politics-and-international-affairs

Anna Morgan prepares for the 2023 Augusta National Women’s Amateur

Anna Morgan '23 is set to make her second consecutive appearance in the ANWA tournament. Morgan, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, ranks 66th in the nation. She leads Furman this season with a 72.8 stroke average...

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Brandon Tensley to join Capital B’s national team as politics reporter

Tensley leaves CNN Politics to take a role with Capital B where he'll cover the impact of policy and political movements on Black people in America, and the Black political influencers who are shaping the...

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Coastal legal issues are focus of climate symposium

The 15th annual Law & Society Symposium, sponsored by the Charleston School of Law and the Riley Institute, explores the question of how the law is affected as a result of climate change and how...

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Nikki Haley announces presidential campaign

Brent Nelsen speaks to WYFF's Kylie Jones about Haley's announcement that she'll run for president. He said she's a longshot, but a viable candidate.

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Trump’s fate in 2024 may rest on whether he can repeat his biggest surprise from 2016

Trump's presidential run in 2016 carved new fault lines in the Republican Party electorate. Furman's Jim Guth gives his observations in a CNN Politics story.

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Reception showcases the work of faculty

Faculty members delivered four-minute speed talks describing their work during the annual Faculty Scholarship Reception.

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Haley hopes her leadership history brings national attention to her presidential run

Will Haley's leadership in the aftermath of the Mother Emmanuel shootings and removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House grounds have any bearing on the Republican primaries? NPR asks Furman's Teresa...

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The Riley Institute releases book on groundbreaking Education Improvement Act

Richard W. Riley, two-term South Carolina governor and architect of the Education Improvement Act, rallied the people of South Carolina to get behind the legislation. A book about the EIA launched at the Trone Student...

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What Nikki Haley believes

Furman's Danielle Vinson speaks to Newsweek about the kind of campaign she expects Nikki Haley to run.

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Deljohy Meralus receives scholarship from Council of Independent Colleges/UPS Foundation

The SCICU, in conjunction with the CIC/UPS Educational Endowment, awards scholarships to member institutions. For Meralus '25, it was a "breath of fresh air."

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South Carolina emerges as ground zero for possible GOP presidential hopefuls

With its history of selecting the eventual GOP presidential candidate, the State of South Carolina attracts hopefuls, and some of them enter the fray early. Furman's Danielle Vinson explains how SC voters approach election season.

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Chinese spy balloon shot down by U.S. officials over Carolina Coast, officials react

Furman's Kate Kaup speaks to FOX Carolina about the fallout of the U.S. shooting down a Chinese surveillance balloon. The downing of the balloon isn't the only thing that worries her.

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