{"id":851,"date":"2021-09-08T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=851"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:52:08","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-september-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-september-8-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: September 8, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kathy Dudley Helms<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Midlands, Fall 2007)<\/em>\u00a0of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &amp; Stewart, P.C. was named Distinguished Lawyer of 2021 by the South Carolina Bar Employment and Labor Law Section.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=5e480418a4&amp;e=7b1cc60452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shawn Edwards<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Lowcountry, Fall 2013)<\/em>\u00a0is now The Citadel&#8217;s chief inclusive excellence officer.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=986dc1c529&amp;e=7b1cc60452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Katrice Hardy<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Fall 2017)<\/em>\u00a0was named executive editor of\u00a0<em>The Dallas Morning News.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=c36b090193&amp;e=7b1cc60452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christina Melton<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Upstate, Spring 2013)<\/em>\u00a0is now the South Carolina Department of Education&#8217;s director of assessment.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=77dbf1278c&amp;e=7b1cc60452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among those recognized by the\u00a0<em>Columbia Regional Business Report<\/em>\u00a0as 2021 Icons &amp; Phenoms are\u00a0<strong>Sara Fawcett<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Midlands, Spring 2019)<\/em>, president and CEO of United Way of the Midlands;\u00a0<strong>Dominik Mjartan<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Midlands, Spring 2019)<\/em>, president and CEO of Optus Bank; and\u00a0<strong>Amanda Loveday<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(Midlands, Spring 2017)<\/em>, COO of NP Strategy.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=43cdda0bb6&amp;e=7b1cc60452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re hiring! The Riley Institute is seeking a program director for South Carolina Afterschool Leaders Empowered (SCALE), a new statewide initiative that will equip afterschool and summer learning leaders with the tools they need to grow and improve out-of-school time programs. Applications are due September 12.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/furman.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=a64ad6281fb45b24b5fd7ccf2&amp;id=d0e0524ba3&amp;e=7b1cc60452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\">Apply today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the latest updates about Riley Fellows career changes, board and commission appointments, professional honors, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":854,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-851","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\/851","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\/851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}