Furman University News

One day, when Kerry Burke-McCloud was in seventh grade at Fletcher Middle School, he was called to the office.

Easley High School senior Anna Jewell holds a top five grade point average, is active in the community, and has been accepted by both Clemson University and St.

Ten renowned organists will compete in the inaugural International Organ Competition, playing Longwood's restored, 10,010-pipe organ in the ballroom.

The Coastal Conservation League has had many successes protecting the environment over the past 25 years, but it will have to do some things differently if it plans to be around decades from now.

Easley High School senior Anna Jewell holds a top five grade point average, is active in the community, and has been accepted by both Clemson University and St.

Rodney Smolla, previously a prominent law professor and dean of Washington & Lee School of Law, has resigned from his position as president of Furman University for personal reasons.

ExaGrid Systems, Inc. the leader in scalable and cost-effective disk-based backup solutions with data deduplication , today announced that higher education institutions are increasingly choosing ExaGrid's disk-based backup appliances with deduplication to gain faster backups and restores and seamless scalability as data grows.

Republican Mark Sanford won South Carolina's congressional special election Tuesday, but the results may not conclude the drama of a disgraced former governor on the outs with his own party.

Furman University's president is leaving after less than three years in office. Board of Trustees chairman Richard Cullen said Tuesday that Rod Alan Smolla would step down June 30 for personal reasons.

When Cathy Slusser was in middle school, she visited a graveyard on St. Simons Island, Ga., and then and there became passionate about history.

<![CDATA[Norman - Lucas Greenville, SC Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stewart Norman of Germantown, Tenn., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sarah Stewart Norman, to Mr. Marion William Lucas of Greenville, S.C. Mr. Lucas is the son of Mrs. Patricia Fallon Lucas of Reston, Va., and Mr. Marion DuBois Lucas III of Florence, S.C. Sarah is the granddaughter of Mrs. Diana Watkins and the late Mr. William D. Watkins of Germantown, Tenn., and of Mr. W. Alfred Norman of Charlotte, N.C, and his late wife Mrs. Martha Norman. Mr. Lucas is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Fallon of Reston, Va., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Marion DuBois Lucas Jr. of Florence, S.C. Miss Norman graduated from Briarcrest Christian School in Eads, Tenn., and earned a B.A. degree in Spanish from Furman University where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She is currently enrolled in a master's program in nutrition at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. Miss Norman expects to graduate in 2014. Mr. Lucas graduated from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., as well as Furman University where he earned a B.A. in Business Administration and was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. He is an analyst with Azalea Capital in Greenville, S.C. He serves on the Community Works Carolina MicroLoan Advisory Committee and Furman Young Alumni Council. The couple will marry at Germantown Presbyterian Church on May 25, 2013. Their reception will be at the home of the bride's parents. Mrs. Caroline Vestal Kuhnert will serve as the Matron of Honor. Mr. Lucas's father, Mr. Marion DuBois Lucas III, will serve as his Best Man. After a honeymoon trip to Costa Rica, the couple will reside in Greenville, S.C.

April, a graduate of Furman University with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology, currently works as an Office Manager and Marketing Director at SC Upstate CPR.

Justin Souma has spent more than a third of his life in two of the South&#x92;s most vibrant cities -- Charlotte, N.C., and Greenville, S.C. He graduated from Furman University, where he was a member of the 2003 Division III national championship rugby team.

With the drought over and April showers a reality -- not just something you say as a precursor to May flowers -- a wildflower hike this year can be bountiful.

It has been 27 years since he left the South Carolina Governor's office and 13 years since he was U.S. Secretary of Education.

Photo courtesy of Ramapo HS. JK McAvoy signs letter to play basketball at Furman University.

Born in Woburn, Mass., Nancy Halverson has enjoyed living all over the United States, first as the child of an IBM family and then as the spouse of an academic.

Martha Rodgers Keller, 80, resident of 1005 Brown Town Road, widow of Charles E. Keller, Sr., died April 30, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center.

The Special Olympics is an opportunity for students to show off their talents and skills.

LaGrange College Assistant Professor Mark Yates was the lecturer for Monday's 3D Journeys lecture series, "Rhythms of Brazil," at LaGrange College's Turner Hall.