{"id":925,"date":"2021-11-17T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=furman-update&p=925"},"modified":"2021-11-18T15:31:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:31:17","slug":"riley-fellows-in-the-news-november-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/news\/riley-fellows-in-the-news-november-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Fellows in the News: November 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy Barrett<\/strong>\u00a0(Statewide, Fall 2020)<\/em>\u00a0was named president and CEO of the Myrtle Beach Downtown Alliance.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Alan Cooper<\/strong>\u00a0(Midlands, Spring 2011)<\/em>, publisher and editor of\u00a0UpstateBizSC, MidlandsBiz,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0LowcountryBizSC,<\/em>\u00a0received a South Carolina Senate commendation.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Cal Hurst<\/strong>\u00a0(Upstate, Spring 2016)<\/em>, chief banking officer at Southern First, was elected as chair-elect of the Greenville Chamber’s board of directors.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Barbara Melvin<\/strong>\u00a0(Lowcountry, Fall 2015)<\/em>\u00a0will become the next president and CEO of South Carolina Ports and the first woman to lead a top 10 U.S. operating container port.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Hope Rivers<\/strong>\u00a0(Midlands, Spring 2019)<\/em>, president of Piedmont Technical College, received the University of South Carolina’s Outstanding Black Alumni award.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Nigel Robertson<\/strong>\u00a0(Upstate, Fall 2008)<\/em>\u00a0was named co-anchor on the WYFF Greenville 6 and 11 p.m. news.\u00a0Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Last month, the Greenville Chamber and the Riley Institute recognized the 2021 recipients of the Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards.\u00a0Learn more about the winners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read the latest updates about Riley Fellows career changes, board and commission appointments, professional honors, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":927,"template":"","update-categories":[11,10],"class_list":["post-925","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\/925","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\/925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}