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A special breed of student
For Rachel Moore ’16, her junior year at Furman has meant getting up early for walks and taking regular trips to the tennis courts for exercise. With long days of classes and activities on Tuesdays...
Continue ReadingDuer wins poster award
Jennifer Duer ’16, a psychology major from Edison, N.J. recently won the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists Conference Poster Award. She presented the findings of her research with Furman Psychology Professor Erin Hahn during the...
Continue ReadingCelebrating Campus Leaders
Furman junior Ben Riddle is involved in the University Innovation Fellows, a group of students intent on generating more entrepreneurial activity and collaboration across their campuses. Supported by Epicenter, a national hub for entrepreneurship and...
Continue ReadingMaking sense of the midterm elections
The midterm elections on Nov. 4 delivered a big victory for the Republicans, who now have control of both the House and Senate. But what actually happened? Was the Democrats’ defeat a rejection of President...
Continue ReadingA new wall in Germany
Brandon Tensley, a 2012 Furman graduate, has published an op-ed in Time magazine that looks at Germany 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tensley writes that even though the Berlin Wall no...
Continue ReadingHarvard professor Robert Stickgold to speak at Furman
Harvard Medical School Professor Robert Stickgold will discuss “Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Putting it All Together,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, November 13, at Furman University’s Johns Hall 101. Stickgold, director of the medical school’s Center...
Continue ReadingFurman hosts Carolinas Communication Association conference
Furman University recently hosted a two-day conference of the Carolinas Communication Association Oct. 3-4 at the Greenville Hilton with the theme, “Communicating Civic Responsibility and Reconciliation.” [caption id="attachment_15274" align="alignright" width="225"] Courtney German, Dr. Sean O'Rourke,...
Continue ReadingYik Yak celebrates a birthday
Furman alumni Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington are celebrating a birthday, the first for their online business that has attracted big investments. Their anonymous messaging app, Yik Yak, which connects users who are geographically close...
Continue ReadingFurman Theatre to present “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball”
Furman University Theatre will present Rebecca Gilman’s “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball” Nov. 12-15 and 19-22 at 8 p.m., with a matinee performance Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. in the Playhouse on campus. Rising...
Continue ReadingStudents who play harder think smarter
Physical education classes are a daily ritual at Legacy Charter School in Greenville, which built its education philosophy on the belief that 45 minutes of organized P.E. per day would improve student health and academic...
Continue ReadingSelective colleges not out of reach
The college admissions and enrollment process can be intimidating and complicated, especially to low-income students who are the first in their family to attend college. But studies have shown that that when low-income students do...
Continue ReadingWho speaks for Furman?
[caption id="attachment_15222" align="alignright" width="300"] Joseph Vaughn entering library first semester at Furman spring 1965 (Bonhomie 1965)[/caption] Furman University was a microcosm of South Carolina and the South as a whole during the tumult of the...
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