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Riley Institute announces 10 semifinalists for Dick and Tunky Riley education award
JULY 16, 2012 by News and Media Relations The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds have announced the 10 semifinalists for the second annual 2012 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute at Furman selects first class of White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows
JULY 10, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Fifteen leaders in the afterschool and expanded learning fields nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between The Riley Institute at...
Continue ReadingFurman’s Global Visitors Center to host international artist delegation in September
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer One is a comic book author from Angola. Another is a Muslim comedian from Australia, known for his work in the touring comedy duo, “Fear of a...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces three finalists for Dick and Tunky Riley Award for Excellence
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds have announced the three finalists for the second annual 2012 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSCsm Award for...
Continue ReadingJeffrey Brown of PBS NewsHour to speak about the public voice in a divided America
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 by Tina T. Underwood, Contributing Writer GREENVILLE, S.C.—Jeffrey Brown, co-anchor and senior correspondent for PBS NewsHour, will speak Tuesday, September 25 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference Center on the Furman University...
Continue ReadingWhen debate becomes debacle
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 by Maggie Johnson ’14, Contributing Writer Growing strife and division in political debate is more than fodder for talk radio and primetime cable news shows. It’s actually hindering cooperation and progress in...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces winner of Dick and Tunky Riley education award for excellence
OCTOBER 18, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds announced the winner of the second annual Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSCsm Award for Excellence. The recipient...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute announces award winners
NOVEMBER 15, 2012 by Vince Moore, Director of News and Media Relations Furman's Riley Institute has announced that South Carolina Representative James Harrison and Charleston businesswoman Anita G. Zucker are the recipients of this year’s...
Continue ReadingSen. Graham to speak at Riley event
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will be the keynote speaker at the eighth annual David H. Wilkins awards dinner to be held in Columbia Tuesday, Jan. 8. The event, which takes place at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention...
Continue ReadingSandra Day O’Connor to be keynote speaker
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be the keynote speaker for the 2013 Law & Society Symposium to be held in Charleston Monday, April 15. The program, which will focus on the separation...
Continue ReadingTop U.S. Army attorney to speak
Lieutenant General Dana K. Chipman, The Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, will speak on the Furman campus Wednesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference Center. His lecture, “Combat Boots and Benefits:...
Continue ReadingFormer U.S. Ambassador visits campus
Robin Sanders, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and the Republic of Congo, will speak on the Furman campus Tuesday, April 2 at 7 p.m. in Shaw Hall of Younts Conference Center. Her lecture, “Africa 2013:...
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