ELCA NEWS SERVICE

July 5, 2007  

ELCA Names Rossing Physics Scholarship Recipients
07-121-LL*

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Three students attending colleges and
universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA)
will receive Rossing Physics Scholarships for the 2007-08
academic year.  Gifts from Dr. Thomas D. Rossing established the
Rossing Fund for Physics Education Endowment in the ELCA
Foundation.
      Rossing, a professor at Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, taught at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., for 14
years.  St. Olaf College is one of 28 ELCA colleges and
universities.
     "The St. Olaf experience reaffirmed my belief in the value
of a liberal arts education for future scientists and other
leaders," he said.  The scholarship program, in its third year,
has three goals: to encourage top physics students to attend ELCA
colleges and universities, to help ELCA schools recruit top
students, and to encourage students at ELCA schools to consider
majoring in physics.
     Daniel Endean, Holland, Mich., a junior at St. Olaf College,
and Kent Bodurtha, Eagan, Wis., a senior at Augsburg College,
Minneapolis, will each receive a scholarship of $10,000.  The
committee also renewed the $10,000 scholarship of Jake Bennett,
Lexington, Va., a senior at Roanoke College, Salem, Va., for the
third consecutive year.  First alternates Brett Anderson,
Plymouth, Minn., a senior at St. Olaf College, Reid Larson,
Eagan, Minn., a junior at Augsburg College, and Andrea
Schiefelbein, Fall Creek, Wis., a junior at Luther College,
Decorah, Iowa, will each receive $3,000 for their academic
expenses in 2007-08.
     The ELCA Foundation assists congregations and individuals
such as Dr. Rossing with their legacy needs through a variety of
gift-planning options that support the ministries of the ELCA.
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     Information about the Foundation of the ELCA is found at
http://www.ELCA.org/fo/ on the ELCA website.

* Lauren A. Lamb is a senior public relations and speech
communication major at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service.

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