Coastal Carolina University has named seven students its 2012 Jackson Scholars, according to a news release from the school.
The seven are Cheryl Anthony, a philosophy major from Murrells Inlet; Amber Eckersley, a history major from Conway; Miranda Frederick, a theater major from Chapin; Alex Mosier, a biology major from Pawleys Island; Kara Olson, a communication major from Victoria, Minn.; Kaitlyn Page, a political science major from Aynor; and Caitlyn Rhodes, a history major from Loris.
The scholars program is a student leadership program sponsored by the university’s Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values.
Each of the scholars gets $1,000 annually to assist with personal costs associated with the program. They are required to complete two years of ethical leadership studies in the classroom, spend two semesters as counselors through the Summer Ethics Academy, to create and perform an ethics-focused internship in the community and to prepare an annual report to the Jackson family.
The Center for Ethics and Values was founded in 2004 by Nelson and Mary Emily Platt Jackson, business and civic leaders along the Grand Strand. Its primary focus is to cultivate awareness in the academic and surrounding communities of the importance and lifelong rewards of personal and professional integrity.