Riverside High School's Nayha Hussain has been selected to participate in the class of Emerging Public Leaders. EPL has accepted rising high school seniors from across South Carolina for its 17th class, bringing the total number of students who have participated in the program to 260.
Students will convene June 16-20 on the Furman campus where they will investigate topics such as engaging in the community, analyzing critical issues, practicing ethical leadership, developing communication and presentation skills, and planning for the implementation of a service project.
Following the summer, student’s work with Riley Institute staff, school officials, and residents in their communities to further develop their service project ideas and implement projects that address diversity and specific needs in their communities.
The students return to campus the following spring to present their community service projects to a panel of judges, and the winning project receives funds for program expansion or replication.
The 2019-20 Riley Institute Emerging Public Leaders are:
Rund Abdelnabi
Greenville Tech Charter High School
Piedmont
Ashley Anderson
Academic Magnet High School
Sophie Anderson
Greenville High School
Greenville
Mackenzie Brady
Ashley Hall
Charleston
Hunter Bridges
Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School
Bamberg
Douglas Culclasure
Wade Hampton Fine Arts Center
Greenville
Faith Eberflus
River Bluff High School
Lexington
Vee Edlund
Oakbrook Prep
Spartanburg
Natalie Geiger
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Greenville
Nayha Hussain
Riverside High School
Greer
Ellis McLarty
Wade Hampton Fine Arts Center
Greenville
Ariel Meriwether
Strom Thurmond High School
Johnston
Jennifer Nguyen
Socastee High School
Myrtle Beach
Madison Pollock
Dutch Fork High School
Irmo
Robert Runnion
JL Mann High School
Greenville
Dustin Tant
York Prep Academy
Rock Hill
Ellie Toler
Spartanburg Day School
Spartanburg
Alecia Williams
Barnwell High School
Barnwell