ELCA NEWS SERVICE

May 29, 2008

ELCA Awards Phoebe Herman Scholarships to 13 International Students
08-077-FI

     CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (ELCA) awarded scholarships of $1,000, $1,500 or
$2,000 to 13 international students attending ELCA colleges
and universities in the 2008-2009 academic year. The
scholarships were awarded from the Phoebe Herman Scholarship
Endowment Fund through ELCA Vocation and Education.
     There are 28 ELCA colleges and universities.
     Herman was an active Lutheran who lived in Selinsgrove,
Pa. She established the scholarship fund through a 1994
bequest to the ELCA. The proceeds from the endowment may be
used for scholarships for worthy students attending any
Lutheran college in the United States, said Arne Selbyg,
director for colleges and universities, ELCA Vocation and
Education. The Vocation and Education unit decided to give
preference to students who are not eligible for regular
financial aid, Selbyg explained. The ELCA Foundation
maintains the scholarship fund.
     "Each year we are reminded by this competitive process
how the colleges and universities that are related to the
ELCA try to serve the needs of students from all over the
world from all kinds of backgrounds, and how the presence
of these students on the campuses of these colleges and
universities add to the learning of all the students who
choose to attend these institutions," Selbyg said.
     The 2008 recipients are:
+ Sergio Monterubbi Lopez, first-year student from Mexico,
Augsburg College, Minneapolis
+ Anthony Adeniran, first-year student from Nigeria,
Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill.
+ Priyanka Dixit, junior from Nepal, Bethany College,
Lindsborg, Kan.
+ Lulit Bereda, first-year student from Ethiopia, California
Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks
+ Sharron Ogutu, first-year student from Kenya, Capital
University, Columbus, Ohio
+ Shanadi Liyanage, first-year student from Sri Lanka,
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
+ Salome Mnzava, junior from Tanzania, Finlandia University,
Hancock, Mich.
+ Vwaire Orhurhu, junior from Nigeria, Gustavus Adolphus
College, St. Peter, Minn.
+ Aung Ye Naing, first-year student from Myanmar (Burma),
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
+ Tuyen Nguyen, sophomore from Vietnam, Muhlenberg College,
Allentown, Pa.
+ Barbara Ndirangu, junior from Kenya, Newberry College,
Newberry, S.C.
+ Aida Sopa, junior from Kosovo, Texas Lutheran University,
Seguin
+ Samuel Sten, junior from Papua New Guinea, Waldorf College,
Forest City, Iowa
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http://tinyurl.com/648kg2 on the ELCA Web site.

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