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NOW THAT I AM BACK in an academic environment, memories of the dreaded first English class writing assignment following summer vacation come to mind — having to write about long car trips with the family...
Continue ReadingRinkers’ commitment boosts study away programs
FIVE FURMAN STUDENTS received scholarships this spring to participate in a study away program during May Experience, the university’s three-week semester that bridges the end of the academic year and the start of summer school....
Continue ReadingA Healthcare Primer: The Basics of the Affordable Care Act
By Tony Caterisano and Si Pearman FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, healthcare has been an issue in American politics. Theodore Roosevelt emphasized it during his unsuccessful “Bull Moose” campaign for the presidency in 1912. Presidents...
Continue ReadingFull Circle: Carl and Lynne Kohrt
BACK IN 1965, while Carl Kohrt was completing his senior year as a chemistry major under the watchful eye of such legendary Furman professors as Stuart Patterson, John Southern and Don Kubler, his wife, Lynne,...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute helps with new approach to education
Two of South Carolina’s poorest school districts have teamed up with Furman to offer high school students a new way to learn. Scott’s Branch and Colleton County high schools have adopted the New Tech education...
Continue ReadingTeaching, learning in Japan
Elisa Edmondson spent most of her summer in the classroom. But here role was dual, as an instructor and student. And she was half a world away. The Communication Studies major, was in Tokyo teaching and...
Continue ReadingFaculty Chamber Series opens Oct. 1
The opening concert of the Furman Faculty Chamber Music Series will be performed on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus. A reception will follow the event. The concert is open...
Continue ReadingRugby to host WCU Saturday
Furman Rugby will launch the fall season Saturday as the squad hosts Western Carolina University. The 1 p.m. game will be held at John S. Roberts Field on the Furman campus. The Paladins return all...
Continue ReadingRetiree tribute: Professor David Redburn
DAVID REDBURN came to Furman in 1990 with a strong background in the fields of gerontology and demography. He did his undergraduate work at North Carolina State before journeying to the University of Utah for...
Continue ReadingRetiree tribute: Professor Trudy Fuller
I HAVE BEEN fortunate to know and work with Trudy Fuller since I was 16 years old and a student at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities summer program. I went...
Continue ReadingThe Paladin Rises
Georgia Tech has Buzz and Georgia has Uga. Images of Buzz, a cartoonish insect with a prominent stinger, and Uga, a grimacing bulldog with a spiked collar, are secondary symbols. They complement the schools’ long-held...
Continue ReadingWe can act when we stare at evil
Furman political science professor Liz Smith teaches a course in “Politics of Good and Evil,” where the class studies man’s inhumanity to man, as evidenced by genocides and mass killings, as well as acts of...
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