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S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas to give address at Wilkins Awards Dinner
South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas will offer remarks on principled leadership Tuesday, Jan. 8, at a Columbia dinner honoring the recipients of the David H. Wilkins Awards for Excellence in Legislative and Civic Leadership....
Continue ReadingUpstate leaders become Riley Diversity Fellows
Thirty-six leaders from the Upstate 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...
Continue ReadingS.C. public Montessori programs can bridge achievement gap
In the 34 years since the passage of former Governor Dick Riley’s Education Improvement Act, the Palmetto State has witnessed big strides in public education. But challenges remain, say Furman University's Brooke Culclasure and David...
Continue ReadingMeredith Burton receives Marian Wright Edelman Advocacy Award
Meredith Burton, director of the Furman Child Development Center, has received the Marian Wright Edelman Advocacy Award from the South Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (SCAEYC). The award was presented to Burton...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces winner of Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award
Farm to Belly, an innovative partnership of Greenville Health System, Feed and Seed, and Head Start, has won the 2018 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. The Riley Institute at Furman University and...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces Wilkins Leadership Awards winners
[caption id="attachment_37232" align="alignright" width="285"] Sen. John W. Matthews, Jr.[/caption] Furman University’s Riley Institute has announced that Sen. John W. Matthews, Jr. (D-Orangeburg) and Charlotte Berry of Columbia, a lifetime philanthropist and community leader, will be...
Continue ReadingBusiness consultant and “The Apprentice” star Kwame Jackson to speak Oct. 30
Kwame Jackson, nationally-known entrepreneur, business consultant and finalist on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” will speak on the Furman University campus Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. in Burgiss Theater in Trone Student Center. His CLP talk,...
Continue ReadingEducation stakeholders to participate in field study of public education in Finland
Twenty-three South Carolina education stakeholders will visit Finland’s public schools this month to gain insight into critical challenges in public education in South Carolina. The field study will be led by Public Education Partners, Furman...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces finalists for Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award
Furman University’s Riley Institute has announced three finalists for the 2018 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC™ Award. The annual award, presented by the Riley Institute and South Carolina Future Minds, celebrates promising education initiatives for...
Continue ReadingFinal session of Furman’s Immigration Series takes place Oct. 1
The final session of the StraightTalk series, “The Changing Face of America: Impact on the 2018 Election and Beyond,” will be held Monday, Oct. 1, 6:30-8 p.m. at Younts Conference Center on the campus of Furman...
Continue ReadingImmigration series continues this week
A Furman University economist and a successful hotelier from Iraq are among several speakers who will discuss “Chasing the American Dream: The Economics of Immigration,” Thursday, Sept. 6, 6:30-8 p.m., in Shaw Hall of the...
Continue ReadingBrunch at Soby’s aims to unite diverse Greenville community
[caption id="attachment_36678" align="alignright" width="400"] A S.E.A.T. at the Table has been organized by some of the most recent graduates of the Riley Institute at Furman’s Diversity Leaders Initiative.[/caption] Greenville's first "S.E.A.T. at the Table" pop-up,...
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