Surviving Freshman Year

Myr’lice is a Senior at Middle Georgia State University in Macon, GA, graduating in Spring 2025, as well as a Collegiate Council Executive Board Member. Her major is in New Media and Communications with a Concentration in Public Relations. In Myr’lice’s current role as assistant to the A.D. of Greek Life and Community Service (Student Life), she assists with creating events and opportunities to bridge her university to its surrounding communities and further. She is actively involved in multiple clubs on campus such as Senior Student Leadership and President of her campus’ Campus Activities Board. She has also acted as lead for her university’s Alternative Break Experience program. Myr’lice’ is helping her department prepare for events such as a Day of Service, Volunteer Fair, Student Leadership Conference, and Alternative Spring Break. 

Chase Hartman is an entrepreneur and freshman at the University of Florida studying Business Administration through the Honors Program. At ten years old, Chase co-founded a book distribution project, "read.repeat." which eventually developed into a nonprofit called Eco Brothers. He has focused on improving literacy rates and distributed over 225,000 books to 65,000 students in Hillsborough County, FL, and all 50 states. He advocates for more diverse and dual-language books in schools, has raised over $175,000 for literacy and the environment, and has provided 10,000 service hours to teens. Chase was awarded the 2022 Be More Grant from NSHSS for his efforts with diverse and dual-language books. Additionally, Chase is proud of his involvement as an Eagle Scout, Gold Medal Congressional Medalist, Congressional Intern for Kathy Castor (FL-14), and 2024 Coca-Cola Scholar, and thoroughly enjoys engaging with and serving as a mentor in organizations such as Civics Unplugged, the Riley's Way Foundation, and the Sunshine Education Foundation. He hopes to continue uplifting his community through education-based service initiatives by pursuing Consulting, possibly in the nonprofit space, in the future.

Jordan Tolbert is currently a Marketing student at Central Georgia Technical College looking to graduate in the class of 2026. He is currently part of many college organization such as CGTC Gaming Club, a member of Distinguished Black Gentlemen (DBG), part of Skills USA, and many more. He joined NSHSS in 2019 while in high school, becoming a member of the NSHSS Ambassadors and once graduating moved to a member of the NSHSS Collegiate Council. He was awarded the 2022 Outstanding NSHSS Ambassador award and continues to stay an engaged member of the organization. In his free time, he enjoys working out, skating boarding, and playing sports.