Mike just graduated from Blythewood High School in Columbia, SC. He has been engaged in service learning since his sophomore year when he was selected for the Richland School District Two Youth Action CouncilIn keeping with his passionate interests in “all things technology”, Mike is the Youth Action Council’s web https://dropoutprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C.W.-Gardenhire-pic.jpgistrator and tech consultant. Mike’s commitment to service learning and student leadership has afforded him numerous opportunities to train other teachers and students not only within his district, but on a larger scale such as the At-Risk Youth National Forum, the National Dropout Prevention Center’s Service-Learning Institute at Clemson University, IGESL’s Summer Service-Learning Institute, and the National Service Learning Conference.