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Riley Institute honors late Senator Clementa Pinckney, Mayor Joe Riley, Governor Nikki Haley

Furman’s Riley Institute has announced that the late South Carolina Senator Clementa Pinckney, along with Governor Nikki Haley and Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, are this year’s recipients of the David H. Wilkins Awards for Excellence. The...

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Making the holidays a little brighter

[caption id="attachment_20318" align="alignright" width="259"] Jeremiah Drummond, right, is an Emerging Public Leader in the Riley Institute.[/caption] Jeremiah Drummond, a Dorman High School senior, is helping needy families capture the Christmas spirit this year by providing...

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Faculty, staff receive grants from ACS

Nine Furman faculty and staff members have received grants from the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), an organization serving 16 nationally ranked liberal arts institutions. ACS Faculty Development Grants are funded by the Mellon Foundation...

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Furman awards Childers Teaching Excellence Award to two 2015 graduates

Mary Varley, a first-year third grade teacher at Anderson Mill Elementary School in Spartanburg District 6, and John Morrison, a social studies student teacher intern at Berea High School in Greenville, have been named recipients...

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An educational moment in Brussels

As the search for a suspected terrorist spread to Brussels, Belgium following the recent attacks in Paris, a study away group from Furman got an experience it never expected—a close-up look at the top news...

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Malici: We must starve “clash of civilizations” narrative

While sensational and headline-grabbing, political rhetoric directed at Muslims “plays into the hands of terrorist propaganda that America is at war with Islam,” says Furman University Political Science Professor Akan Malici. He describes how feeding...

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Furman alums write about the Merkel magic

Before Time magazine named Angela Merkel its 2015 Person of the Year, Furman alums Claire Greenstein ’11 and Brandon Tensley ’12 wrote about the influential German Chancellor for Foreign Affairs magazine. In the op-ed, “The...

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The science of service

Though some may argue science and religion are irreconcilable fields, David Sibley ’07 proves that they intersect. Sibley serves as Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Manhasset, NY, but in college he was set on...

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Mixed media art exhibition to open Jan. 11

Mixed media art by Mollie Oblinger, Associate Professor of Art at Ripon College (Wis.), will be on display in Thompson Gallery, Roe Art Building, Jan. 11-Feb. 10. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. A...

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Liz Seman gives back through leadership

[caption id="attachment_20260" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Bart Boatwright, Greenville News. Used with permission.[/caption] In the Greenville nonprofit and public service spheres, Liz Seman’s name is synonymous with servant leadership. The Furman University Executive Director of...

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