{"id":515,"date":"2020-05-13T18:47:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=515"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T13:34:40","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-may-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-may-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: May 13, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Melanie Huggins<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2018)<\/em>, Richland Library executive director, was elected as president of the Public Library Association.<a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/richland-librarys-executive-director-elected-to-lead-public-library-association\/\"> Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uvette Pope-Rodgers<\/strong> <em>(Midlands, Spring 2015)<\/em> is the new chief financial officer for the South Carolina State University 1890 Research and Extension Program. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinapanorama.com\/hbcus\/sc-state-university-announces-1890-program-s-new-chief-financial-officer\/article_b566327a-8e17-11ea-9b9a-53d8f4a99bff.html\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Scott<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2019)<\/em> is now president and CEO of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. <a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/beaufort-regional-chamber-names-new-president-ceo\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jermaine Whirl<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2018)<\/em>, vice president for learning and workforce development at Greenville Technical College, was selected for the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship. <a href=\"https:\/\/whosonthemove.com\/dr-jermaine-whirl-of-greenville-technical-college-chosen-for-national-presidential-fellowship-for-community-college-leaders\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Wooten<\/strong> <em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2017)<\/em>, attorney with Nelson Mullins Riley &amp; Scarborough LLP, was selected as a 2020 South Carolina rising star. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nelsonmullins.com\/idea_exchange\/news\/press_releases\/nelson-mullins-south-carolina-attorneys-selected-for-2020-super-lawyers-and-rising-stars\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Series: Frontline Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re honoring the exemplary leadership of Riley Fellows serving on the frontlines during the COVID-19 outbreak through a new Q&amp;A series on our website. Recently, we spoke with Pickens County School District Superintendent <strong>Danny Merck<\/strong> <em>(Upstate, Fall 2018)<\/em> who is working to address the holistic needs of 16,000 students and 2,300 employees while schools remain closed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/2020\/04\/17\/frontline-fellows-qa-with-danny-merck-pickens-county-school-district-superintendent\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melanie Huggins (Midlands, Spring 2018), Richland Library executive director, was elected as president of the Public Library Association. Read more. Uvette Pope-Rodgers (Midlands, Spring 2015) is the new chief financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":448,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-515","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\/515","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\/515\/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=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}