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The
2008-09 EPL group in
downtown Greenville |
THE
EIGHTH ANNUAL EMERGING
PUBLIC LEADERS PROGRAM 2009
June 21-27, 2009
The
Riley Institute at Furman welcomed the 2009-10 Emerging Public
Leaders (EPL) participants to campus on June 21 - 27, 2009
for a week filled with activities and opportunities to learn
about public leadership. This year's participants will come
from Indiana and from across the state of South Carolina.
For the Schedule of Activities, click
here.
The
Emerging Public Leaders' program is funded by KnowledgeWorks
Foundation with headquarters in Cincinnati, OH.
More
information on the Emerging Public Leaders program and
the participants . . .
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U.S.
Congressmen & House Majority Whip James Clyburn
with the 2008 TOG participants |
THE
NINTH ANNUAL TEACHERS OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAM 2009
July
18-24, 2009
The
Riley Institute at Furman will welcome the 2009 Richard W.
Riley Summer Institute Teachers of Government participants
to Furman's campus on July 18, 2009. The group will be traveling
to Washington, D.C. where
they will meet with government officials, politicians, non-governmental
activists and members of education policy-making agencies.
Dr. Elizabeth Smith, a Furman professor of political science,
will lead the participants through Washington, D.C. and engage
the group in evening discussions and seminars on relevant
readings and political topics. The combination of intensive
learning, networking and exposure to decision makers is designed
to increase the knowledge and expand useful contacts of teachers
which both support improved teaching skills. The 2009 participants
are:
John
Brasfield, Generations Group Homes,
Fountain Inn, SC
Benjamin Clark, Harold C. Johnson Middle School,
York, SC
Cynthia Cordell, Saluda Middle School, Saluda, SC
Derrick Gunter, Gilbert High School, Gilbert, SC
Marianne Haney, Gilbert High School, Gilbert, SC
Marlene Lemon, Rollings Middle School
of the Arts, Summerville, SC
Jennifer Olson, Mauldin Middle School, Simpsonville,
SC
Teresa Posey, Aiken High School, Aiken, SC
Lindsay Skillman, Charleston, SC
Gregory Snoad, Mauldin High School, Mauldin,
SC
More
information on the Teachers of Government Program . .
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