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Publications have taken notice of several aspects of the academic experience at Furman, as well as its environmental responsibility. The university's engaged learning academic program, which promotes problem-solving, project-oriented, experience-based education, has been mentioned in The Princeton Review, Peterson's Competitive Colleges, The Fiske Guide to Colleges and The College Board College Handbook. The Princeton Review featured Furman in its "Guide to 286 Green Colleges," where it received a green rating of 98, with 99 being the highest possible score.[1] Additionally, the Sierra Club included Furman in its list of the top 50 eco-friendly universities in America.[2] Furman received a grade of "A−" from the Sustainable Endowments Institute on its College Sustainability Report Card in 2011.[3] Furman takes part in the voluntary self-reporting Sustainability Tracking Assessment Ratings System (STARS), where it was one of 38 institutions to achieve a gold rating.[A 1]

Furman's campus has also received special attention in the rankings and is considered one of the most beautiful campuses in the world and the nation.[4][5][6] The landscaping and attractiveness of the campus have been recognized for many years: in 1997, Planning for Higher Education named Furman as a benchmark campus for its landscaping, while The Princeton Review ranked Furman fifth in its list of beautiful campuses based on student ratings. In 2016, USA Today named Furman's campus as the fourth most beautiful campus in the nation[7] and Times Higher Education named it as one of the ten most beautiful campuses in the nation in 2017.[6] More recently, in 2019, Travel + Leisure listed Furman as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States.[8] Another specific part of Furman mentioned in rankings is the James B. Duke Library, which scored favorably for several years (based on student assessment of library facilities), being ranked from 7 to 12 (in 2010) by The Princeton Review.

Campus[edit]

The Furman Hall is centrally located on campus.

Furman University's campus is located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the upstate region of South Carolina. A 40-acre (16.2 ha) lake is a highlight of the 750-acre (304 ha) wooded campus. Paris Mountain State Park overlooks the lake and campus. Most buildings are of Georgian-style architecture. Many academic buildings and student residences stand around the lake, including the Bell Tower, which figures highly in school insignias and is a replica of the tower that once existed on the men's campus in downtown Greenville. Today, the campus is anchored by its newly expanded 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m2) James B. Duke Library. Informally known as "The Country Club of the South," Furman was named one of the 362 most beautiful places in America by the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Timmons Arena[edit]

Timmons Arena[D 1] is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Greenville, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was built in 1997 at a cost of $10.9 million[D 2] by Stanmar, Inc.,[D 2] and is home to the Furman University Paladins basketball team since its opening on December 30, 1997.[A 2]

Housing[edit]

On the north side of the lake are the four Greenbelt housing cabins,[A 3] and the Cliffs Cottage. This 34,000-square-foot (3,200 m2) "green" building designed by Scott Johnston is solar-powered using two panels,[D 3] and features geothermal heating.[B 1] Cliffs Cottage was the first sustainable showcase home for Southern Living magazine, which featured it in the article Our Most Innovative House Ever, detailing how to create a house that requires less energy and generates power.[D 3] The cottage now serves as home for the David E. Shi Center for Sustainability.

Most juniors and seniors live in North Village Apartments, located on the north side of the Cliffs Cottage. The North Village Apartments were build and most recently renovated in 2001. The remaining upperclassmen are either placed in dorm-style residence halls or enter a lottery to receive an apartment in The Vinings, an apartment complex next to campus owned by the university. There are two other residence complexes (called Clark Murphy Housing Complex and South Housing) which house freshmen and sophomores. The campus also includes an Asian Garden, the centerpiece of which is the Place of Peace, a Buddhist temple moved to the site from Japan and reconstructed by traditional carpenters. A replica of the cabin that Henry David Thoreau inhabited while writing On Walden Pond is located on the west side of the lake.[A 4]

Other points of interest[edit]

The Charles E. Daniel Memorial Chapel holds events such as weddings, concerts, and lectures.

Environmental sustainability[edit]

Furman University sustainability efforts have been in keeping with national standards. Furman works to conserve, reduce, and recycle on campus, has constructed green buildings and provided students with alternative transportation. Furman has its own farm on campus. The Furman Farm is a quarter-acre garden located beside the Cliffs Cottage and the Furman Lake. A wide variety of produce is grown throughout the year using sustainable agricultural practices such as crop rotations, composting, drip lines, natural fertilizers, and integrated pest management.[A 5] Furman also has installed a 6-acre solar farm with a 743 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) array near the campus entrance. The university hopes to achieve carbon neutrality by 2026.[A 6][9]

Student body[edit]

Fall 2016 Term Demographics[A 7]
Percentage
African American 5.5
Asian 1.5
Hispanic 4.5
White 81.0
International 5.0
Multiracial or other 2.5

In Fall 2016, Furman's 2,731 students came from 46 states and more than 50 countries. When applying to Furman, the university computes the GPA on a scale of 4.0 based on core courses (e.g. excluding physical education). While Furman does not apply a GPA cut-off, the average unweighted GPA ranges from a 3.6 to 3.9.[A 8]

Almost 90% of the financial aid to students comes in the form of scholarships and grants, with loans accounting for less than 9%.[A 9]

Student life[edit]

Student government[edit]

Furman University Student Government Association (SGA) works under a semi-Presidential system. SGA is made up of the executive council, and president, secretary, and two senators for each class. Each class elects a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. Upon election council members are assigned within one of six committees to specialize in a particular area of student needs.

Fraternities and sororities[edit]

Furman University has five fraternities and seven sororities. Fraternities on campus: Beta Theta Pi, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Nu.[A 10] Sororities on campus: Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Zeta Tau Alpha.[A 10] The school also has two music based fraternities including Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a men's social fraternity with emphasis in music, along with Sigma Alpha Iota, a primarily female professional music organization.

Athletics[edit]

Main article: Furman Paladins
See also: Furman Paladins men's basketball and Furman Paladins football
The Timmons Arena

Furman competes in NCAA Division I athletics, and at the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) level in football and is one of the smallest NCAA Division I schools in the nation. Furman fields 18 men's and women's teams, as well as 16 club sports and many intramural teams.[A 11] The university is a member of the Southern Conference.

Furman is the only liberal arts college to be ranked in Sports Illustrated Top-100 America's Best Sports Colleges and has 32 former student-athletes competing at the professional level—the most of any Southern Conference member school.[D 4]

In 2018, Furman placed in the top 75 best colleges in the NACDA Directors' Cup Division I Final Standings, being the only liberal arts college in the US and only member of the Southern Conference to do so.[10] In the 2019–2020 season, Furman finished in 32nd place in the NACDA Director's Cup Final Fall Standings.[11] Despite its small size, Furman has had several of its sports teams ranked in the NCAA Div 1 Top 25 in the nation in recent times: men's football at #2 in NCAA-I-AA, men's soccer at #3 in the nation, women's golf at #8, men's cross country at #7, women's cross country at #9, men's basketball at #23 and women's tennis at #24.

Furman ranks 77th in the nation among universities with most Olympic medals and ranks 2nd in the nation among liberal arts schools.[12][13][14]

The team nickname, the Paladins, was first used by a Greenville, South Carolina, sportswriter in the 1930s. For many years the name "Paladins" just referred to Furman's basketball team. Until 1961 the school's baseball teams were known as the "Hornets" and the football teams as the "Hurricanes". On September 15, of that year, the student body voted to make "Paladins" the official nickname of all of the university's intercollegiate athletic teams.

Notable alumni[edit]

Main article: List of Furman University people

Furman University is the alma mater to a head of government, a Nobel Prize laureate, winners of the Grammy Award, Emmy Award, Pulitzer Award and the Newbery Medal, as well as U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen, state governors, and other government officials, judges, business leaders, entertainers, and athletes. Notable alumni include:


  • Charles H. Townes received his B.S. in Physics from Furman. A Nobel Laureate in Physics, he invented the maser and laser.
    Charles H. Townes received his B.S. in Physics from Furman. A Nobel Laureate in Physics, he invented the maser and laser.
  • Mark Sanford received his B.A. in business from Furman. He was the Governor of South Carolina.
    Mark Sanford received his B.A. in business from Furman. He was the Governor of South Carolina.
  • Amy Grant won six Grammy Awards. Her first ticketed concert took place during her first year at Furman.
    Amy Grant won six Grammy Awards. Her first ticketed concert took place during her first year at Furman.

Notable faculty[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Furman University Website (A)
  1. ^ Furman University, Sustainability: Our Vision. http://www2.furman.edu/sites/sustainability/ourvision/Pages/OurCommitment.aspx
  2. ^ "Furman To Begin Play In Timmons Arena Tuesday Versus Northeastern Illinois". Furman University. December 29, 1997. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Engaged Living's Greenbelt Community". Furman.edu. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  4. ^ "The Simple Cabin by the Lake". Furman.edu. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  5. ^ "The Furman Farm".
  6. ^ "Our Vision, Furman Sustainability".
  7. ^ "Furman at a Glance". Furman University. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  8. ^ Furman University, Admission Tips. http://www2.furman.edu/admission/EngageFurman/how-to-apply/Pages/admission-tips.aspx
  9. ^ Furman University, Tuition & Aid. http://www.furman.edu/tuition-and-aid/
  10. ^ a b Furman University. "Organizations". Furman.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  11. ^ "About Furman | Furman University". Furman.edu. 2012-07-22. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
Newspapers (B)
  1. ^ "Kaplan: The New On-Campus Environmentalism". Newsweek. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
Ranking websites (C)
  1. ^ "Green Colleges". Princeton Review.
  2. ^ "America's Greenest Universities". Sierra Club.
  3. ^ "2011 College Sustainability Report Card".
  4. ^ "40 of the Most Beautiful College Campuses in the World". House Beautiful. 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Top Of The Most Beautiful Universities In The World". e-Architect. 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b "The 10 most beautiful universities in the US". Times Higher Education. 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "USA Today Best Beautiful College Campus (2016)". 10Best. 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "America's Most Beautiful College Campuses". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 26 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Relations, Vince Moore, Director, News & Media; Relations, Vince Moore, Director, News & Media (2017-04-30). "Furman's solar farm is online". Furman News. Retrieved 2020-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "2018 Learfield Directors' Cup Division I Final Standings" (PDF). Nacda.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "2019-20 Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup Division I Final Fall Standings" (PDF). NACDA.
  12. ^ "Angel Martino". Olympics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "David Segal". Olympics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Paul Anderson". Olympics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Jay Jackson". ESPN. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
Other sources (D)
  1. ^ Official Site; Timmons Arena
  2. ^ a b Timmons Arena - FurmanPaladins.com
  3. ^ a b "Our Most Innovative House Ever". Southern Living. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  4. ^ "America's Best Sports Colleges". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ^ [1] Archived February 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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