wfn.org | DHE Leadership Scholars Program applications now available

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Date: January 19, 2001
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
E-mail: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

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	INDIANAPOLIS (DNS) -- Undergraduate students willing to take a leadership
role in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are invited to apply for
the first Division of Higher Education Leadership Scholars Program.

	"The purpose of the Division of Higher Education is to nurture men and
women – lay and clergy – for transformational leadership in the church and
the wider human community through the church's institutions of higher
education," said DHE President Dennis Landon. "Active involvement in campus
ministries and other leadership-related activities will encourage and
strengthen a student's church leadership potential."

	This summer, DHE expects to name 32 Leadership Fellows for the 2001-2002
academic year. The annual grant for fellows will be $2,000. To be eligible
for the fellowship, a student must: 

	-- Be an undergraduate student or a high school senior planning to attend
a regionally accredited American college or university;

	-- Intend to be a full-time student (24 or more semester hours or
equivalent) in the coming academic year;

	-- Be a participating member of a congregation of the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ);

	-- Express a commitment to serve the church as a clergy or lay leader and
to participate in the leadership development activities required by the DHE
Leadership Fellows Program.

	Beginning with the 2001-2002 academic year, DHE undergraduate scholarship
recipients will be required to participate in planning and leading campus
ministry programs or similar activities. The campus chaplain, director of
church relations, ecumenical campus minister or another appropriate
official will oversee this participation. In addition, DHE fellows will
attend annual leadership conferences, the first scheduled for November in
St. Louis. 

	Awards will be renewable, meaning fewer new scholarships will be issued
annually.

	Fellowship guidelines and the application packet are available online at
www.dhedisciples.org/aid/2001 or through the mail by calling (314) 991-3000
between 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Central Time), Monday through Friday.

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