Furman University occurs as private, coeducational, non-sectarian, liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Based within 1826, Furman enrolls approximately 2,600 undergrad & D grad student in its 750 acre (3 km²) campus. Its todays president is David Shi, world health organization graduated from either Furman inside 1973.

A university is primarily concentrate on undergrad education (exclusively 2 departments, education & chemistry, offer postgraduate degrees). Furman University emphasizes "engaged" learning. Withwithin engaged learning, prof encourage undergrad students to creator articles, participate in internships, & volunteer in their various fields of learn. a program known as the Furman Benefit was created sequentially to fund scientific research between prof & students.

Furman is better known for its chemistry, history, music, political science, and psychology departments. the psychological science, computing, & department of chemistry keep close at h& earned high marks among professional organisation spanning a sciences (sociable, applied, and basic), notable for a liberal arts institution of its size.

Furman University students develop an unco high acceptance rate to grad school. Some 70% of pre-medical students benefit entrance to school of medicine, & 99% of pre-law students benefit entrance to school of law. Just about both-thirds of Furman students may earn postgraduate degrees.

History
Furman was founded around 1826 as a men's academy and theological institute, inside Edgefield, South Carolina. A original school building from either that campus lives on the todays Greenville campus now. Around 1933, students from a Greenville Women's College began attending classes by owning Furman students. Shortly thenceforth, them schools merged to form a present institution. Furman began constructiwithin on its freshly campus, good 5 miles northward of downtown Greenville in 1956. Classes on this recently campus began inside 1958. Okay, non-unsectarian, a school was affiliated by owning a Southern Baptist Convention until 1992.

Campus
The Thirty-acre (0.Single-km²) lake is at the center of the 750-acre (3-km²), wooded Furman University campus. Numerous academic buildings & residence hall could have around a flow of any stream, including a Belltower. A Belltower numbers extremely inside school insignias & occurs as replication (in 1/16th of an inch) of the Belltower that it used to be that existed on the men's campus around downtown Greenville. In todays world, a campus is anchored by its freshly expanded 128,000 square foot (12,000 thousand²) Duke library.

Students come involved to hold up campus a lot little joe years. There are deuce home complexes (known as Lakeshore & South Housing). Virtually everthing junior & all seniors sleep in Northward Village Apartments, placed touching a Belltower.

Athletics
Furman competes within NCAA Division I athletics when a Paladins. A university occurs as charter member of the Southern Conference. Inside 1988 Furman won a NCAA One-AA Subject Football Championship. Furman too appeared in the 1985 & 200One NCAA 1-AA National Football Championship game, however misplaced (to Georgia Southern and the University of Montana, respectively. Furman & Colgate remain the simply personal universities that keep close at h& appeared in the One-AA Football Championship game, and Furman is the exclusively buck private school that has won it.

Notable alumni
John B. Watson - Psychologist skeptical of Sigmund Freud Charles Townes - Nobel Prize-winner in Physics Richard Riley - Former Governor of South Carolina and U.S. Secretary of Education under a Clinton administration Mark Sanford - Current Governor of South Carolina Keith Lockhart - Todays conductor of the Boston Pops Victoria Jackson - Former cast member of Saturday Night Live Herman Lay- Founder of the Lay's Corporation Frank Selvy - Former NBA Tons-Star Amy Grant - Grammy Award-winning singer George Singleton - novelist Brad Faxon - pro golfer, multiple winner in PGA Tour

Majors and Concentrations
Accounting Ancient Greek & Roman Studies (concentration) Art Asian Studies Biology Business Administration Chemistry Classics Communication Studies Computer Science Computer Science—Mathematics Computing—Business Globe & Environmental Sciences Economics Education (Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, & Favorite) English Environmental Studies (concentration) French German Greek Health & Exercise Science History Latin Latin U.s. Studies (concentration) Mathematics Mathematics-Economics Music (Church, Education, Performance, and Theory) Philosophy Physics Political Science Pre-engineering (dual degree) Psychology Religion Sociology Spanish Theatre Arts Urban Studies (concentration) Women's Studies (concentration)

Notable faculty
Christopher W. Blackwell - Classics Charles Brewer - Psychology Hayden Porter - Computer Science William M. Baker - Physics Willard Pate - English Jim Guth - Political Science Brent Nelsen - Political Science Glen Halva-Neubauer - Political Science T. Lloyd Benson - History Noel Kan-Maguire - Chemistry Lon Knight Jr. - Chemistry Charles Arrington - Chemistry Thomas Kazee - Political Science

Social Organizations
Sororities: Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. Chi Omega Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Delta Sigma Theta Kappa Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternities: Beta Theta Pi Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Psi Omega Psi Phi Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Tau Kappa Epsilon

Comparable schools
Davidson College Franklin & Marshall College Grinnell College Lafayette College Rhodes College University of Richmond Samford University University of the South Stetson University Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Wofford College

Points of interest
Furman University Japanese Garden