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=== [[Nick Varney|Nick_Varney]] ===

Nick is a University Innovation Candidate and a senior studying History Education at Utah Valley University. Early on, Nick discovered his passions for education and public policy, and these passions have led him to be involved in a number of projects. When he was in high school, he founded and ran a free academic credit recovery program at his school. After graduating and enrolling at Utah Valley, he worked for the federal education grant GEAR UP where he tutored and mentored over one hundred low income high school students throughout Utah County. During the 2016 Legislative Session, he served as the legislative intern for the State Superintendent’s Office and the State Board of Education. In this capacity, he conducted policy analysis and research for the Board, tracked legislation for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and designed the Legislative Session in Review presentation for education stakeholders throughout the state.

In 2017 Nick was invited to shadow the education policy staff at the National Governor’s Association as a Program Scholar. During his time with the NGA, he conducted education policy research with the NGA Center for Best Practices and gained a detailed knowledge of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Common Core. Nick's current projects include competing in the Oxford Map the System Social Innovation Challenge, working as the Presidential Intern to the Vice President of University Relations at Utah Valley University, and serving as the Associate Director of the Center of Innovation in Education Task Force. In this capacity he is working closely with members of the Utah State Office of Education, the Utah State Legislature, and Utah Education Policy Center to create a Utah Center of Innovation in Education.

=== [[Emily Cebulski|Emily Cebulski]] ===

<div>Emily Cebulski&nbsp; is a University Innovation Fellow candidate and an undergraduate student studying Statistics and Finance at Loyola University [[File:Emily Cebulski.jpeg|thumb]]Maryland. Her focuses include Actuarial Science and Applied Mathematics, and she is actively preparing for her preliminary actuarial exams. Emily is originally from Reading, PA, where she lived until she moved to Baltimore, MD to pursue her degrees Loyola. After becoming involved with the Mathematics and Statistics club on campus, Emily was notified about the opportunity to become involved with the University Innovation Fellows Program. She is excited incorporate her interest in math with what she learns through this program to help cultivate innovative ideas and solutions at her campus.</div><div><br/></div><div>From a very young age, Emily has been fascinated by numbers and their practical applications to many aspects of life. She enjoys solving puzzles and problems that come to her attention through innovative resources and unconventional solutions that might not be identifiable upon quick thought. When not at school, Emily can be found reading a good book, baking desserts of any kind, or going for a long run on the trails around her house.</div><div><br/></div>