ELCA NEWS SERVICE June 9, 2008 Rossing Fund Awards To Nine Students From ELCA Colleges 08-081-LT* CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Nine students attending colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will receive scholarships in the amounts of $10,000, $5,000 or $3,000 for the 2008-09 school year from the ELCA Foundation through the Rossing Fund for Physics Education Endowment. The endowment was set up by Thomas D. Rossing, professor emeritus, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill., who is currently a guest professor of music, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. Rossing established the fund in 2005. The endowment provides scholarships to students studying physics. The selection committee chose three students for $10,000 scholarships -- Dirk Lorenz, a senior at Texas Lutheran University, Seguin; Christene Lynch, a senior at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa.; and Daniel Endean, a senior at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. Endean received the distinction last year, and his scholarship will be renewed for the upcoming school year. Four runners-up were chosen to receive $5,000 scholarships -- Barry Constanzi and Charles McEachern, both seniors at St. Olaf; Andrea Schiefelbein, a senior at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; and Katelyn White, a senior at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks. Schiefelbein received a $3,000 scholarship in 2007 from the endowment. The committee chose two alternates to receive $3,000 scholarships -- Alison Harmelink, a junior at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., and Tim Uher, a junior at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio. The ELCA Foundation assists congregations and individuals in gift planning that supports ministries of the ELCA. -- -- -- More information about the Foundation of the ELCA is at http://www.ELCA.org/fo on the Web. *Luke Tatge is a senior journalism major at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D. This summer he is an intern with the ELCA News Service. For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog