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Two CCSD leaders to join Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative

Two representatives from Charleston County School District will participate in a program that equips individuals with new tools and perspectives to leverage diversity toward improving organizational outcomes and driving social and economic progress in South...

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Forty-one Upstate leaders selected to become Riley Fellows

News of The Riley Institute's newest class of Upstate Diversity Leaders Initiative fellows ran in GSA BizWire.

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Gregory joins Riley Institute as director for public education partnerships and projects

News of Kelly Gregory’s return to The Riley Institute at Furman University was featured in several area publications.

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Advantage Scholars begin building their Furman families

The Riley Institute’s Advantage Scholars Summer Program brought together dozens of incoming Furman first-year students who are recipients of Duke, Hollingsworth, Townes and Vaughn scholarships to spend a few days on campus in July getting...

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Baltimore’s Summer Arts and Learning Academy is helping kids in the classroom, and gaining notice

Members of the South Carolina Afterschool Leaders Empowered, a program of The Riley Institute at Furman University, are looking to Baltimore City's Summer Arts and Learning Academy to gain insight for integrating the arts into...

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SC inmates given chance to record bedtime stories thanks to donors

A Father's Voice was created in 2016 by a cohort of The Riley Institute's Diversity Leaders Initiative, and it continues to make an impact on the lives of incarcerated parents and their children. The project...

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Student voices: How youth can influence the (Up)state of climate change

In partnership with the Greenville Journal, The Riley Institute at Furman University presents an annual student op-ed contest "Mightier than the Sword." The inaugural winner of this year's event went to Furman's Chloe Sandifer-Stech '23...

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Thirty-seven Upstate leaders graduate from The Riley Institute’s DLI

Upstate Business Journal published news about the graduates of The Riley Insitute's 31st class of the Upstate Diversity Leaders Initiative. The 37 leaders participated in discussions and scenarios designed to examine sensitive issues related to...

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Minor Mickel Shaw receives national award for higher education support

Civic leader and philanthropist Minor Mickel Shaw is this year’s recipient of the Council of Independent Colleges' Charles W. L. Foreman Award in recognition of her stalwart support of South Carolina’s private colleges and universities....

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Spartanburg’s Northside Initiative honored by Furman’s Riley Institute

Spartanburg’s Northside Initiative received the inaugural OneSouthCarolina Partners in Progress Award from Furman University’s Riley Institute. The award, which was presented by former South Carolina governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Dick Riley, recognizes achievements...

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Furman named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review

Furman University has been named a Best Value College for 2022 by The Princeton Review based on data from its surveys of administrators at about 650 colleges in 2021-2022. The company also factored in data...

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Pathways course approved to guide students through The Furman Advantage

Furman University faculty have voted to make Pathways, a two-year program central to The Furman Advantage, a graduation requirement for all students starting in Fall 2022. Pathways is a one-credit class each semester for first-...

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