{"id":466,"date":"2021-03-17T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=466"},"modified":"2021-05-27T16:33:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:33:49","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-march-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-march-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: March 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Emory Campbell<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2008)<\/em>, cultural heritage consultant and author, and <strong>Carolyn Murray<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2010)<\/em>, WCBD-TV and Lowcountry CW news anchor, have joined the International African American Museum board. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holycitysinner.com\/2021\/03\/06\/the-international-african-american-museum-announces-new-board-members\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ray Funnye<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2014)<\/em>, Georgetown County public services director, received the American Medical Association\u2019s Outstanding Government Service Award. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtw.com\/georgetown-county-news\/georgetown-county-public-services-director-wins-national-award-for-efforts-in-achieving-equity\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natalie Ham<\/strong> (Lowcountry, Fall 2018), general counsel for the Charleston County School District, is now the Charleston County attorney. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holycitysinner.com\/2021\/03\/05\/charleston-county-council-votes-to-hire-county-attorney\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbara Melvin<\/strong><em> (Lowcountry, Fall 2015)<\/em>, South Carolina Ports COO, was named 2021 South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance Woman of the Year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counton2.com\/news\/sc-ports-coo-recognized-as-2021-woman-of-the-year\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melvin Williams<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2019)<\/em>, vice president and senior business developer with S&amp;ME, was named vice chair-elect for the American Council of Engineering Companies and was elected to the ACEC College of Fellows. <a href=\"https:\/\/groundbreakcarolinas.com\/smes-melvin-williams-tapped-for-acec-national-board-position-also-elected-to-college-of-fellows\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emory Campbell (Lowcountry, Fall 2008), cultural heritage consultant and author, and Carolyn Murray (Lowcountry, Fall 2010), WCBD-TV and Lowcountry CW news anchor, have joined the International African American Museum board. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":448,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-466","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-diversity-strategies","furman-update-category-riley-fellows-bulletin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/466","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\/466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}