Student life ==
=== Athletics ===
Furman competes in NCAA Division I athletics, and at the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) level in football. Furman fields seven men's teams and nine women's teams, as well as 16 club sports and many intramural teams. The university is a member of the Southern Conference.
In 2018, Furman was placed 73rd out of 291 colleges in the NACDA Directors' Cup Division I Final Standings, highest among Southern Conference members. In the 2019–2020 season, Furman finished in 32nd place out of 157 institutions in the NACDA Director's Cup Final Fall Standings.
== Notable people ==
=== Notable alumni ===
Eleanor Beardsley, bilingual journalist and foreign correspondent
Robert Blocker, dean of the Yale School of Music
Ben Browder, actor, writer and director
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, legal historian, former dean at Harvard University
Judy Clarke, criminal defense attorney
Brad Cox, computer scientist, creator of the Objective-C programming language
Thomas T. Cullen, United States District …
