{"id":470,"date":"2021-02-26T16:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=470"},"modified":"2021-05-27T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:43:41","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-february-26-2021","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-february-26-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: February 26, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Graham Adams<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2018)<\/em>, president and CEO of the SC Office of Rural Health, <strong>Lila Anna Sauls<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2018)<\/em>, executive director of Homeless No More, and <strong>Mike Young<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2020)<\/em>, co-interim director of PASOs, are now on the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development board of directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/scaced\/grant-opportunity-virtual-trainings-awards-nominations-1144354?e=e8f0ad7167\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amelia McKie<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2015)<\/em>, Richland Two school board member, was elected as Region 8 Director of the South Carolina School Boards Association. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richland2.org\/News\/AMELIA-MCKIE-ELECTED-AS-STATE-SCHOOL-BOARDS-ASSOCI\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Richards<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2010)<\/em>, global business director for NAI Earle Furman, joined Public Education Partners\u2019 board of directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/pepgc.org\/2021\/01\/22\/pep-welcomes-two-new-board-directors\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carl Ritchie<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2016)<\/em>, Mount Pleasant police chief, has announced his retirement after 32 years with the department. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counton2.com\/news\/local-news\/mount-pleasant-police-chief-carl-ritchie-announces-retirement\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allen Smith<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2013)<\/em> leads OneSpartanburg, Inc., which was recognized as 2020 Outstanding Chamber of the Year by the Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onespartanburginc.com\/news\/2020\/12\/14\/organizational-news\/onespartanburg-inc.-named-outstanding-chamber-of-the-year-by-carolinas-association-of-chamber-of-commerce-executives\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marjory Wentworth<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2016)<\/em> received the South Carolina Governor\u2019s Award for the Arts for her service as poet laureate of South Carolina. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/columnists\/south-carolina-governors-awards-for-the-arts-recipients-announced\/article_1fdd1f9a-6bd2-11eb-96e9-8b50b65a6d2e.html\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join us virtually on March 2 for <em>Insurrection at the Capitol: Insights from a Former White Nationalist<\/em>. Derek Black, godson of David Duke and former heir apparent to the white nationalist movement, will join Furman philosophy professor Aaron Simmons, Ph.D., for a conversation about the undercurrents, identities, and passions that motivated the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/speaker-award-events\/speaker-events\/insurrection-at-the-capitol\/\">Learn more and register.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Adams (Midlands, Spring 2018), president and CEO of the SC Office of Rural Health, Lila Anna Sauls (Midlands, Spring 2018), executive director of Homeless No More, and Mike Young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":448,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-470","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\/470","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\/470\/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=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}