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March 27, 2003 News media contact: Linda Green7(615)742-54707Nashville, Tenn.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Annual awards from the United Methodist Higher
Education Foundation are being given to four people for contributions to
church-related schools.

Receiving awards this year are:
7	Glenn A. Cox Jr. of Bartlesville, Ohio. Cox is the winner of the
Stanley Kresge Award, given for dedicated membership in the United Methodist
Church and unselfish support of United Methodist-related education.
7	Peter G. Crow of Ferrum, Va. The chairman of the Division of
Language, Literature, Philosophy and Religion at Ferrum College, Crow has
been named Outstanding Educator of the Year, an award given to teachers in
United Methodist-related schools who have made an extraordinary impact on
their students, peers, the institution, church and community.
7	The Rev. Quincy D. Brown of LaGrange, Ga. The chaplain at LaGrange
College is the winner of the Chaplain of the Year award.
7	The Rev. Shawn M. Anglim of Baton Rouge, La. Named Campus Minister of
the Year, Anglim is campus minister at Louisiana State University in Baton
Rouge.

Marianne E. Inman, president of Central Methodist College in Fayette, Mo.,
nominated Cox for his award. "In all his associations with Central Methodist
College, Mr. Cox has exhibited exemplary character and leadership skills that
have helped move our campus forward in significant, renewing ways. Glenn's
advice at board meetings is always to focus on quality and on the steady
improvement of quality through every dimension of the college ... and when
Glenn Cox speaks, everyone else listens. I consider him very close to perfect
as a board member and advocate for education and Central Methodist College."

The annual Kresge Award goes to an active volunteer in a United
Methodist-related institution, and a $10,000 permanent scholarship endowment
is established in the recipient's name for students attending the nominating
institution. 

"We have no one who has single-handedly raised the reputation of the college
the way Pete Crow has by his leadership," explained Richard Sours, vice
president and dean of Ferrum College in his nomination of Crow as Outstanding
Educator of the Year. "Not only is Pete Crow one of the stars of the college
faculty, I believe it would be hard to find a faculty member at a United
Methodist college who is as effective and as valuable to his or her
institution as Dr. Crow has been at Ferrum College." Crow receives an
artistic replica of the Cokesbury Bell and a cash award of $5,000.
F. Stuart Gulley, president of LaGrange College, nominated Brown for Chaplain
of the Year. "Along with Quincy's deep commitment to the worship life of the
institution, he has been instrumental in furthering our students'
understanding of servant leadership and the global nature of our world.  He
has been an important role model for all of us as he has bridged the world of
administrator and faculty member, teaching an average of one course each
semester, in addition to his pastoral role for the school, (and he) is a
superb example of all that we hope chaplains of United Methodist-related
institutions aspire to be and do." Brown receives an inscribed sculpture and
a cash award of $5,000 to further the development of programs sponsored by
his office.
Excellence in campus ministry earned Anglim the distinction of Campus
Minister of the Year. "The extent and depth of student activities are but a
mirror of the extent and depth of Shawn's rare combination of spirituality,
practical sense, concern, good humor, and work ethic," said Malcom Wright,
chairman of the board for the Louisiana State University Wesley Foundation.
"We, both students and adults, know we are most, most fortunate to have him
with us." Anglim receives an inscribed sculpture and a cash award of $5,000
to further the development of programs sponsored by the campus minister's
office.
During its March 6-8 board meeting, the United Methodist Higher Education
Foundation also created a search committee to find a successor for George M.
Miller, the foundation's president and chief executive officer, who is
retiring in 2004.

In addition, the board heard presentations outlining the Historically Black
Colleges and Universities Endowment and the Seminary Student Scholarship
Endowment initiatives recently adopted by the foundation, each with a $300
million goal.

The foundation's vision is that it be economically possible for any qualified
United Methodist student to be educated at one of the denomination's
institutions of higher education. 

More information is available by contacting the foundation at
umhef@gbhem.org; P.O. Box 340005, Nashville, TN 37203-0005; phone: (615)
340-7385 or (800) 811-8110; fax: (615) 340-7048; or by visiting www.umhef.org
online.

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