Spend Your Summer with Shi

Spend your summer making a real impact with the Shi Institute’s 2026 Summer Sustainability Fellowships. Open to all Furman undergraduates (any major, any year), these 10-week paid fellowships (June 8–August 14) offer hands-on sustainability work...

Introducing Our 25-26 Shi Fellows!

With the fall semester well under way, our 2025-26 Shi Institute Fellows have already been hard at work pursuing diverse projects in alternative transportation, communications, and sustainability culture change. From planting and harvesting on the...

Introducing our 2025 Summer Fellows!

We are so excited to introduce our Summer 2025 class of Shi Institute Student Fellows! Representing six states, seven countries and 13 different academic majors and minors, this diverse group will tackle real-world sustainability projects...

Furman University receives STARS Gold rating for sustainability achievements

For the fourth time, Furman University has earned a STARS Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment...

Celebrating our work in 2024!

During 2024, The Shi Institute continued to build its commitment to creating a greener, healthier future for our campus and beyond. Here are a few highlights: Sustainability Myth Busters: Debunking Misconceptions and Driving Action The...

“Eco-Art Song and the Climate Crisis”

“Eco-art song is an emerging form of art song that uses climate texts to create songs directly related to climate change," said Vocal Performance and German Studies major Kendra Lund ’25. "There are plenty of...

Meet our Shi Institute 2024-25 Fellows

We're excited to introduce nine Shi Institute Student Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year! They're from four different countries (Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Tanzania, USA) with a total of nine different majors. "The passion and innovative ideas...

Join the Shi Institute for Sustainability Week 2024!

The Shi Institute is excited to announce its first Sustainability Week from September 28 to October 4, 2024. This week-long event will feature a variety of activities, programming and initiatives designed to engage students, faculty,...

Introducing our 2024 Summer Fellows!

By Joy Baker '14, Associate Director of Sustainability Programs From helping the BMW Charity Pro-Am Golf tournament achieve its zero-waste goals to catching (and releasing) snakes on the Furman Farm, our Summer Fellows have had...

Reel Adventure: Shi Institute hosts Fly Fishing MayX course

“Ever since I was very young, I have had a passion for freshwater and the organisms that live in it,” said Biology major Emily Baxter ’25. “I grew up on Lake Hartwell and have fished...

Ellie Howard ’25 talks about Alternative Transportation on Furman’s campus

Furman University is a small campus with extremely accessible sidewalks and bike paths. However, we have hundreds of cars on campus and students driving short distances to go to class. My name is Ellie Howard...

Meet our 2023-2024 Student Fellows!

We're excited to introduce our Shi Institute Student Sustainability Fellows for the current academic year! Here's a little bit about them and their favorite experiences at Furman: Kerry Black ’24 of Greenville, S.C., is a...

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