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Preventing college parties? Shame and blame don’t work
In an NPR interview with Elissa Nadworny, Furman University's Connie Carson, vice president for student life, said providing alternatives for "appropriate gathering" will go a long way toward getting students to comply with COVID-19 campus...
Continue ReadingNPR reporter makes a stop at Furman as part of its ‘College Road Trip’ series
National Public Radio reporter Elissa Nadworny recently stopped by Furman University, where she spoke with SGA President Griffin Mills '21 and several other Furman students, faculty and staff members. Nadworny also visited a class conducted...
Continue ReadingFurman opts for phased approach for fall semester
One of the draws for incoming Furman students is small class sizes. Now with Furman's phased move-in, those class sizes, at least for now, will be even smaller. Classes begin Aug. 18 for all, but...
Continue ReadingCampus dining will be very different
When Furman students return to campus August 18, a set of procedures and practices will be deployed for maintaining the health and safety of the entire campus community. Becky Vuksta, director of auxiliary services at...
Continue ReadingAn act of love expressed in the grocery aisles
In a March 21 op-ed for the Greenville News, John McArthur, associate professor of communication studies wrote that social distancing is an act of love. That notion brought comfort to SELF writer Colleen Stinchcombe, who...
Continue ReadingSocial distancing as an act of love.
The global pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has called into question everything our culture has taught us about how we space ourselves in relation to other people. By now, we're all familiar with the concept...
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