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The pipes are calling!

Colorful kilts, border collies and the sound of bagpipes will be the order of the day when the Greenville Scottish Games get underway this weekend at Furman. The festivities will begin Friday, May 23 at 6...

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Furman Board of Trustees meets Saturday

During its spring meeting Saturday, the Furman Board of Trustees approved promotions and/or tenure for 14 faculty members and heard that six new members will join the board this summer. The trustees also granted emeritus status...

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Researching young Catholic America

According to Furman sociology professor Kyle Longest, the Catholic identity is in crisis among emerging American adults. Long is part of a team of sociologists that took an in-depth look at young adults who consider...

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GoPro: My graduation

Strolling down the Furman Mall alongside classmates who, over the last four years, have become your family. Taking your seat on the field in Paladin Stadium. Hearing your name, and at that moment, knowing you...

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Tracking lights

Residents of New Washington Heights and Poe Mill, just off Poinsett Highway, want to see more positive change in their neighborhood. One of their first priorities is new streetlights to discourage crime. With the help...

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Young Catholic America

Young Catholic America: Emerging Adults In, Out of and Gone from the Church offers a unique and in-depth look into the viewpoints of young Catholics over a period of ten years, from their teens into...

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Business and accounting students receive top honors

Furman University’s business and accounting department recently honored five students—three seniors and two juniors—with awards for their academic achievements. Senior Will Crooks received the Fred and June Current Accounting Award. Hayley Frost and Hunter Burton,...

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Miss S.C. pledges support for statewide texting ban

Furman alumna and Miss S.C. 2013 Brooke Mosteller came to the State House Wednesday, May 7,  with Miss Teen S.C. Brook Sill and dozens of other women vying for Mosteller’s crown this year, to sign...

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A cultural exchange

Zach Burnett, a Furman University senior from Frankfort, Ky., has been awarded an assistantship to teach English and American culture in primary and secondary schools in the Aix-Marseille region of France. The Teaching Assistant Program...

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Speaks and Dozier named Paladin athletes of the year

Furman’s best were honored recently at the school’s all-sports awards banquet, highlighted by the best of the best – Dakota Dozier and Ansley Speaks, who were named the Paladin male and female athletes of the...

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Newman to be a Paladin

Matti Newman, a talented fullback and wing from Lincolnshire County, England, has accepted a Furman rugby scholarship and will join the Paladins this fall. Newman is currently a starter on the Spalding Rugby Football Club....

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Meet the newest members of Phi Beta Kappa

Sixty-one Furman students were elected this spring to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. Dr. Charles Brewer, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Psychology at Furman...

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