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11-December-1996 
 
96486            News of Theological Institutions 
 
                          by Alexa Smith 
 
CHICAGO--The Board of Trustees of McCormick Theological Seminary has named 
the Rev. Mary Paik vice president for student affairs, effective 
immediately.  Paik has served as director of the Office of Student Affairs 
since March 1995.  She came to the seminary from the Presbytery of San 
Jose, where she was associate executive presbyter for program.  Paik was 
the first Korean-American woman ordained to a parish position in the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--A new awards program called New Horizons Scholarships is 
available now for students with great financial need at Louisville 
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, according to the Rev. Donna Melloan, 
dean of students.  "For many of our students just getting help with the 
cost of tuition is not enough," she said.  The awards are intended for 
living expenses beyond the cost of tuition and are available for both 
masters' and doctoral students.  The program was established through a 
$300,000 gift from an anonymous donor and can be used also for 
international travel and educational experience in Third World countries 
and in inner-city ministries in the United States. 
 
RICHMOND, Va. -- Four members of the faculty at Union Theological Seminary 
in Virginia are part of the editorial advisory board of Geneva Press, a 
branch of the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation that will publish books 
intended specifically for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Faculty 
members participating are: President Louis B. Weeks, Robert Benedetto, Doug 
Ottati and Beverly Zink-Sawyer. The board is comprised of seven members. 
 
PITTSBURGH--Sermon critiques by the homiletics faculty of Pittsburgh 
Theological Seminary are available through the seminary's continuing 
education program.  Robert M. Ezzell, assistant professor of homiletics, 
and Richard J. Oman, Howard C. Scharfe professor of homiletics, are leading 
the private preaching critique, which may be neogtiated to include 
long-term instruction as well.  The cost is $15 per half hour, though a 
reduced rate may be arranged for long-term work. 
 
DECATUR, Ga.--Nine Columbia Theological Seminary students have received 
awards from the Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation for the 1996-97 
academic year.  Five students received scholarships and four received, 
grants.  Scholarship recipients were Chris Dungan of Portland, Ore.; Ron 
Sabo of Arlington, Texas; Jan Tolbert of Newnan, Ga.; John Cole of Ormond 
Beach, Fla.; and Joe Clifford of Franklin, Tenn.  Grant recipients were 
James Reinarz of Omaha, Neb; Don Barber of Charlotte, N.C.; Greg Cruice of 
New Orleans, La.; and Janet Hamilton of Madison, Wis. 

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