UPCOMING EVENTS / NEWS
November 12-18: APEC "Voices of the Future" program in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. To view the student blog, click here.
January 8, 2019: Wilkins Awards Dinner
February 8, 2019: Law & Society
June 16-21, 2019: Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) 2019-20. Application process is open; deadline is Friday, April 5, 2019.
July 12-19, 2019: Teachers of Government (TOG) 2019 - Greenville, SC and Washington, DC. Application process is open; deadline is Friday, March 22, 2019.
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RECENT EVENTS
October 30: Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award
October 7 - 12: White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship conference
October 1, Session 3: Summer Series with OLLI: Who Gets to be American? Immigration and the Fight for America’s Future.
September 18: Constitution Day
July 14 - 20: Teachers of Government program
Check our calendar for all events at the Riley Institute including the Diversity Leaders Initiative and the Center for Education Policy and Leadership
SPOTLIGHT
The Fourteenth Annual Wilkins Awards Dinner
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
January 8, 2019
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Held on the first night of the legislative session each year and attended by political, community, and business leaders, the Wilkins Awards Dinner promotes citizenship, public service, and bipartisan governing. The Wilkins Awards are named for former Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives and Ambassador to Canada, David H. Wilkins and honor the leadership, courage, vision, and integrity of one South Carolina legislator and one South Carolina civic leader. The winners of the 2018 Awards for Excellence in Legislative Leadership and Excellence in Civic Leadership will be honored at the 14th annual Wilkins Awards Dinner on January 8, 2019.
