Students, families, and educators gather for The Carter Center recognition event and College Fair

Nearly 500 NSHSS members, families, and teachers gathered for the annual scholar recognition program and college fair at The Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, December 6, 2008. The day was once again declared NSHSS Day in the state of Georgia by Governor Sonny Perdue. The inspiring program honored the scholars and distinguished educators, followed by a college panel and fair with 16 participating universities. Holiday music was provided by “AHANA,” a highly acclaimed a capella group from Emory University, who truly mesmerized the audience. NSHSS Chair Claes Nobel, in his keynote address, urged students to accept the challenge of becoming tomorrow’s leaders. He encouraged members and parents alike to pursue peace and to be good stewards of the earth.
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High school senior Jourdan Urbach, of Roslyn, New York,  was  featured on CBS-TV recently.  The teen violinist was showcased on  a "Sunday Morning" segment for his benefit performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City on November 22, 2008, which raised over $150,000 for  the  National Multiple Sclerosis  Society’s Promise 2010 Research Campaign.

This "Concert for a Cure" was produced by Jourdan, as founder and director of the charity Children Helping Children.  During the program he played an electric violin suite written for him and full orchestra by Grammy Award Nominated Composer Chris Caswell, and the dazzling Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, considered to be one of the most technically difficult works for violin.

During the event, Jourdan was presented with a $5,000 grant from Teva Neuroscience in support of his MS research. This was a decision made by the laureates at Teva to honor his work in the field and to create a collaboration and connection between his research and outreach work and Teva Neuroscience.
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