{"id":2586,"date":"2024-12-18T17:19:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T17:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=2586"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:00:43","slug":"article-published-on-dick-rileys-lasting-legacy","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/article-published-on-dick-rileys-lasting-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Article published on Dick Riley&#8217;s lasting legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-quick-view-block-author\"><em>By Tina Underwood<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Furman University alumnus, two-term South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/people\/richard-w-riley\/\">Richard W. Riley \u201954<\/a>\u00a0was featured in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/columbiametro.com\/article\/the-education-governor\/\">Columbia Metropolitan<\/a>. In \u201cThe Education Governor: Dick Riley\u2019s lasting legacy,\u201d Reba Hull Campbell describes Riley\u2019s more than 60 years\u2019 success in public service and his \u201cpositive approach, his innate ability to cultivate strong personal relationships, and his willingness to meet people where they are.\u201d Hear from Sec. Riley\u2019s inner circle of political advisors and friends and how Riley rallied support for what he calls his greatest achievement in public service \u2013 the Education Improvement Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tina Underwood Furman University alumnus, two-term South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley \u201954\u00a0was featured in\u00a0Columbia Metropolitan. In \u201cThe Education Governor: Dick Riley\u2019s lasting legacy,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2603,"template":"","update-categories":[51,49,2],"class_list":["post-2586","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-applied-public-policy","furman-update-category-furman-innovation-lab","furman-update-category-media-coverage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2586","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":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2586\/revisions\/2607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}