{"id":35692,"date":"2025-01-06T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=35692"},"modified":"2025-01-06T09:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:35:52","slug":"furmans-nelsen-dillard-reflect-on-jimmy-carters-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furmans-nelsen-dillard-reflect-on-jimmy-carters-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman&#8217;s Nelsen, Dillard remember Jimmy Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100 on Dec. 29 prompted local news organizations to reach out to Furman University for historical and political perspectives on the 39th president&#8217;s contributions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyff4.com\/article\/remembering-jimmy-carter-dies-faith-service-collide\/63301782\">WYFF News 4&#8217;s<\/a> Miya Payton spoke with Furman&#8217;s Brent Nelsen and Chandra Dillard. Nelsen, the Jane Fishburne Hipp Professor of Politics and International Affairs, remarked on the enduring Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel brokered by Carter and his impact post-presidency. Dillard, director of Community Relations at Furman and State Representative (district 23), said Carter&#8217;s legacy stands as a reminder of what happens when faith and service collide. See related story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/statesman-alumnus-riley-54-reflects-on-carters-legacy\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Brent Nelsen and the Hon. Chandra Dillard reflect on the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. They spoke with WYFF News 4&#8217;s Miya Payton about Carter&#8217;s contributions and his faith. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":35693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,32,120],"tags":[3206,3201],"class_list":["post-35692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-politics-and-international-affairs","category-wyff-tv","tag-camp-david-accords","tag-jimmy-carter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35692","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\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35692"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35695,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35692\/revisions\/35695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}