{"id":4576,"date":"2022-12-09T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=4576"},"modified":"2026-08-11T18:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:17:36","slug":"voices-of-the-future-speak-out-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/voices-of-the-future-speak-out-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices of the Future speak out in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-quick-view-block-author\">\n<div class=\"nsb-one-date-published\">Published December 9, 2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-quick-view-block-content\">\n<p><span class=\"ContentPasted0\">Each fall, Furman University, under the\u00a0<a class=\"ContentPasted0\" title=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"0\">auspices of the The Riley Institute<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentPasted0\">, and the departments of economics and politics and international affairs, send<\/span><span class=\"ContentPasted0\">\u00a0a small group of students to one of the 21 member economies hosting the<\/span><span class=\"ContentPasted0\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"ContentPasted0\" title=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/students\/programs\/apec-2022-thailand\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/students\/programs\/apec-2022-thailand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)<\/a><span class=\"ContentPasted0\">\u00a0Leaders Week.\u00a0<\/span>This year, those who traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, to participate in the APEC Voices of the Future Summit included: Grace Curty \u201923, a politics and international affairs major with a minor in Latin American and Latinx Studies; Lauren Garrison \u201923, an economics major with a minor in medicine, health and culture; Nate Johnson \u201923, an economics major; and Michael Peeler \u201924, a computer science major.<\/p>\n<p>The students, accompanied by Cleve Fraser, a professor of politics and international affairs, and Kelsey Hample, an assistant professor of economics, interacted with delegates from 14 other member economies, drafted a Youth Declaration, which was presented to the prime minister of Thailand, and observed business and governmental leaders at sessions of the concurrent APEC CEO Summit and the APEC Business Advisory Council. The group also enjoyed cultural excursions \u2013 including a visit to see a classic Thai puppet show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published December 9, 2022 &nbsp; Each fall, Furman University, under the\u00a0auspices of the The Riley Institute, and the departments of economics and politics and international affairs, send\u00a0a small group of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4577,"template":"","update-categories":[123,121,46],"class_list":["post-4576","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-apec","furman-update-category-leadership-development","furman-update-category-student-programs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4576","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4579,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4576\/revisions\/4579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=4576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}