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Thu. Mar. 18, 7:00pm-8:30pm
An Evening With...Bruce Adams
Time:
7:00pm-8:30pm
Location:
Vista House
Contact #1:
E-mail Rimes McElveen »
Join us for a dinner prepared by Vista House residents in honor of this week’s guest, Bruce Adams. Bruce is the Furman University Farm Manager and will be speaking with us about sustainability and gardening practices. Please RSVP if you are interested in attending this meal.
Sun. Mar. 21, 6:30pm-8:00pm
$4 Dinner
Time:
6:30pm-8:00pm
Location:
Vista House
Contact #1:
E-mail Rimes McElveen »
Come share a spectacular home-cooked meal with friends new and old. Bring someone with you to enjoy freshly prepared organic meals often including produce right out of the Vista House garden!
Thu. Mar. 25, 7:00pm-8:30pm
An Evening With...Drs. Barry and Elaine Nocks
Time:
7:00pm-8:30pm
Location:
Vista House
Contact #1:
E-mail Rimes McElveen »
Join us for a Sedar Meal prepared by Vista House residents and Drs. Barry and Elaine Nocks. Dr. Barry Nocks is a professor in the City and Regional Planning Department at Clemson University and Dr. Elaine Nocks is Director of Furman’s Lilly Center for Theological Exploration of Vocation. Please RSVP if you are interested in attending this meal.
Sat. Mar. 27, 5:30pm-8:00pm
T.R. Town Limits
Time:
5:30pm-8:00pm
Location:
Vista House
Contact #1:
E-mail Rimes McElveen »
Kick back and enjoy a good ol’ bluegrass jam and vittles at Vista House. Come join us and singer-songwriter-musician types to play an intimate set in our front room located just across the street from Travelers Rest town limits.

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Interview Series Guests

Weekly the Mere Christianity Forum Vista House hosts Furman faculty member or local community member as a featured guest in Vista House’s ongoing interview series known as “An Evening with…”

This interview dinner allows a small group of Furman students (10-12) to engage in frank conversation and sharp dialogue with interesting and interested members of the larger Furman and Greenville communities.

Recent guests in this series have included:

David Gandolfo (Philosophy) & Liz Gandolfo (St. Francis Episcopal Church)
Jane Love (Center for Collaborative Learning & Communication)
Rev. Wayne Cole (Campus Minister, Presbyterian Westminister Fellowship)
Jonathan Grieser (Religion)
Bryan Bibb (Religion)
Lisa Knight (Religion, Asian Studies) & Ed Yazijian (Asian Studies)
Father Timothy Dombek (Rector, St. James Episcopal Church)
Norman Whisnant (German)
Courtney Tollison (History)
Marie Watkins (Art)
James Leavell (History)
Rev. Kathryn Tiede Hottinger (Rector, St. Francis Episcopal Church)
David Bost (Spanish)
John Harris (Mathematics)
Donald Aiesi (Political Science)
Carmela Epright (Philosophy)
Father Jay Scott Newman (Pastor, St. Mary’s Catholic Church)
Sean O’Rourke (Communication Studies)
Margaret J. Oakes (English)
Gary Malvern (Music)
Helen Lee Turner and Claude Stulting (Religion)
John and Martha Johns (President Emeritus)
Sistery Mary Margaret Funk, OSB (Executive Director, Monastic Interreligious Dialogue)
Bing Vick (Music)
Carey Crantford (Spanish Emeritus)
Erik Anderson (Philosophy)
John Shelley (Religion)
Jim Edwards and Jane Chew (Philosophy, German)
And many others…