Laura Hayes

Furman is known for its celebration and encouragement of diverse experiences. Since 2009, the Office of Undergraduate Research and Internships has set aside a day, known as Furman Engaged, to admire and reflect on such experiences of the student body.

Learning to cook isn’t a skill students typically expect to acquire as a part of their Furman education, and cooking using sustainably grown local products is usually out of the range of most college student’s budgets. But sophomore Monica Kraeger has been seeking to change all of that ever since she founded the Slow Food Furman following a two-week stay in Italy that that inspired her to bring the country’s slow food movement to campus.

Beginning this semester, Furman students will have the chance to enroll in a new minor that will allow them to study various aspects of human experience across multiple disciplines.