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Words of Support

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Deepti

The heart is as heavy as she was lovely, kind, and wise. This is in hopes that a warm meal brings a little bit of comfort during the most difficult time. Thinking of you all 💛💛
  • about 1 month ago
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Darby Todd

Savitaji was our fearless leader on my study abroad trip to India in 2013, a trip that expanded my world view in more ways than I thought possible. She was quick to laugh, quick to teach and irrefutably kind. I’m pretty sure if you look up the wor...
  • about 1 month ago
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Jaclyn Dunn

Dr Nair is the woman I want to be. She so loved her family and was so passionate about her work. She was the one who let me cry in her office when I lost a loved one and couldn’t go home for the funeral, she made me feel smart at my lowest academi...
  • about 1 month ago
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Heather Lorenz

Dr. Nair was such a light to me and to so many students at Furman. The enthusiasm she demonstrated in her History of South Asia course inspired me to participate in Furman’s study abroad program in India, where Savitaji (as we affectionately calle...
  • about 1 month ago
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Alison Mackenzie

Savita was truly one in a million. I feel so grateful to have called her my friend. When she and John came to visit Denver a couple of years ago, I was struck by how we just picked up right where we left off, as though decades had not passed, as t...
  • about 1 month ago
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Liz Smith

Savita was a dear friend. Kind, supportive, funny, smart, a great listener, loving. I miss her very much. One of my favorite memories was our first trip to Ireland/Northern Ireland to prepare for the Cothran faculty seminar. Even though COVID was ...
  • about 1 month ago
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Julia Gatten

Dr. Nair was my advisor at Furman as a history major. I had my first course with her Freshman year after and my last moments in a Furman classroom were during her senior seminar. It was a late afternoon class on the last day of classes senior year...
  • about 1 month ago
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Alyson Farzad-Phillips

When you’re a new member of any community, walking into a meeting space alone can feel intimidating. I have a distinct memory of sitting in a faculty council meeting at Furman and Savita making sure to speak to me, connect personally with me (I wa...
  • about 1 month ago
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Angel Carroll

Please accept my condolences! Sending love! ❤️
  • about 2 months ago
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Victoria Turgeon

Savita touched my life in so many ways from being a guiding force to sharing a love of good food and wine to lovingly taking of our children. I am so saddened by her loss, but I know that her grace, kindness and joy lives on in her beautiful daug...
  • about 2 months ago
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