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2023: The Year in Review

The past 12 months were full of reminders that Furman truly is a special place. Take a moment to reflect.

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Alumnus is bringing communities – and generations – together

Ezra Hall ’19 went from volunteer adopted grandson to director of philanthropy and engagement at The Woodlands at Furman, and now he’s working to strengthen the ties that bind his former school to his current...

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Students go holiday shopping for local nonprofits

The Heller Service Corps continues the annual tradition of RaeNae Nay's Holiday Giving Tree by making sure local agencies get what’s on their wish lists.

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Dins help feed the world during Rise Against Hunger

Hundreds of Furman students headed to Timmons Arena on the evening of Aug. 30 to pack more than 30,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization. The Heller Service Corps joined the...

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Furman named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review

Furman University has been named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review based on data from its surveys of administrators at about 650 colleges in 2021-2022. The company also factored in data...

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Pathways course approved to guide students through The Furman Advantage

Furman University faculty have voted to make Pathways, a two-year program central to The Furman Advantage, a graduation requirement for all students starting in Fall 2022. Pathways is a one-credit class each semester for first-...

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GALLERY: Holocaust Remembrance

The Heller Service Corps hosted a Holocaust Remembrance Cultural Life Program in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27. During the event, which drew about 140 students, Furman Chaplain Vaughn CroweTipton presented a 15-minute...

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Shi honored with AASHE Lifetime Achievement Award

When President David E. Shi ’73 began elevating sustainability as an essential strategic pillar for Furman University some 25 years ago, the idea drew support – and some skepticism. Several trustees, professors, alumni and students...

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Have we gotten student success completely backward?

In an article appearing in The Chronicle of Education, Aaron Basko, associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Lynchburg, in Virginia, cites the Gallup-Purdue Index, which lays out “The Big 6 for...

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Gallery: Fall Day of Service

Since the Heller Service Corps couldn’t bring the community to campus this year for the Fall Fest, it decided to send Furman out into the community. The first ever Fall Day of Service on Sunday,...

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