How do you bring the American Dream closer to home?

In her 2025 StraightTalk op-ed contest submission, runner-up Raya Almahameed ’28 writes about what it means to rebuild hope and opportunity at the local level — and why Greenville’s story matters.

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Tamara King (Midlands, Spring 2024) was named executive director of the Richland Library. Read more: www.thestate.com/news/local/a.... #RileyFellow

William Kenley (Upstate, Fall 2022), CEO of AnMed, was named among the nation’s Community Hospital CEOs to Know by Becker's Healthcare. Read more: www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-man... #RileyFellow

Tony Bartelme (Lowcountry, Fall 2018), senior projects reporter for The Post and Courier, received the Michael A. Dornheim Award from the National Press Club. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/news/f35-cra... #RileyFellow

Adam Artigliere (Upstate, Spring 2024), partner at Burr & Forman, was named to the 2024 South Carolina Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll. Read more: www.burr.com/newsroom/new... #RileyFellow

Riley staff attended SC Women in Lead's "Leading Women Dinner." Honorees, trailblazing women reshaping civic leadership, included:

🏅USC SC WBB Coach Dawn Staley
🏅Former SC Women in Lead CEO Barbara Rackes
🏅Michelle Brandt, Charleston County Parks Commission

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What do Nobel Prize winners in Economics and Raj Chetty have in common? Most start with the John Bates Clark Medal — a.k.a “Baby Nobel.”

Tomorrow, Chetty will bring his research to #StraightTalk.

📍McAlister |⏰ 6:30 p.m.
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Glenis Redmond (Upstate, Fall 2013), Greenville's first poet laureate, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto. Read more: greenvillejournal.com/community/gl...

Larry Miller (Upstate, Fall 2022) was named president of Greenville Technical College. Read more: greenvillejournal.com/education/gr...