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Furman elevates talent development, launches Center for Innovative Leadership

Under the direction of Garrett Stern, the CIL aims to support mature and growing businesses in the Upstate.

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‘A remarkable legacy of leadership’: SEF President Pierce applauds Dick Riley

In a Forbes opinion piece, Southern Education Foundation President Raymond Pierce reflects on Dick Riley's record of public education in the state and the nation.

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Greenville Journal talks with Dick Riley about being 90

The Greenville Journal ran a feature about Richard W. Riley '54, former two-time governor of South Carolina, secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and chief inspiration officer of The Riley Institute at Furman. 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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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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New playbook offers strategies for legislative success

A new book by The Riley Institute and W. Robert Saffold describes how a team of state and local leaders mobilized the grassroots and transformed public education. Andy Brack of Statehouse Report gives a glowing...

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Joseph Vaughn Day celebrates courage, purpose and resilience

The annual celebration commemorates the legacy of Furman’s first Black undergraduate.

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Five life lessons from Riley’s 90 remarkable years

Richard W. Riley ’54, former South Carolina governor, former U.S. secretary of education and current chief inspiration officer of The Riley Institute, reflects on the importance of public education, positive thinking and a good breakfast.

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Sec. Dick Riley looks forward to 10th decade

Furman alumnus Sec. Richard Riley celebrates with friends and family and speaks about his life in public service.

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Former SC governor turns 90, looks back on life, reaching highest level of public service

Upon his 90th birthday, Furman alumnus, former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of State Richard W. Riley reflects on his life before, during and after his 38-year career in public office.

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Voices of the Future speak out in Thailand

One week in Bangkok gave four Furman students a chance to connect with peers and leaders from around the world at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.

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Mable Owens Clarke receives Order of the Palmetto

Soapstone Baptist Church was established in 1865 by freed slaves. Mable Owens Clarke fulfills a promise to keep its doors open and its land protected, and for her efforts, receives South Carolina's highest civilian honor.

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