{"id":1844,"date":"2023-08-15T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=1844"},"modified":"2023-10-03T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:21:17","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-august-15-2023","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-august-15-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: August 15, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andy Brack<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Spring 2006),<\/em> editor and publisher with the <em>Charleston City Paper,<\/em> won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia\u2019s first place award for best political column. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3YnYmep\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Fraser<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2011),<\/em> principal and managing director of Avison Young\u2019s South Carolina offices, has been elected chairman of the Charleston Regional Development Alliance\u2019s board of directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/44Ze3eA\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbara Melvin<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2015), <\/em>president and CEO of South Carolina Ports, was named SC Women in Leadership\u2019s 2023 Leading Woman. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3QskfXV\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlos Phillips<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2017),<\/em> president and CEO of the Greenville Chamber, was named chair of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives board of directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ON1r4B\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glenis Redmond<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2013),<\/em> Greenville\u2019s poet laureate, was named a 2023 Academy of American Poets poet laureate. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Ot9amL\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carl Sobocinski <\/strong><em>(Upstate, Spring 2017),<\/em> founder and owner of Table 301 Restaurant Group, received the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation\u2019s 2023 Community Leadership Award. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3rYsrVL\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ann Wright<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Spring 2016), <\/em>vice president for advancement for the Greenville Tech Foundation, received a 2023 SC Women in Business award. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3OXk6Lf\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Brack (Lowcountry, Spring 2006), editor and publisher with the Charleston City Paper, won the Association of Alternative Newsmedia\u2019s first place award for best political column. Read more. &nbsp; Chris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1845,"template":"","update-categories":[10],"class_list":["post-1844","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-riley-fellows-bulletin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1844","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\/1844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}