One of the things that has brought me the most joy in my Furman career has been my involvement in student organizations. There are over 200 student orgs– basically anything you’re passionate about, there’s probably a club for it, and if not, it’s pretty easy to create the club and apply for funding under our…
Category: Asha Marie ’22
I Dropped A Class and It’s Okay– Here’s Why
Furman is a little different than other schools in that instead of taking five or six classes, we only take four at a time. After your freshman year you’re able to overload and take five, but most students only take four. But don’t let the small amount of courses fool you– these classes are academically…
How I Went From Not Being Able to Run for Student Body President to Winning
This past week, Furman held its elections for executive positions in our Student Government Association (SGA). Every year we hold two elections, only for student body positions, like Student Body President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Then, we host another election for class positions. Usually this includes titles like Freshman Class President, Sophomore Class President,…
Celebrating Black History Month
February is Black History Month, a celebration of Black people, Black culture, and Black life! At Furman we take the time to celebrate Black History Month through lots of programming, cool events, and social activities. As you can see from the schedule, there’s a lot going on! We kicked off Black History Month with a…
Want to Create Your Own Major? Here Are Some Tips!
You won’t find my major, Advocacy and Justice Studies on the Furman website underneath the drop list of many, many majors you can take here, but you will see something called, “Individualized Curriculum Program”. Individualized Curriculum Program majors (or ICPs, for short) are student-designed courses of study for students who feel a traditional major and/or…
Why I Applied Early Action
We’re in the thick of college application season, and that means you might be trying to figure out by which application deadline you should submit your application. Here’s what you need to know: Furman has four application deadlines: Early Decision 1, Early Action, Early Decision 2, and Regular Decision. But what does all of that…
You Made It to Winter Break. What Now?
Fall semesters are always a rush, and finally reaching the finish line can feel like the greatest accomplishment in the world. Winter break is finally a time to slow down, rest, and relax after fourteen long weeks of juggling everything college life throws at you. But what do you do with all your new free…
Balancing a Job (or two or three!) at College
If you’ve been following our Instagram, you might’ve seen my stories about how much I love my job at the Library, and if you check out the blog pretty often, you might’ve read my recent blog about how to navigate work-study. In the post about work-study I briefly mentioned how to balance work and school,…
Planning for Your Major
I will admit… I’m a bit of a planner. And when I say I’m a planner, I mean that before I even stepped foot on campus for my Freshman year, I had mapped out a potential four year plan. (If you’re familiar with CliftonStrengths, then it’ll make sense that one of my top five strengths…
How-To: Work-Study
As a low-income student, I am lucky to have much of my education financed by scholarships and grants, but there are still costs that are my responsibility to cover. I knew early on that I would have to find a way to make money to support myself through college. I just didn’t really know where…