Textbooks are expensive for our students, and we want to help. This spring, we purchased select textbooks and put them on reserve in the Libraries for student use. According to current studies, the average student at a private university spends more than $1,200 per year for textbooks. From what we’ve heard from students, Furman is . . .Continue reading Textbooks on Reserve
Year: 2019
Revealing the Forgotten
Finding forgotten cities : how the Indus civilization was discovered Just a century ago, scholars believed that civilization in the Indus Valley began three thousand years ago during the Vedic Age. But in the autumn of 1924, John Marshall made an announcement that rocked the understanding of the ancient world and pushed back the boundaries . . .Continue reading Revealing the Forgotten
Meet the Scholar of the Month!
Congratulations to Dipendra Parajuli (’19)! He is the lucky winner of the Scholar of the Month contest. As Scholar of the Month, Dipendra wins a private study room in the library for the month of April through the last day of exams (May 8). Perks of the private study room: • floor-to-ceiling dry erase wall . . .Continue reading Meet the Scholar of the Month!
Intelligence Squared Debates
A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, Intelligence Squared U.S. is a debate series working to restore civility, reasoned analysis, and constructive public discourse to today’s media landscape. Founded in 2006, Intelligence Squared U.S. addresses a fundamental problem in America: the extreme polarization of our nation and our politics. The series is based on the traditional Oxford-style debate . . .Continue reading Intelligence Squared Debates
Interlibrary Loan Deadlines
** Deadlines for ordering Interlibrary Loan items ** Classes end April 30th! 4/22/2019 – the last day to submit BOOK & other physical ILL requests 4/30/2019 – the last day to submit ARTICLE ILL requests The deadlines apply only to those items needed before the end of Spring term. Requests submitted after these deadlines will . . .Continue reading Interlibrary Loan Deadlines
Students Must Be Silent In The Libraries
April Fools!! You do not have to be silent to use the libraries at Furman, but we all study differently, so it’s helpful to know where the different areas are to fit your style best. James B. Duke Library “Front of the House” – The Rinker Research Commons when you first walk in, and the . . .Continue reading Students Must Be Silent In The Libraries
Announcing the Wells Family Endowment
Announcing the Wells Family Endowment The Furman Libraries have received a gift from Robert F. (Robin) Brabham ’68 to create the Wells Family Endowment for Special Collections, named after his great-great-grandfather Whitfield George Wells (who attended Furman from 1872-75) and his great-great-grandmother Mary Parler Wells, Greenville Baptist Female College (GWC) class of 1875. The endowment . . .Continue reading Announcing the Wells Family Endowment
Poetry Reading CLP
Rosko’s work is formally innovative and thematically relevant to life in 2019 America. Her newest poetry collection, Weather Inventions, captures an enduring sense of wonder in the face of nature alongside the scientific impulse to observe and measure. Rosko will join us from Charleston, where she is Associate Professor and M.F.A. Director at the College . . .Continue reading Poetry Reading CLP
The Green Book
The Negro Motorist Green Book Compendium You’ve heard the tales, you’ve watched the movie, but have you seen The Green Book? During the dangerous days of Jim Crow segregation, it was difficult to be an African-American traveler, as hotels that would take you or restaurants that would serve you were few and far between. This was . . .Continue reading The Green Book
Furman University and the Great War
Special Collections & Archives and the Digital Collections Center are proud to present the newest digital collection: Furman University and the Great War which illustrates how World War I impacted Furman students and the Furman family. The collection is small and is expected to keep growing. Currently you can find letters, public records, and images related . . .Continue reading Furman University and the Great War