{"id":27784,"date":"2023-10-06T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=27784"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:34:19","slug":"furman-named-nonprofit-of-the-year-by-the-upstate-sc-lgbt-chamber-of-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-named-nonprofit-of-the-year-by-the-upstate-sc-lgbt-chamber-of-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman named Nonprofit of the Year by the Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28249 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/10\/Furman-Award-from-Chamber-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"An eight-side glass award.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/10\/Furman-Award-from-Chamber-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/10\/Furman-Award-from-Chamber-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/10\/Furman-Award-from-Chamber-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2023\/10\/Furman-Award-from-Chamber.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/>Furman University was named Nonprofit of the Year by the Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce. A group of Furman faculty and staff accepted the award on the university\u2019s behalf on Oct. 5 during the Pride in Business Awards Gayla, an event celebrating the individuals and businesses that are making a positive difference in the community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYour dedication to fostering an inclusive and empowering business environment exemplifies the values that our Chamber holds dear,\u201d said Tyler Prescott, CEO of the Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe love the work Furman\u00a0does to support the next generation of entrepreneurs, diverse leaders, and your LGBTQ staff, and students.\u00a0Your outstanding contributions to the business community have not gone unnoticed, and we are thrilled to honor your achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Furman&#8217;s LGBTQIA+ community and resources at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/institutional-commitment\/out-at-furman\/\">Out at Furman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/furmanpride\/\">@FurmanPride<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Furman faculty and staff accepted the award on the university\u2019s behalf on Oct. 5 during the Pride in Business Awards Gayla, an event celebrating the individuals and businesses that are making a positive difference in the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":28247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,97,28,1,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-center-for-interpersonal-connection","category-education","category-uncategorized","category-womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}