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Most kids have a lot of growing up to do when they graduate from high school. Breana Vachon had more to do than most. A late birthday combined with skipping the fourth grade had...
Continue ReadingAdopting a grandparent at Furman
Adjusting to the lack of family connection in everyday life can be rough transition for many college students living away from home. To help students maintain that family connection while away at school, Furman sophomore...
Continue ReadingHelping Greenville middle schoolers stay on track
It all started with Dave Breslin. Breslin, a fifth-grade social studies teacher, set the bar high for his fifth-graders, including young Ansel Sanders. The dynamic educator brought learning to life and made it relevant and...
Continue ReadingEmily Wirzba ’13 addresses climate action resolution
An article by Emily Wirzba ’13 was recently published in The Hill in support of a recent House Republican resolution on climate change, calling it “a strong vehicle to carry within Congress a renewed spirit of bipartisan dialogue...
Continue ReadingAlum Alexander Stubb talks about European integration
In an Oct. 7 speech at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, former Finland Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said his interest in European integration began in a classroom at Furman University in the 1980s....
Continue ReadingBridging the gap
The blunt truth is, after her parents divorced when she was 10 Furman wouldn’t have been on many people’s list of potential futures for Casey Crisp ’09. It was on the only one that mattered,...
Continue ReadingFall Festival of Choral Music presents concert Oct. 17
The Furman Fall Festival of Choral Music will close with a free concert Saturday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus. For the festival, singers from high school programs in the region are...
Continue ReadingThe Berlin Wall revisited
2012 Furman University political science and German major Brandon Tensley attempts to uncover the root causes of xenophobia among people from former East Germany. In a piece he wrote for the Washington Post, Tensley teases...
Continue ReadingFSO, “In a Galaxy Far, Far Away” Oct. 16
The Furman University Music Department announces its Sound Quality & More Music Series for the 2015-2016 season. Furman presents more than 220 public events each year. Opening the Sound Quality ensemble series is a performance...
Continue ReadingFurman Theatre stages “Hair”
Furman University Theatre will present Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, and music by Galt MacDermot, Oct. 15-17 and Oct. 21-24 at 8 p.m. Matinee...
Continue ReadingProfessor Allen to speak on “Robot Revolution?” Wednesday at High Noon
Some experts believe that highly developed robotic devices can be a positive addition to our lives. Others suggest that intelligent machines could be an imminent threat to humanity. Either way, robots that can perform human...
Continue ReadingFurman education professor Henderson writes verse memoir
Dr. Scott Henderson, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education, has written a verse memoir, Gin and Gardenias: A Memoir of Desire, Love, and Loss. It is published by Fiction Addiction Publishing located in Greenville. Henderson, a Furman...
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