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Bringing clean water to Guatemala

Furman and the Global Sustainability Club, a student-run organization at the university, have committed to help finance a water project that will transform the quality of living for hundreds of residents of the San Lucas...

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Bringing clean water to Guatemala

Furman and the Global Sustainability Club, a student-run organization at the university, have committed to help finance a water project that will transform the quality of living for hundreds of residents of the San Lucas...

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FIT Rx: Prescription for health, recipe for engaged learning

From couch to 5k and a third place race finish—for Tammy Sightler, this was an unprecedented accomplishment made possible by health sciences majors Dana Duffett ’15 and Shannon Murphy ’15. “Last semester, Dana and Shannon...

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How to fix Obamacare?

What do you get when you mix good intentions and politics? According to James Capretta, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the answer is an imperfect healthcare law.

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Furman hosts ACS Women’s/Gender Studies conference April 4-5

Furman will host the 10th Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) conference on Women’s/Gender Studies April 4-5. The two-day conference, “Intersections and Assemblages: Genders and Sexualities Across Cultures,” will take place primarily in Hipp Hall and...

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Making their mark

Nearly five decades ago, two black elementary school teachers and a guidance counselor enrolled in the evening graduate studies program at Furman University. Their registration made headlines, as Furman was the first all-white private institution...

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Change is coming to North Korea

Since establishing itself as a nation in 1948, North Korea, by many accounts, remains one of the most oppressive and closed off countries in the world. Under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, the self-proclaimed...

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Furman hosts Raider Challenge

More than 100 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from 10 high schools as far away as Alaska gathered on Furman University’s campus for the annual Furman Paladin Battalion Raider Challenge held Saturday, March 1....

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The good and bad of sport

There is an unconscious human desire to identify with something greater than oneself. Often times this desire is satisfied through identification with sports. In a Wednesday presentation titled “The Values of the Game,” Bill Pierce,...

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Tocqueville on Civil Religion in America

Hiram College Political Science Professor John C. Koritansky will speak on the topic, “Tocqueville on Civil Religion in America” at 4:30 p.m. April 16 in Johns Hall Room 101 on the Furman University campus. The...

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