{"id":502,"date":"2020-09-14T18:04:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=502"},"modified":"2021-05-27T18:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:11:49","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-september-14-2020","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-september-14-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: September 14, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>David Dubberly<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2016)<\/em>, attorney with Nexsen Pruet, was elected to the Midlands Technical College Foundation Board. <a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/midlands-technical-college-foundation-elects-new-board-members\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moryah Jackson<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2014)<\/em> is now vice president and director of community development and engagement for United Community Bank. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/news\/2020\/08\/12\/united-community-bank-community-engagement.html\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Johnsen<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2009)<\/em> was elected senior director for the Federation of Defense &amp; Corporate Counsel (FDCC) board of directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/gsabizwire.com\/jennifer-e-johnsen-elected-senior-director-of-the-federation-of-defense-corporate-counsel\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leon Lott<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Fall 2007)<\/em>, Richland County Sheriff, was elected to serve on the executive board of the Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA). <a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/lott-appointed-to-executive-board-of-national-sheriffs-organization\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leo Twiggs<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2014)<\/em>, renowned artist, educator and writer, was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/berkeley-independent\/community-news\/twiggs-inducted-into-the-sc-hall-of-fame\/article_323403a8-50d4-11ea-8059-17d0bbddca42.html\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isvara Wilson<\/strong><em> (Midlands, Spring 2015)<\/em>, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, was elected to the United Way of the Midlands board of directors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uway.org\/press-room\/united-way-midlands-announces-2020-2021-board-directors\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among those elected to the Spartanburg Academic Movement board of directors are: <strong>Phil Feisal<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2010)<\/em>, president of Spartanburg Regional Medical Center; <strong>Randall Gary<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2018)<\/em>, superintendent of Spartanburg District Five; and <strong>Michael Mikota<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2015)<\/em>, president of Spartanburg Community College. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goupstate.com\/story\/news\/2020\/09\/04\/spartanburg-education-community-announces-leadership-changes-honors\/5680049002\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join us virtually tomorrow, September 15, for the final session of StraightTalk: Voting in America, \u201cDemocracy at Risk: Safeguarding Votes, Voters, and Election Integrity.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/speaker-award-events\/speaker-events\/straighttalk-2020-voting-in-america\/\">Learn more and register.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Dubberly (Midlands, Spring 2016), attorney with Nexsen Pruet, was elected to the Midlands Technical College Foundation Board. Read more. Moryah Jackson (Midlands, Spring 2014) is now vice president and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":448,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-502","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\/502","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\/502\/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=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}