Riley Institute receives grant for national afterschool policy fellowship program

The Riley Institute at Furman University has received a $310,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for its White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellowship program. The WRP Fellowship equips graduates with a real-world understanding of the...

Riley Institute presents stories of leadership during times of crisis March 26

Four Furman University alumni return to campus Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. to tell their stories of leadership during potentially devastating crises. The event, which takes place in the Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference...

Budget cuts threaten afterschool programs

Furman Riley Institute's Cathy Stevens and Eric Vanden Heuvel of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Green Bay (Wisconsin), author an opinion piece in digital magazine Youth Today about afterschool and summer programs. Citing...

Richard W. Riley receives Good Scout award

The honorable Richard W. Riley, founder of the Riley Institute at Furman, was recognized March 5 with the Good Scout Award at the Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America Patron Fundraising Dinner. The event...

Finding freedom after life on death row

Anthony Ray Hinton mesmerized a capacity crowd at Furman's McAlister Auditorium Feb. 27 with his account of enduring nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row for crimes he did not commit. Among the media represented...

Delia Allen joins Riley Institute’s education research team

Delia B. Allen has joined the Riley Institute at Furman’s Center for Education Policy and Leadership (CEPL) as a research associate. “We are excited to have Delia join our staff,” said Don Gordon, executive director...

‘There is no feeling like being free’

Anthony Ray Hinton’s words kept a capacity crowd of more than 1,700 in Furman’s McAlister Auditorium spellbound for more than an hour Wednesday night. His words failed him, however, when he was asked earlier in...

Former death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton to speak Feb. 27

Anthony Ray Hinton will speak about his nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. at Furman University’s McAlister Auditorium. The event, which is free and open to the public,...

What Finnish schools can teach S.C. educators

Pickens County Schools Superintendent Danny Merck writes an opinion piece in The Greenville News about what he learned when he visited schools in Finland as part of a fact-finding program sponsored by Public Education Partners,...

Law & Society symposium in Charleston to focus on Second Amendment

Two Duke University law school professors will kick off a Feb. 8 symposium in Charleston that examines the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The conference at the Charleston Music Hall, which includes other law...

2018: The year in review

Lowcountry leaders become Riley Fellows

Forty leaders from the Lowcountry and surrounding area have completed the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI). DLI class members are identified through a rigorous process including a nomination, application and interview. Individuals...