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Neel Mandavilli of Southeast Raleigh High and Ashlyn Young of Athens Drive High were awarded the NC Hugh O'Brien (HOBY) Student Representative Award by the Raleigh Jaycees.
The two WCPSS students were among the 10 finalists selected from 226 NC students attending the state leadership program. All finalists were required to write essays, be interviewed by a panel of judges and be nominated by their seminar facilitators.
The award provides a $1,500 scholarship for each student to represent NC HOBY at the World Leadership Congress. The scholarship award was presented on Sunday, June 14 at the closing ceremonies of the three-day NC HOBY Leadership seminar at NC State University.
The 2009 Hugh O'Brien World Leadership Congress will be held at George Mason University in Washington DC from July 25 to 31. The program will host 400 rising high school juniors from all over the world.
The 2009 NC HOBY leadership seminar at NC State University attracted 226 sophomore leaders representing high schools from all across the state. Each sophomore was nominated by their high school for their outstanding accomplishments as a leader, and for their future potential as a leader. During the three-day program, students met with government leaders and entrepreneurs to gain an insight into public service and private enterprise. They were provided with guidance and direction on how to initiate and run volunteering projects that benefit their local communities.
HOBY's mission is to motivate and empower individuals to make a positive difference within our global society through understanding and action based on effective and compassionate leadership. They are outstanding 10th graders who participate in HOBY programs and return home, charged with providing visionary leadership to their classmates and community. The HOBY program, which was started in 1955, currently has approximately 410,000 HOBY ambassadors.
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