{"id":1171,"date":"2022-06-08T15:32:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=1171"},"modified":"2022-08-23T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T15:36:29","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-june-8-2022","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-june-8-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: June 8, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Natalie Ham<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2018)<\/em> was named county attorney for Charleston County. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=96e344213b&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Hefner<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2015)<\/em> was inducted into the South Carolina Foundation for Educational Leadership&#8217;s Educator Hall of Fame. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=7c54d744ff&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>KJ Kearney<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2017)<\/em> was nominated for the James Beard Foundation&#8217;s Broadcast Media Award for his social media accounts (TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram) promoting Black-owned restaurants and food and beverage products at @blkfoodfridays. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=54a593be8b&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abby Saunders<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2008)<\/em> of MGC Law was appointed to serve as a 15th circuit delegate in the South Carolina Bar&#8217;s House of Delegates. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=7ea75ed5e3&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minor Mickel Shaw<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2004)<\/em> received the Council of Independent Colleges&#8217; Charles W. L. Foreman award for her decades-long support of South Carolina&#8217;s private colleges and universities. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=c151642313&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marguerite Willis<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2020)<\/em> of Nexsen Pruet received a 2021 Golden Pen Award, presented by <em>The Post and Courier.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=409cc7fbea&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among those who received awards at the Greenville Chamber&#8217;s 133rd annual meeting are <strong>Katherine Smoak Davis<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2010)<\/em>, owner of Smoak Public Relations, who received the ATHENA Leadership Award; <strong>Richard Hagins<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2017)<\/em>, CEO of US&amp;S, Inc., who received the Chairman&#8217;s Award; and <strong>Merl Code<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2006)<\/em>, attorney with Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &amp; Stewart, P.C., and <strong>David Lominack<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2012)<\/em>, South Carolina market president at TD Bank, who both received the Buck Mickel Leadership Award. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=4e123c2c91&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Ham (Lowcountry, Fall 2018) was named county attorney for Charleston County. Read more Stephen Hefner (Midlands, Spring 2015) was inducted into the South Carolina Foundation for Educational Leadership&#8217;s Educator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1172,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-1171","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-diversity-strategies","furman-update-category-riley-fellows-bulletin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1171","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\/1171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}