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NOVEMBER 7-15: APEC "Voices of the Future" program in Singapore. For the student blog, click here; for information about the 2009 APEC meeting, click here.

JANUARY 11, 2010: The Fifth Annual David H. Wilkins Legislative Award Dinner

MARCH 1-3, 2010: Governor Christine Todd Whitman



 

 

Kelly Cressy and Dez Clodfelter, and Canadian students with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
November 7 - 15, 2009

Furman students — Kelly Cressy, Dez Clodfelter, Cary Fonatana and Hannah Johnson led by Dr. Don Gordon, Executive Director of the Riley Institute and professor of Political Science — left for Singapore on November 7th to participate in APEC's "Voices of the Future" program. Hiighlights from their first day included meetings with the President of Singapore, His Excellency S.R. Nathan, at the Presidential Palace, listening to two fascinating addresses and attending very candid sessions with the Minister of Community Development and Youth, and the Chair of the Board of the Singapore Management University. These meetings were very personal and of remarkable high quality.

The students have had interviews with delegates from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council which consists of some of the most powerful and important CEOs and business leaders from the US, China, Russia, Korea, Canada, and 13 other economies (countries) around the APEC region.

Kelly, in particular, had the opportunity to interview Kurt Campbell (Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs), Lieutenant General Paul Selva (Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Miltary Advisor to Secretary of State), and many other incredible people. According to Kelly, the highlight came when she and Dez met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a small press conference. Additionally, the group had a one-hour conversation with Peter Scher, the Executive Vice President of Global Goverment Relation and Public Policy for JP MorganChase.

Tomorrow the group has been invited to meet with the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. Only ten people will be involved for a half-hour conversation with the Prime Minister. The group has had unprecedented access to world leaders!

To follow the Furman students' adventure, go to their blog; for more information about the 2009 APEC meeting, click here.2009 APEC meeting, click here.

 

SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE MEMBER DAN COOPER
TO RECEIVE ANNUAL DAVID WILKINS LEADERSHIP AWARD

Daniel T. Cooper, a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives from District 10 in Anderson County, has been named the winner of the fifth annual David Wilkins Award for Excellence in Legislative Leadership. The award, sponsored by the Riley Institute at Furman University, will be presented to Cooper at the annual Wilkins Award dinner at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on Monday, January 11, 2010.

Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff, who has covered politics and other news for more than three decades at CNN, NBC and PBS and currently is senior correspondent for “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” will be the keynote speaker.

The event, held in conjunction with the opening of the legislative session, will feature a reception at 6 p.m. followed by the dinner and award presentation beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $125 each with table sponsorships available. To purchase tickets, call 864-235-8330.

The Wilkins Award for Excellence in Legislative Leadership recognizes a state legislator who “embodies the highest principles of leadership based on integrity, compassion, vision, civility and courage.” State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter of Orangeburg County received the 2009 award. Other recipients have been John Drummond, Bobby Harrell and Hugh K. Leatherman.

Press Coverage: Anderson Independent-Mail

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W. Hodding Carter

Fellow in Residence
W. Hodding Carter
Professor of Public Policy and Leadership, UNC-Chapel Hill and former Assistant Secretary of State

The Riley Institute at Furman welcomed W. Hodding Carter to Furman University on October 28, 2009. He delivered an address, "Democracy Challenged: How Big Money in Politics Influences Who Runs for Office, Who Wins, and What They Do Once Elected” on Wednesday October 28 at 7 p.m. in Shaw Hall, Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center.

His address was followed by a panel discussion with Glen Halva-Neubauer, Ph.D. and C. Danielle Vinson, Ph.D., professors of the Department of Political Science at Furman, and moderated by Thomas Kazee, Ph.D., Provost and Executive Vice President at Furman.

W. Hodding Carter III began his career as a reporter with his family’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Delta Democrat-Times in Greenville, Mississippi. He worked on two successful presidential campaigns, those of Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Jimmy Carter in 1976. In 1977, President Carter appointed him Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and State Department spokesman. He was frequently in the public eye during the Iran hostage crisis.

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