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Outreach concert series set for The Woodlands@Furman
The Furman University Music Department and Partners in the Arts has announced a new community engagement and outreach initiative for The Woodlands@Furman retirement community. First Fridays @ The Woodlands is an engaging and free concert series...
Continue ReadingRyan Boyle’s story is a triumphant one
Furman University junior Ryan Boyle, who will compete in the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Championships in Greenville Aug. 28-Sept. 1, overcame a devastating and nearly fatal brain injury as a child to become...
Continue ReadingThe affair continues
[caption id="attachment_13742" align="alignright" width="400"] Graham Wright (center) with members of Opus Affair [/caption] Graham Wright ’00 originally moved to Boston to get a PhD in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Then he decided...
Continue ReadingAn inexact science
Lisa Cantrell ’07 is pairing cognitive science research and the art of storytelling in a unique new podcast designed to share the answers to some of the most human phenomena. “What makes people creative?,” “Why...
Continue ReadingAn Opus Affair
Graham Wright was in love. But an exclusive relationship? In his twenties? In Boston? No. Wasn’t going to happen. So Wright did what any red-blooded young man in the prime of his life would...
Continue ReadingFurman to hold fall convocation Thursday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m.
Furman will celebrate the beginning of the 2014-15 school year with its fall convocation Thursday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. in McAlister Auditorium. Furman president Elizabeth Davis will preside as the university welcomes the class of...
Continue ReadingThe growing number of women college presidents
The days of the college presidency as a job for men is quickly becoming outdated as more and more women step into the role. At the recent Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, there were 23...
Continue ReadingHelping start a new church
Faith is at the center of the life and career of Dr. Vaughn CroweTipton, associate vice president for spiritual life and professor of religion at Furman. Over the years, he has served as a pastor...
Continue ReadingMaking an impact despite the odds
University chaplain Vaughn CroweTipton couldn’t send just anybody to Haiti. In fact, he couldn’t send anybody period, which presented a particularly vexing challenge in Furman’s quest to fulfill former president Rod Smolla’s pledge to help...
Continue ReadingThe new school year is here
Furman’s 2014-15 academic year will officially get underway Tuesday, Aug. 26 when students attend their first day of classes. Approximately 750 freshmen will report to campus Friday, Aug. 22 and take part in four days of...
Continue ReadingAdam Scheuch ’98 named Teacher of the Year
Adam Scheuch ’98 knew when he was a still a student himself he wanted to teach. It was a fire fueled by a fundamental drive to “touch the life of an individual in a positive...
Continue ReadingArt by Noelle Allen
Works by Noelle Allen, Associate Professor of Art at Dominican University (Chicago), will be on display Aug. 25-Sept. 27 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman University campus. Thompson Gallery hours...
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