Around the Lake Archive

The cast of “She Loves Me” took a bow after completing a performance of the musical last week. The Lyric Theatre, under the direction of professor Grant Knox, gave two performances of the romantic comedy in McAlister Auditorium on Feb. 14 and Feb. 16. (Photo by Jeremy Fleming)

The sun rises on the Furman campus in winter. (Photo by Jeremy Fleming)

Adare Smith ’20 led a walk on Jan. 29 from Furman Hall to Duke Library as part of an event she organized to recognize desegregation at Furman and celebrate Joseph Vaughn ’68, who became the university’s first African-American student on Jan. 29, 1965. (Photo by Jeremy Fleming)

As part of the MLK Day of Service on Jan. 21, Furman students helped clean up the Brutontown Cemetery, an African American cemetery in Greenville established after the Civil War. Nearly 300 students, faculty and staff volunteered their time during the day, working at more than a dozen sites in Greenville County. (Photo by Jeremy Fleming)

It's hard not to have a little fun when the sororities gather for Bid Day on the eve of the spring semester. (Photo by Jeremy Fleming)

Here's a view of the Furman Bell Tower that you won't often experience. (Photo by Jeremy Fleming)

Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year! (Photo by Emily Stokes)

Furman Physics Professor David Moffett and sophomore Johnpaul Sleiman worked together to capture this image of comet “46P/Wirtanen” in the night sky. It is this year’s brightest comet (it’s the greenish dot in the lower left portion of the photo), and it came within seven million miles of earth on Dec. 16. The Pleiades cluster is visible in the upper portion of the image. Moffett took a series of photographs of the night sky, while Sleiman processed and stacked the images to enhance the comet’s visibility.

A new sculpture by artist Yuri Tsuzuki, “Canopy of Life,” was unveiled outside the David E. Shi Center for Sustainability on Dec. 5 during a special dedication event. The sculpture was commissioned by former Furman president David Shi in honor of his wife, Angela Halfacre, who served as director of the Shi Center from 2008 to 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Fleming)