{"id":1192,"date":"2022-09-06T16:42:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=1192"},"modified":"2022-09-06T16:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:42:19","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-september-1-2022","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-september-1-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: September 1, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"600\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tony Bartelme<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2018)<\/em> of <em>The Post and Courier<\/em> received the Society of Environmental Journalists&#8217; first place award for outstanding explanatory reporting on the environment. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=cc5b269933&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cameron Blazer<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2013)<\/em> was appointed as the next 9th Circuit public defender. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=083e8eb77c&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kerri Forrest<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2013)<\/em> is now MDC&#8217;s senior program director for equity centered leadership and philanthropy. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=fbc7c563a0&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cal Hurst<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2016)<\/em> is now president of Southern First Bank. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=548456d295&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meliah Bowers Jefferson<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2016)<\/em> is now executive director of the Jolley Foundation. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=e82ecdf9b8&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cynthia King<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2018)<\/em> was named associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence in the division of academic affairs at Furman University. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=6954af7038&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anita Zucker<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2008)<\/em> is now chair of the Trident Technical College Area Commission governing board. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=3b60655c85&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among those elected to the Columbia Museum of Art&#8217;s board of trustees are <strong>Leighton Lord<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2009)<\/em>, chairman of Nexsen Pruet, LLC; <strong>Ben Rex<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2013)<\/em>, president of Cyberwoven; <strong>Beth Richardson<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2019)<\/em>, partner at Robinson Gray Stepp and Laffitte, LLC; and <strong>Ann Marie Stieritz<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2013)<\/em>, president and CEO of Liberty Fellowship. <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=c048179890&amp;e=f77ded4131\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Bartelme (Lowcountry, Fall 2018) of The Post and Courier received the Society of Environmental Journalists&#8217; first place award for outstanding explanatory reporting on the environment. Read more Cameron Blazer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1193,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-1192","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\/1192","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\/1192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}