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Forty-one Upstate leaders selected to become Riley Fellows
News of The Riley Institute's newest class of Upstate Diversity Leaders Initiative fellows ran in GSA BizWire.
Continue ReadingGregory joins Riley Institute as director for public education partnerships and projects
News of Kelly Gregory’s return to The Riley Institute at Furman University was featured in several area publications.
Continue ReadingIn Greenville County, past racist deeds abet gentrification, displacement
An article in The Post and Courier (Greenville) follows up on a mapping project carried out by Furman University researchers.
Continue ReadingHow century-old racist deed covenants echo in present-day Greenville
Furman University alumnus Sam Hayes '20, who majored in history and politics and international affairs, and Ken Kolb, professor and chair of the sociology department at Furman, pored over hundreds of thousands of Greenville County...
Continue ReadingAdvantage Scholars begin building their Furman families
The Riley Institute’s Advantage Scholars Summer Program brought together dozens of incoming Furman first-year students who are recipients of Duke, Hollingsworth, Townes and Vaughn scholarships to spend a few days on campus in July getting...
Continue ReadingBaltimore’s Summer Arts and Learning Academy is helping kids in the classroom, and gaining notice
Members of the South Carolina Afterschool Leaders Empowered, a program of The Riley Institute at Furman University, are looking to Baltimore City's Summer Arts and Learning Academy to gain insight for integrating the arts into...
Continue ReadingSC inmates given chance to record bedtime stories thanks to donors
A Father's Voice was created in 2016 by a cohort of The Riley Institute's Diversity Leaders Initiative, and it continues to make an impact on the lives of incarcerated parents and their children. The project...
Continue ReadingStudent voices: How youth can influence the (Up)state of climate change
In partnership with the Greenville Journal, The Riley Institute at Furman University presents an annual student op-ed contest "Mightier than the Sword." The inaugural winner of this year's event went to Furman's Chloe Sandifer-Stech '23...
Continue ReadingThe Shi Institute and BMW Charity Pro-Am mark second year of sustainability collaboration
Furman University and The Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities have marked the second year of a sustainability partnership with the BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament’s “Fore the Love of the Green” program. In 2021, the...
Continue ReadingThirty-seven Upstate leaders graduate from The Riley Institute’s DLI
Upstate Business Journal published news about the graduates of The Riley Insitute's 31st class of the Upstate Diversity Leaders Initiative. The 37 leaders participated in discussions and scenarios designed to examine sensitive issues related to...
Continue ReadingLeading the way to a sustainable state
On June 2, 23 South Carolinians representing organizations across the state gathered in Hartness Pavilion at Furman University for a graduation ceremony. At the end of the day, they were ready to take what they...
Continue ReadingMinor Mickel Shaw receives national award for higher education support
Civic leader and philanthropist Minor Mickel Shaw is this year’s recipient of the Council of Independent Colleges' Charles W. L. Foreman Award in recognition of her stalwart support of South Carolina’s private colleges and universities....
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