{"id":1345,"date":"2022-12-16T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=1345"},"modified":"2023-01-12T17:15:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:15:17","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-december-16-2022","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-december-16-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: December 16, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shaniece Criss <\/strong><em>(Upstate, Spring 2017),<\/em> associate professor of health sciences at Furman University, is now director of Furman\u2019s new Master of Arts in advocacy and equity studies graduate degree program. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3FOsYhp\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baron Davis <\/strong><em>(Midlands, Spring 2017),<\/em> Richland Two schools superintendent, was recognized by the American Heart Association\u2019s school-based youth programs, Kids Heart Challenge and American Heart Challenge, as Administrator of the Year. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HuvhYk\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mia McLeod<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2012),<\/em> South Carolina state senator, and <strong>Molly Spearman<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2012),<\/em> South Carolina state superintendent of education, were honored at the 2022 Leading Women Dinner. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Wbn27y\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Mitchell <\/strong><em>(Midlands, Spring 2017)<\/em> of Fisher Phillips was appointed co-chair of the ABA Labor and Employment Law Section\u2019s committee on development of the law under the National Labor Relations Act. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HySCZ0\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerrita Postlewait <\/strong><em>(Midlands, Spring 2012)<\/em> was named superintendent of Lexington County School District One. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3HCbhD4\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ronald Rhames <\/strong><em>(Midlands, Spring 2017),<\/em> president of Midlands Technical College, received the NAACP Columbia Chapter\u2019s Excellence in Education Award. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3HBOiIj\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jim Stewart<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2015),<\/em> police chief for the city of Anderson, is now president of the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3YlubnS\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephanie Yarbrough <\/strong><em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2009)<\/em>, partner with Womble Bond Dickinson, was appointed to the firm\u2019s Global Board. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3iXHGK3\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaniece Criss (Upstate, Spring 2017), associate professor of health sciences at Furman University, is now director of Furman\u2019s new Master of Arts in advocacy and equity studies graduate degree program. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1346,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-1345","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\/1345","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\/1345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}