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There were some nerves for Furman physics professor John Conrad and his students when they sent their DJI Phantom 2 drone into the air for the first time—and that was on a sunny day over...
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Furman University’s Undergraduate Evening Studies program was just what Paul Santos was looking for when he wanted to ramp up his career and move into management at General Electric’s Greenville gas turbine plant. Santos, operations...
Continue ReadingClassical music for a new audience
Furman graduate Maggie Stapleton, assistant program director at KING-FM radio in Seattle, is in charge of promoting Second Inversion, a streaming channel designed to rethink classical music and make it more accessible to a younger...
Continue ReadingFurman offering course on sustainability in business
Furman is offering a program in the spring of 2015 that will help executives manage the challenges of a socially conscious business environment. The five-session course, offered by Furman’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development in...
Continue ReadingThe write stuff
Emily Poe-Crawford, 28, always received compliments on her handwriting when she would take notes in school. So after graduating from Furman in 2008 with a double-major in English and Spanish and then receiving a master’s...
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Furman student Ryan Boyle ’18 has had a pretty good 2014. In May he won a World Cup cycling gold in Italy. In July, he matched the feat at the national championships held in Madison,...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute selects fellows to develop state-level afterschool policy
Sixteen leaders in the afterschool and expanded learning fields nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between the Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In...
Continue ReadingA bright and busy future
Furman graduate Mary-Mitchell Campbell is a Broadway musical director who's regularly balancing shows and benefit concerts while also serving as founder and executive director of ASTEP, a nonprofit that works internationally to change the lives...
Continue ReadingMultiplying opportunities
Retired mathematics professor John Poole began his career at Furman University in 1969, the same year that what was then known as the Furman Drama Department moved into The Playhouse. From the beginning, Poole said...
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Breaking the cycle of poverty is not an easy task and will require systemic changes, deep interpersonal relationships with the poor, and a major investment of state and federal resources, said one of the speakers...
Continue ReadingAlums Dover, van Rensburg to coach Furman rugby
[caption id="attachment_13475" align="alignright" width="300"] Van Rensburg (left) and Dover will pick up the coaching whistle this fall.[/caption] Greg Dover ’05 and Shaun van Rensburg ’09 have both joined the Furman Rugby coaching staff. Dover, a...
Continue ReadingCrisis of the Working Poor series continues Tuesday
The Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University present Straight Talk SC, their fourth annual weekly series. The third session in the series, “Can’t Win for Losing: The Crisis of the Working...
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