Multicultural Student Evening
Building community
Our students discuss how Furman pulls everyone together into a community.
Furman University is a community of learning enriched by the wide variety of experiences and perspectives of its students, faculty, and staff. Furman University thus embraces diversity as an implicit value and as an explicit practice in all of its endeavors.
Multicultural Student Evening is our way of offering students and families a tangible experience of a community that upholds the inherent worth of individuals in an atmosphere of mutual respect, trust, and civility.
All accepted multicultural students and their families are invited to stay the night of Friday, April 20, as our guest for the Multicultural Student Evening, featuring opportunities to become more familiar with the campus, enjoy dinner with current students, faculty, and staff, and share experiences with your new classmates in all walks of life from across the country and around the world.
We hope you will join us.
Register today.
Schedule of events
Student Check-In: 4:30 p.m.
Students will check in and meet their overnight hosts.
How well do you know Furman?: 5 to 5:45 p.m.
Explore Furman’s campus and learn about its 186-year-old history through a scavenger hunt with other students in your class. And bring your competitive spirit—we have some great prizes for the top finishers!
While They’re Away: 5 to 6 p.m.
The floor is open for parents to ask any questions they may have about supporting their students—financially, emotionally, and intellectually—while they’re away at college. Furman’s multicultural faculty, staff, and parents are ready to talk.
Dinner with Dr. Angela Franklin: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Dinner featuring an address by a distinguished leader of the Furman community. Dr. Angela Franklin is the President of Des Moines University and is currently serving her fourth term on the board of the Board of Trustees of Furman. Prospective students and their families are invited to attend with campus representatives and current students.
Evening Activities: 8 to 10 p.m.
A time for you to enjoy a showcase of activities by various organizations around campus.
Parents of students participating in the Multicultural Student Evening will be staying at the Hyatt Regency Greenville compliments of Furman’s Office of Admission.
Registration for the Multicultural Student Evening includes the April 20 Accepted Student Day.