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Dr. Blumenfield receives Fulbright to study in China
Tami Blumenfield, an assistant professor of Asian Studies, has been selected for a Fulbright Scholar Grant to conduct research in China during the 2015-16 academic year. Dr. Blumenfield will work with the Na communities of...
Continue ReadingBook by professor Kolb wins top award
A recently published book by Furman sociology professor Kenneth H. Kolb has received a major award from the American Sociological Association. Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling has been honored with...
Continue ReadingJustice, equity, and politics
[caption id="attachment_18012" align="alignright" width="600"] Photo of Coleman Allums, '14 provided by Jordan Allums, '18[/caption] Coleman Allums ’14 was set to prepare his third and final go-around for a highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship when he...
Continue ReadingRhim is on a roll
The road to cycling success may seem an uphill climb, but Furman student Brendan Rhim has been riding lately as if cruising a downhill slope. The 19-year-old New Hampshire native recently helped the Furman cycling...
Continue ReadingHome game for Matt Davidson
When a married couple includes a husband who plays golf for a living, oftentimes the husband’s job dictates where the wife goes. But in the case of Matt Davidson ’04, who plays on the Web.com...
Continue ReadingTrustees approve faculty promotions, tenure
During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 12 faculty members and granted emeritus status to six professors who are retiring this summer. The trustees also recognized the...
Continue ReadingAn opera for social justice
[caption id="attachment_17981" align="alignright" width="160"] Frances Pollock[/caption] Frances “Katie” Pollock, a 2012 graduate of the Furman music program, has composed an opera based on the story of 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr., a South Carolina youth who...
Continue ReadingGhosts and songs of the apocalypse
We live in a world of ghosts, says author and Furman English professor Joni Tevis. In her new collection of essays, "The World is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure and Songs of the Apocalypse," Tevis embarks...
Continue Reading“Dins Day” tops $1 million in gifts and pledges
Furman officials had high hopes for its first “Dins Day” celebration, a 24-hour fundraising event that took place on April 28, but the results exceeded even the most optimistic expectations. The final tallies show that...
Continue ReadingBuilding a foundation with GoldieBlox
Kjersti Kleine ’17 was sure she knew what a leader was, and that person wasn’t her. Or so the Cary, N.C., native thought before getting involved as a freshman with Furman’s Shucker Institute for Leadership...
Continue ReadingThe Passion Behind Challenge Projects
“I think one of the biggest things I’ve learned is that leaders can come in all shapes and sizes,” Kleine says. “Originally coming into college I just thought that a leader was someone that was...
Continue ReadingA presidential appointment
When Sustainability Science/Spanish major Michael Robinson ’16 received an internship in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Energy and Climate Change, he thought he’d be in for a fair amount of administrative duties....
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