West Virginia Universitys Eberly College of Arts and Sciences is honoring two of its students who have spent their college careers reaching out to AIDS and HIV sufferers in South Africa and troubled teens in Jamaica and Philadelphias inner city.

Emily Renzelli and Bryce Glass have been named Eberly College Deans Leadership Scholars for 2007-08. Theyll each receive a $3,000 scholarship and will represent the college by giving presentations at various meetings and recruiting activities. Theyll also serve on Eberly student advisory committee.

Emily and Bryce have demonstrated the positive impact students can have on their communities,Eberly Dean Mary Ellen Mazey said.We commend them for their hard work and commitment to academics, leadership and community serviceand were proud and pleased theyve chosen the Eberly College as their academic home.

Emily Renzelli

Renzelli is a senior political science and philosophy major from Bridgeport. She studied abroad in South Africa as a sophomore, where she worked in community development and performed an HIV /AIDS case study.

Shes a member of the Roosevelt Institution, a nonprofit, non-partisan national network of campus-based student think tanks. Shes working to create a WVU branch of the institution and was published in its25 Ideasseries.

Renzelli also interned at the Koch Foundation, an organization which supports research and education programs that analyze the impact of free societies and how advance the well-being of mankind.

She is in the Honors College and on the debate team, and she has taught the Freshmen Honors Orientation Class.

She was a Truman Scholarship finalist and the winner of the Americans for Informed DemocracyBuzz Cutscontest, which aims to raise funds for malaria prevention. Shes implementing her malaria campaign this fall.

Bryce Glass

Glass is a senior philosophy major from Baltimore. The AmeriCorps volunteer recently spent a year in Philadelphia as part of the organizationsCity Yeareffort, where he mentored inner-city youth and helped put several community projects into place.

He also worked with youth in Jamaica as a coordinator with Rasta Reality International, an outreach group.

Glass is also on the WVU Lacrosse Team and hes been able to employ his love of the sport, and his college major, in community projects here at home: Hes a longtime volunteer with the Kaleidoscope Community Learning Center in Morgantown, and he frequently teaches philosophy lessons and lacrosse fundamentals to elementary school children in the after-hours programs.

Hes also known as the resident philanthropist for the team: In years past, hes organized auctions to raise money for lacrosse sticks for local schools.

Students selected as Deans Leadership Scholars must demonstrate strong academic potential and leadership ability, plus a proven commitment to community service.

For more information, contact Brenda Riggle is the Eberly College Office of the Dean at brenda.riggle@mail.wvu.edu or 304-293-4611.