Vincent Harris of Upstate Business Journal (a publication of Community Journals) writes about Greenville, South Carolina, and its growing reputation for attracting venture capital firms. One such firm is North Carolina-based Flywheel Coworking. The company…
Giving Tuesday raised a record-breaking $353,552
The Furman community came together on December 1 to celebrate the university’s eighth annual Giving Tuesday event. In total, 842 alumni, students, parents and friends gave a record-breaking $353,552 to more than a dozen funds…
‘Overlooked’: Black women are nearly absent from the…
A commentary by Catherine Smith and Trina Jones in The National Law Journal draws upon remarks by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and passages from a book titled “Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme…
Betting on himself pays off for sports journalist…
Feb. 6, 2019, is a day Arch Bell ’98 will never forget. No, not because he suffered through the most frustrating dessert of his life after learning Feb. 6 is both International Frozen Yogurt Day…
Geek out over Christmas films
The holiday season brings a full slate of must-see movies, among them, “A Christmas Story,” “White Christmas,” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The Upcountry History Museum – Furman University was featured in The New York…
Julian Reed: The evolution of ActivEd
Julian Reed, a professor of health sciences at Furman University, says as a youngster, he got into trouble for moving and talking at school. So it’s only fitting that decades later, he becomes the founder…
Communication studies research team wins Chair’s Award at…
Research by Furman Associate Professor of Communication Studies John A. McArthur ’02 and his student team of Cal Meachem ’20, Ryan DeLuca ’21, Jarya Outten ’21, Patrick Rice ’21 and Celena Taborn ’21 has been…
Whitney Prowell ’08 named one of Columbia’s ‘Best…
It wasn’t until she saw herself alongside other young professionals honored as one of Columbia Business Monthly magazine’s “Best and Brightest 35 and Under” in September that Whitney (Jones) Prowell ’08 realized she wouldn’t have…
First mobile app connecting parents of children who…
Tatum Fettig doesn’t expect and would never want you to understand what she and her husband, Jeff, have gone through since their daughter, Teagan, was diagnosed with brain cancer on Dec. 5, 2016 – the…