{"id":4561,"date":"2016-03-23T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=4561"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:52:15","slug":"furman-students-join-apecs-voices-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/furman-students-join-apecs-voices-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman students join APEC\u2019s Voices of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-quick-view-block-author\">\n<div class=\"nsb-one-date-updated\">Last updated September 7, 2022<\/div>\n<div class=\"nsb-one-date-published\">Published March 23, 2016<\/div>\n<div class=\"nsb-one-date-published\">By Tina Underwood<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-quick-view-block-content\">\n<p>Each year, Furman University\u2019s Riley Institute sends a student delegation to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. APEC, a conglomeration of 21 member economies, aims to promote sustainable economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Two members of the Furman team, seniors Gray Johnson (political science) of Aiken and Mallary Taylor (political science and psychology) of Greenville, wrote an op-ed for <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/opinion\/contributors\/2016\/03\/20\/inventor-ceo-and-obama-go-conference\/81593236\/\">The Greenville News<\/a><\/em><\/strong> about their experience at the meeting held last November in Manila. Reflecting on the trip, which took place amid the terror attacks in Paris, Johnson and Taylor write, \u201cDiversity in all its forms proved to be the element that truly allowed us to learn, engage and connect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated September 7, 2022 Published March 23, 2016 By Tina Underwood &nbsp; Each year, Furman University\u2019s Riley Institute sends a student delegation to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. APEC, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4562,"template":"","update-categories":[123,96,53],"class_list":["post-4561","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-apec","furman-update-category-civic-participation","furman-update-category-op-ed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4561","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4565,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4561\/revisions\/4565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=4561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}