CCU to host Youth Leadership Academy
The Third Annual Youth Leadership Academy sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and Coastal Carolina University will be held on Monday, March 15 on the Coastal Carolina University campus. Schools from all nine counties have committed to participate. Approximately 330 10th grade student leaders are expected on campus.The Youth Leadership Academy is designed to offer leadership training for identified 10th grade students from nine counties along the Grand Strand and Pee Dee. This one-day program is designed to recognize the students' leadership talents and apply those talents as the students learn to become effective, ethical leaders in their home, school, workplace and community. During the program, students focus on developing the four core fundamentals of leadership: integrity, vision, inspiration and communication. All students, through the program-related activities, have the opportunity to express their own ideas as they seek to develop and build their own leadership characteristics.