Eleven students from the University of Central Florida will head to Arizona State University to discuss and develop solutions to global issues during a conference for college campus leaders hosted by President Bill Clinton.
The 2014 Clinton Global Initiative University conference will be held March 21-23 in Phoenix. UCF joined the CGI University Network last year and is one of more than 45 colleges and universities worldwide that have committed to provide $10,000 in funding to students selected by the university to pursue their Commitments to Action at CGI U 2014, UCF said.
Commitments to Action, a unique feature of the CGI U model, are new, specific and measurable initiatives that address global challenges across CGI U’s five focus areas of education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health.
“I am very excited that UCF is providing a platform for student social change initiatives to come to fruition through the CGI U program,” said Stacey Malaret, the facilitator for CGI U at UCF and director for student leadership development. “Our students have such great ideas and a passion for their community that will benefit from this funding and mentoring.”
Some of the selected students from UCF will collaborate on group projects, and others will work individually. Their focus areas are:
Education
John DeLisa, senior, musical theatre
Tommy Hall, senior, musical theatre
Environment and climate change
Lucien Charland, junior, international and global studies
Rebecca Chang, junior, international and global studies
Charlene Kormondy, senior, environmental science
Will Chorvat, senior, environmental science
Shelby Olson, senior, biology
Peace and human rights
Hannah Ehrli, doctoral student, education
LaSonya Moore, doctoral student, education
Poverty alleviation
Carolina Riveros, junior, biomedicine
Andres Riveros, freshman, sport and exercise science
For more information about the meeting, visit www.cgiu.org.
