{"id":1158,"date":"2022-08-16T18:45:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=1158"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T18:46:10","slug":"kelly-gregory-hiring","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/kelly-gregory-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Gregory joins Riley Institute as Director for Public Education Partnerships and Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>FOR INFORMATION:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Katie Quine<br \/>\nMarketing and Communications Manager<br \/>\nThe Riley Institute at Furman University<br \/>\n864.294.3368; katie.quine@furman.edu<\/p>\n<p>AUGUST 16, 2022 \u2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n<p><strong>KELLY GREGORY JOINS FURMAN\u2019S RILEY INSTITUTE AS DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GREENVILLE, S.C. \u2014 The Riley Institute at Furman University has appointed a new staff member who will focus on advancing evidence-based public education practices in South Carolina by cultivating statewide partnerships and drawing from the Institute\u2019s original research and from research at the state and national levels.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Gregory joined the Riley Institute on July 18 and brings both extensive classroom experience and research experience to the role. Gregory taught for 11 years in public schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, most recently working for Greenville County Schools. She holds a National Board certification as an Exceptional Needs Specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory previously worked at the Institute from 2015 to 2019, serving as a member of the research team for its external evaluation of OnTrack Greenville, a collaborative intervention program that keeps students on track to graduate high school. She was also a data analyst for the Institute\u2019s groundbreaking South Carolina statewide education study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Kelly\u2019s deep well of experience and on-the-ground understanding of the challenges and opportunities that exist in our public schools, the Riley Institute\u2019s efforts to help improve education outcomes in South Carolina are made that much stronger,\u201d said Don Gordon, executive director of the Riley Institute. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have her back on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Named for former U.S. Secretary of Education and former South Carolina Governor Dick Riley, the Riley Institute advances social and economic progress in South Carolina and beyond by building leadership for a diverse society, broadening student and community perspectives on critical issues, hosting expert speakers, supporting public education, and creating knowledge through community solutions-focused research. It is committed to nonpartisanship in all it does and to a rhetoric-free, facts-based approach to change.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit www.furman.edu\/riley or contact Katie Quine, marketing and communications manager at the Riley Institute, at katie.quine@furman.edu or 864.294.3368.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Riley Institute has appointed a new staff member who will focus on advancing evidence-based public education practices in South Carolina by cultivating statewide partnerships and drawing from the Institute\u2019s original research and from research at the state and national levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1159,"template":"","update-categories":[18,12],"class_list":["post-1158","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-news-release","furman-update-category-public-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-update"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}