal projects brought to you by Sarah Archino, Paige Dhyne, Magdelyn Helwig, and Jean Schwab. Participation is welcome as a […]
Special Collections and Archives offers two short summer fellowships for Furman faculty each year. Fellows explore the collections and liaise with library faculty and staff with an eye to enhancing […]
Join Furman’s  pre-law advisor Maya Russell for a workshop to discuss significant changes to law school admissions including: the removal of the LSAT analytical reasoning section, a growth in schools […]
