UPCOMING EVENTS / NEWS
July 14 - 20: Teachers of Government program
August 30, September 6, 13: Summer Series with OLLI: Who Gets to be American? Immigration and the Fight for America’s Future.
October 7 - 13: White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship conference
October 30: Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award
January 8, 2018: Wilkins Awards Dinner
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RECENT EVENTS
June 17 - 22: Emerging Public Leaders 2018-19
June 17 - 21: Advantage Scholars Program for incoming Duke, Hollingsworth, Lay and Townes scholars
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SPOTLIGHT
Teachers of Government 2018
July 14 - 20, 2018
Eight high school and middle school teachers of government from South Carolina arrived on Furman's campus on July 14th to participate in the Sixteenth Annual Summer Institute for Teachers of Government sponsored by the Riley Institute at Furman. Participants will spend a week in Washington D.C. where they will meet with government officials, politicians, non-governmental activists and members of education policy-making agencies.
The 2018 Teachers of Government participants:
Eric Burrow, Wade Hampton High School, Greenville, SC
Jody Foreman, Ridgeland Hardeeville High School, Ridgeland, SC
Jenna Griner, Brashier Middle College Charter High School, Simpsonville, SC
Chelsea Kizer, Saluda High School, Saluda, SC
Alison Little, Spartanburg High School, Spartanburg, SC
Wade Lucas, Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy, Cayce, SC
Jamie Luff, Riverside Middle School, Greenville, SC 29650
Kyle Miller, Darlington High School, Darlington, SC
