2013-14 Scholarship recipients Sixty master of divinity and master of arts students have received partial- or full-tuition scholarships for the 2013-14 year. A number of students applied for and received multiple scholarships from various sources. In addition to the scholarships listed below, individuals, churches and synods have provided $165,338 in support for individual students. LSTC grants to students will total $340,000 for the year Student loan borrowing is $142,810 less this year than at this same time last year. Watch for a report on Fellowships to Ph.D. students in the next issue of the Epistle.
Andrew Yoos Matthew Zemanick Synod Scholarships Cesar Abel Arroyo Traverso Benjamin Groth Emily Johnson Debra Kelly Rebekkah Lohrmann Alissa Oleson Rebecca Truland Katherine Tuttle Joseph Yucha
Bridges - Louis Tillman
Veterans Affairs – Adam Cook Fund for Leaders in Mission include full- and partial-tuition awards from the ELCA and from students’ synods ELCA Scholarships Megan Casper Megan Clausen Paul Eldred Meredith Harber Kathryn Jacob William Michaelis Dione Miller Janelle Neubauer Alexander Raabe Marissa Tweed
Servant Stephanie Berkas Nathaniel Klein Christopher Thomas Rebecca Truland (Young Adults in Global Mission) Todd Wright (Lutheran Volunteer Corps) Munderloh Foundation Recipients are asked to accept the “challenge” of recruiting others to seminary Benjamin Adams Stephanie Berkas Steven Bogie Christopher Buresh Megan Casper Elizabeth Christensen
AmeriCorps – Louis Tillman
Creative Teaching Ministry Grant – Amy Westphal, her fourweek curriculum, “Eve’s Garden,” focusing on the importance of women in leadership roles in the church, is available online at www. lstc.edu
Hope Ruby Burwell Lee Toby Chow
Sam Nelson, Nathan Klein, Katie Jacob, Paul Eldred
Visionary Leaders Presidential Elizabeth Christensen Brooke De Jong Anna Ernst Samuel Nelson Marissa Tweed Deans Cesar Abel Arroyo Traverso Jade Gandrud Amy Loehndorf Samantha Pfalzgraf Levi Powers Aaron Shoppa Katherine Tuttle Joseph Yucha
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Ben Adams, Zak Wagner, Alex LaChapelle
Megan Clausen Brook DeJong Paul Eldred David Elliot Emily Ewing Stacy Gahlman-Schroeder Alma Gast