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Greenville: Facing its past

Montgomery, Alabama, is the home of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a place dedicated to African Americans who have perished by lynching or fallen victim to other racial injustices. The central memorial is...

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The Montessori model and creativity

Can school environment impact creativity among schoolchildren? Furman University's Brooke Culclasure of the Riley Institute, David Fleming, Riley Institute researcher and professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs, and Furman alumnus Daniel Zhang...

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Carolina Teacher Induction Program wins 2019 WhatWorksSC Award

The Carolina Teacher Induction Program (CarolinaTIP) received The Riley Institute at Furman’s annual Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award at a celebration Nov. 12 in Columbia. Former U.S. Secretary of Education and South Carolina Governor...

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Rep. Gary Simrill and Nella Barkley to receive Wilkins Leadership Awards

State Rep. Gary Simrill (R-York) and Nella Barkley, community leader and president of Crystal-Barkley Corporation, will receive The Riley Institute at Furman University’s 2019 David H. Wilkins Leadership Awards recognizing outstanding legislative and civic leadership...

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Riley Institute, SCETV expand partnership

South Carolina ETV (SCETV) and The Riley Institute at Furman University today announced an expanded partnership that will leverage the resources of both entities to produce in-depth stories on public education, civic leadership and conversations...

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Furman celebrates Dick Riley and 20 years of The Riley Institute

Former Secretary of Education and two-term governor Dick Riley regaled hundreds of friends, colleagues and admirers in the Younts Conference Center on Thursday night, Oct. 3, with stories from his two terms as South Carolina’s...

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Riley Institute celebrates 20 years

The Riley Institute at Furman University will celebrate its 20th anniversary Thursday, Oct. 3, with two events on campus. [caption id="attachment_40759" align="alignright" width="475"] Former U.S. Secretary of Education and South Carolina Governor Richard W. Riley[/caption]...

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Finalists named for Riley Institute’s WhatWorksSC Award

The Riley Institute at Furman University® has announced the three finalists for the 2019 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award, which celebrates promising education initiatives that are improving outcomes for South Carolina’s students. “I am...

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Second annual Women’s Networking Event scheduled for Sept. 23

New panelists and a more student-friendly location highlight the second annual Furman University Women’s Networking Event (WNE), but the goal to inspire and connect women in the Greenville community with each other and Furman students...

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Former white nationalist Derek Black to speak at StraightTalk Series

Derek Black was a white nationalist to the core and an active advocate for its ideology, his identity shaped from birth by living in a world where white people are the true victims of racism...

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Riley Institute announces afterschool and expanded learning policy fellows

The Riley Institute at Furman University has selected 16 leaders in the field of afterschool and expanded learning to participate in the White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellowship. The new class of WRP Fellows will travel to...

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Riley Institute and OLLI present series on the rise of nationalism

The Riley Institute® and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman University will open their annual StraightTalk Series Thursday, Aug. 29, at Furman University. The three-part series will focus on the current rise of...

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