{"id":1937,"date":"2023-12-14T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&p=1937"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:48:05","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-december-14-2023","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-december-14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: December 14, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Carolina Senators Margie Bright Matthews<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2016)<\/em> and Mia McLeod<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2012)<\/em> received the 2023 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Willis Cantey<\/strong> (Statewide, Fall 2020), <\/em>CEO of Cantey Tech Consulting, was elected chair of the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities board of trustees. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bob Hughes<\/strong> (Upstate, Fall 2021), <\/em>chairman of Hughes Development Corporation, received Integrated Media Publishing\u2019s inaugural C. Dan Adams Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Forest Mahan<\/strong> (Midlands, Spring 2020), <\/em>president of Aiken Technical College, was named the Association of Community College Trustees\u2019 2023 Southern Region CEO of the Year. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nikki Seibert<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2021),<\/em> owner and director of Wit Meets Grit, was named South Carolina\u2019s 2023 Community Star by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Liz Seman<\/strong> (Upstate, Spring 2006),<\/em> chief of staff and liaison to the board of trustees at Furman University and vice chairwoman of Greenville County Council, received the Community Foundation of Greenville\u2019s Ruth Nicholson Award. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dominique Simpson Milton<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2017), <\/em>president and chief engagement officer for Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council, was among those named Top 25 Diversity Change Leaders by Diversity Plus Magazine. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jennie Stephens<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2008), <\/em>CEO of the Center for Heirs\u2019 Property Reservation, received the College of Charleston\u2019s Alumnae of the Year award. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2024 will be here before you know it, and that means the annual Riley-Wilkins OneSouthCarolina Awards Dinner is just around the corner! Reserve seats for yourself and a guest now using the code RileyFellowONESC and get $50 off each ticket. The event is taking place in Columbia on January 10 and will honor Senator Nikki Setzler<\/strong> and former CEO of Sonoco Harris DeLoach<\/strong>. Learn more and register<\/a>. https:\/\/bit.ly\/3RcMKHM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Carolina Senators Margie Bright Matthews (Lowcountry, Fall 2016) and Mia McLeod (Lowcountry, Fall 2012) received the 2023 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Read more.   Willis Cantey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1938,"template":"","update-categories":[10],"class_list":["post-1937","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\/1937","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\/1937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=1937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}