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Faculty playing larger role in student recruiting
Furman faculty play an integral role in student recruiting. They make telephone calls, attend out-of-town receptions and even invite prospective students and parents into their classrooms. This kind of personal attention makes Furman distinctive and...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute receives $7,500 grant to support diversity program
September 18, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer The Riley Institute Diversity Leaders Initiative at Furman has received a $7,500 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, which is funded by TD Bank. The DLI encourages community...
Continue ReadingSpeaking of Schools highlights Riley award finalists
“Speaking of Schools,” a SCETV radio program hosted by Doug Keel, has put together a three part series of podcasts centered around the WhatWorksSC award to be presented by Furman’s Riley Institute and SC Future...
Continue Reading5th edition of Gordons’ book released
OCTOBER 31, 2012 The fifth edition of Understanding Contemporary Africa, by Donald L. Gordon and April A. Gordon, has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. Donald L. Gordon is professor of political science and director of...
Continue ReadingFurman Professors discuss Voting Rights Act
Voter rights have become a hotly debated topic since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to annul a key provision of the Voting Rights Act this past June. Several Furman professors joined the debate Tuesday during...
Continue ReadingStudent works with Canadian Parliament
Imagine working in a busy government office all day. Now imagine being in a busy government office all day where everyone speaks a foreign language. Furman junior Lee Bolton had the chance to intern with...
Continue ReadingFirst class of White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows selected
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 series on “Obamacare” continues
“Is Medicaid Expansion Right or Wrong for South Carolina?,” the second presentation of a four-part series that examines the various facets of the Affordable Care Act, continues Wednesday, July 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Shaw Hall...
Continue ReadingRiley names Upstate DLI Fellows
The Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) has selected its 21st Class of Fellows. The 45 incoming class members will join more than 1,500 Riley Fellows from across the state to participate in DLI. Says Don...
Continue ReadingBOOSTing afterschool learning
More than 100,000 children in South Carolina are unsupervised between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m.—a huge chunk of time in which a great deal of learning and mentoring can take place. Melissa Huff...
Continue ReadingGovernor Haley, Mayor Riley sit down for candid discussion in Riley Institute video
On Jan. 12 in Columbia, Furman’s Riley Institute honored the memory of the late South Carolina Senator Clementa Pinckney, who was among the nine people killed this past June in the shootings at Mother Emanuel...
Continue ReadingRiley Institute’s Riley and Gordon earn high marks
Dick Riley and Don Gordon of the Riley Institute at Furman have been named among the Top Ten SC Leaders in 2015 by Alan Cooper, Publisher of MidlandsBiz. The two achieved the distinction for the...
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