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Hecimovich named a W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellow at Harvard, again
Hecimovich wins a second W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute fellowship at Harvard's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
Continue ReadingAndrew Womack receives Early Career Fellowship in China Studies
Through the Luce/ACLS fellowship, Womack will further his research on the Tao River Archaeological Project at Stanford University and in Gansu Province, China.
Continue ReadingSolving the ‘expert blind spot’
Ben Haywood kept a Rubik’s Cube in his fridge at home for six weeks during the 2020 winter break. You can imagine it sitting there, between a jar of pickles and the OJ. Haywood, assistant...
Continue ReadingHow to teach professors humility? Hand them a Rubik’s Cube.
Part of the mission of the Faculty Development Center at Furman University is to engender creativity and empathy among faculty members. Ben Haywood, assistant director of the FDC, and a Dennison University professor came up...
Continue ReadingFurman’s strengths-based approach to education
Earlier this year, Gallup Inc. honored Furman University with one of only five 2020 Don Clifton Strengths for Students Awards - an award that recognizes the integration of CliftonStrengths throughout campus. Gallup Inc. published an...
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