2017-18 Advance Team

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The 2017-18 Advance Team members meeting with guest speaker Chuck Todd
The 2017-18 Advance Team members meeting with guest speaker Chuck Todd
The 2017-18 Advance Team members meeting with guest speaker Chuck Todd
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
The 2017-18 Advance Team members
Chuck Todd displaying his Furman sweatshirt with the Advance Team
Chuck Todd displaying his Furman sweatshirt with the Advance Team
Chuck Todd displaying his Furman sweatshirt with the Advance Team
Chuck Todd continuing the conversation
Chuck Todd continuing the conversation
Chuck Todd continuing the conversation
Thought provoking questions from the Advance Team
Thought provoking questions from the Advance Team
Thought provoking questions from the Advance Team
Chuck Todd responding
Chuck Todd responding
Chuck Todd responding
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd with the graduating Advance Team seniors: (l-r) Elizabeth Campbell, Noah Zimmermann, Lucy Lansing, Emma Jackson, Christian Alexandrou, Chuck Todd, Emma DeVenny, Sulaiman Ahmad, Matthew Sanders, Matthew Deininger and Liam Simkins‐Walker
Chuck Todd with the graduating Advance Team seniors: (l-r) Elizabeth Campbell, Noah Zimmermann, Lucy Lansing, Emma Jackson, Christian Alexandrou, Chuck Todd, Emma DeVenny, Sulaiman Ahmad, Matthew Sanders, Matthew Deininger and Liam Simkins‐Walker
Chuck Todd with the graduating Advance Team seniors: (l-r) Elizabeth Campbell, Noah Zimmermann, Lucy Lansing, Emma Jackson, Christian Alexandrou, Chuck Todd, Emma DeVenny, Sulaiman Ahmad, Matthew Sanders, Matthew Deininger and Liam Simkins‐Walker
The Riley Institute Advance Team with Beryl Dakers and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Riley Institute Advance Team with Beryl Dakers and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Riley Institute Advance Team with Beryl Dakers and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Riley Institute Advance Team, Secretary Riley, Elizabeth Davis, Linda O'Bryon and Brent Nelsen with Beryl Dakers and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Riley Institute Advance Team, Secretary Riley, Elizabeth Davis, Linda O'Bryon and Brent Nelsen with Beryl Dakers and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Riley Institute Advance Team, Secretary Riley, Elizabeth Davis, Linda O'Bryon and Brent Nelsen with Beryl Dakers and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Advance Team member Sulaiman Ahmad taking a selfie with Henry Louis Gates
Advance Team member Sulaiman Ahmad taking a selfie with Henry Louis Gates
Advance Team member Sulaiman Ahmad taking a selfie with Henry Louis Gates
The Riley Institute Advance Team with guest speakers, Mark Quinn, Allison Crimmins, Dana Beach, Tony Bartelme and Charles Bolden, who participated in the National Conference on Climate Change
The Riley Institute Advance Team with guest speakers, Mark Quinn, Allison Crimmins, Dana Beach, Tony Bartelme and Charles Bolden, who participated in the National Conference on Climate Change
The Riley Institute Advance Team with guest speakers, Mark Quinn, Allison Crimmins, Dana Beach, Tony Bartelme and Charles Bolden, who participated in the National Conference on Climate Change
The Riley Institute Advance Team with Wes Newton, Secretary Riley, David Wilkins, Gov McMaster, Charles Bolden and Elizabeth Davis at the thirteenth annual Wilkins Awards Dinner
The Riley Institute Advance Team with Wes Newton, Secretary Riley, David Wilkins, Gov McMaster, Charles Bolden and Elizabeth Davis at the thirteenth annual Wilkins Awards Dinner
The Riley Institute Advance Team with Wes Newton, Secretary Riley, David Wilkins, Gov McMaster, Charles Bolden and Elizabeth Davis at the thirteenth annual Wilkins Awards Dinner
The Riley Institute Advance Team and Gov McMaster at the thirteenth annual Wilkins Awards Dinner
The Riley Institute Advance Team and Gov McMaster at the thirteenth annual Wilkins Awards Dinner
The Riley Institute Advance Team and Gov McMaster at the thirteenth annual Wilkins Awards Dinner
Shannon Cherney presenting a gift to Roberta Metsola, member of European Parliament (MEP) for Malta and member of the European People’s Party (EPP) Partit Nazzjonalista
Shannon Cherney presenting a gift to Roberta Metsola, member of European Parliament (MEP) for Malta and member of the European People’s Party (EPP) Partit Nazzjonalista
Shannon Cherney presenting a gift to Roberta Metsola, member of European Parliament (MEP) for Malta and member of the European People’s Party (EPP) Partit Nazzjonalista
The Advance Team with Roberta Metsola
The Advance Team with Roberta Metsola
The Advance Team with Roberta Metsola
The Advance Team with Jeffrey Ball
The Advance Team with Jeffrey Ball
The Advance Team with Jeffrey Ball
End of year party with the Advance Team. Thanks for all you do for the Riley Institute!
End of year party with the Advance Team. Thanks for all you do for the Riley Institute!
End of year party with the Advance Team. Thanks for all you do for the Riley Institute!
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
End of year party with the Advance Team
The graduating Advance Team members! Congratulations to all of you. You will be missed!
The graduating Advance Team members! Congratulations to all of you. You will be missed!
The graduating Advance Team members! Congratulations to all of you. You will be missed!

The 2017-18 Advance Team played host to several guest speakers who appeared on Furman’s campus during the school year, including Chuck Todd, moderator of “Meet the Press” and NBC News political director; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University; Charles Bolden, former astronaut and head of NASA, Roberta Metsola, member of European Parliament (MEP) for Malta and member of the European People’s Party (EPP) Partit Nazzjonalista; and Jeffrey Ball, scholar-in-residence at Stanford’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance.

Many Advance Team members also enjoyed traveling to Columbia, SC to attend the Thirteenth Annual Wilkins Awards Dinner. Advance Team members were afforded the opportunity to mingle with South Carolina Legislators and distinguished community members while assisting the Riley Staff with working the event.

2017-18 Advance Team Members

Class of 2018

Emma Jackson

2017-18 Advance Team Leader
Birmingham, AL
Political Science

Sulaiman Ahmad

Greenville, SC
Political Science, Middle East Studies

Christian Alexandrou

Worcester, MA
Political Science, Poverty Studies

Juhee Bhatt

Charlotte, NC
Political Science, Psychology

Crystal Brockington

Conyers, GA
Political Science, Communication Studies

J.P. Burleigh

Cincinatti, OH
Political Science, Philosophy

Elizabeth Campbell

Knoxville, TN
Political Science, History

Shannon Cherney

North Myrtle Beach, SC
Political Science, Communication Studies, Ancient Greek and Roman Studies

Matthew Deininger

Pittsboro, NC
Political Science, Mathematics-Economics

Emma DeVenny

Lancaster, SC
Political Science, French

Lucy Lansing

Rome, GA
Political Science

Evan Norfleet

Chapel Hill, NC
Political Science

Samikshya Pandey

Kathmandu
Mathematics-Economics

Matthew Sanders

Japanese Studies, History

Liam Simkins-Walker

Atlanta, GA
Political Science, Mathematics

Rebecca Sorensen

Satellite Beach, FL
Politics and International Affairs, German Studies

Dominic Travis

Cincinnati, OH
Political Science

Xunqi (Jack) Zhu

Wuxi, China
Political Science

Noah Zimmerman

Camden, SC
Political Science, Philosophy, Poverty Studies

Class of 2019

Eric Faidley

Blountville, TN
Political Science

Emma Fischer

Cornwall, CT
Politics and International Affairs

Chelsea McKelvey

Charleston, SC
History, Spanish

Kristen Rafuse

Atlanta, GA
Political Science, French

Michael Robertson

Charlotte, NC
Political Science

Peyton Roth

Woodstock, GA
Political Science, Chemistry

Jay Watson

Columbia, SC
Political Science, Philosophy

Katherine West

Edgewood, KY
Politics and International Affair

Class of 2020

Johnny Aluri

Columbia, SC
Politics and International Affairs (undeclared)

Kenia Flores

Charlotte, NC
Politics and International Affairs

Bethany Knapp

New York, NY
Sociology, Studio Art

Hanna Perry

Newport News, VA
Undeclared