JARVIS STUDENT SELECTED FOR THE ANDREW YOUNG EMERGING LEADERS SUMMER INSTITUTE

Cedrick Billington, a sophomore sociology major at Jarvis Christian College, has been selected to participate in the Andrew Young Emerging Leaders Summer Institute 2014. Billington is vice president of the college’s Enactus team.

This inaugural summer institute has been designed by former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young to connect chosen student leaders with individuals, employers, and mentors who emphasize some of the tools and resources needed to succeed as an entrepreneur and advance in life.

According to Ches Talley, Enactus advisor: “as project leader for the Letsa Kuphila or Life Giving Project, Cedrick manages a collaboration between the Jarvis Enactus team and the School of Social Work at Stephen F. Austin State University designed to empower orphans living in the African nation of Swaziland to become self-sufficient.”