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Herring Center hosts art show

The Herring Center for Continuing Education at Furman University will host a juried art exhibition Nov. 4 – Dec. 16 in the Baiden Gallery of the Herring Center on campus. “Transformation, Community and Self” highlights accomplished...

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New program helps international students adjust to life in U.S.

Viet Le ’17 set foot on Furman's campus for the first time in August, carrying nothing but two suitcases and a backpack. He made the 8,500-mile journey from Hanoi, Vietnam, bringing only clothes, his favorite...

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Furman alum publishes new novel

Tommy Hays graduated from Furman in 1977 with a degree in English, earned his master's in fine arts from Warren Wilson, and now directs the Great Smokies Writing Program at University of North Carolina-Asheville. Each...

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Furman alum publishes new novel

Tommy Hays graduated from Furman in 1977 with a degree in English, earned his master's in fine arts from Warren Wilson, and now directs the Great Smokies Writing Program at University of North Carolina-Asheville. Each...

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There’s an app for that

Two Furman alums and one current student have launched a new social media iPhone app called “Dicho” that allows its users to ask any kind of question in a group text and put it to...

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There’s an app for that

Two Furman alums and one current student have launched a new social media iPhone app called “Dicho” that allows its users to ask any kind of question in a group text and put it to...

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University to host meeting of physics teachers

Furman will host the fall joint meeting of the North Carolina and Southern Atlantic Coast Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers Oct. 25-26.  The meeting will also include the Society of Physics Students,...

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University to host meeting of physics teachers

Furman will host the fall joint meeting of the North Carolina and Southern Atlantic Coast Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers Oct. 25-26.  The meeting will also include the Society of Physics Students,...

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To the Metropolitan Opera and back again

Elizabeth Bishop was a student at Furman when she decided she wanted to become an opera singer.  A few decades later, she was singing the leading role of Fricka in “Das Rheingold” at Metropolitan Opera...

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To the Metropolitan Opera and back again

Elizabeth Bishop was a student at Furman when she decided she wanted to become an opera singer.  A few decades later, she was singing the leading role of Fricka in “Das Rheingold” at Metropolitan Opera...

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The real life of a Roman soldier

Jonathan Zarecki, professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will speak about the life of a Roman soldier Thursday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. on the Furman University campus. Zarecki’s talk,...

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Classics professor speaks about Roman soldiers

Jonathan Zarecki, professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will speak about the life of a Roman soldier Thursday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. on the Furman University campus. Zarecki’s talk, “The...

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