Riley Fellows in the News: April 29, 2020
Special Series: Frontline Fellows
The Riley Institute is extremely proud of the many Riley Fellows who are serving on the frontlines during the COVID-19 outbreak. We are highlighting your tremendous efforts and exemplary leadership in a Q&A series on our website. In our first interview, we speak with Mount Pleasant Police Chief Carl Ritchie (Lowcountry, Fall 2016) whose department has found creative ways to reach out to the town’s most vulnerable populations while still ensuring the safety of his officers. Read more.
Stinson Ferguson (Upstate, Spring 2014), former South Carolina Energy staff attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center, returned to the Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd law firm in Greenville. Read more.
Mark McLawhorn (Midlands, Spring 2016), attorney at McLawhorn Legal, LLC, was recognized as one of The State’s 20 under 40 honorees. Read more.
Mamie Nicholson (Upstate, Spring 2013) is now president of The Self Family Foundation. Read more.
Robert Saul (Upstate, Fall 2010), professor of pediatrics at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital- Upstate and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, has released a book titled Conscious Parenting: Using the Parental Awareness Threshold. Read more.
Melvin Williams (Lowcountry, Fall 2019), vice president with S&ME, Inc., was appointed to the American Council of Engineering Companies’ Transportation Steering Committee and the ACEC/American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials Joint Committee, and reappointed to the ACEC Planning Cabinet. Read more.
We love hearing promising updates about ongoing DLI capstone projects. If you’ve got one to share, email Megan Dodgens at megan.dodgens@furman.edu.