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Quartet of Presbyterians net higher education award 
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April 4, 2003

Quartet of Presbyterians net higher education award 

Recipients embody church's mission to education   

by Evan Silverstein

LOUISVILLE - Four Presbyterians have been named recipients of the
Presbyterian Church (USA) Higher Education Award for 2003.
	
The four - Carl A. Carpenter of South Carolina, the Rev. Duncan S. Ferguson
of Florida, Cynthia H. Tyson of Virginia and the Rev. Darrell W. Yeaney of
Iowa - are being honored for making outstanding contributions to the church's
higher education ministry.
	
The annual award will be presented at next month's General Assembly in
Denver.
	
Carpenter, a Presbyterian elder, is a former academic officer at South
Carolina State University in Orangeburg, SC, and has been an active member of
the Educational Ministry Unit of the Synod of South Atlantic.
	
Ferguson has served as a college professor, administrator and chaplain. He
currently serves as director for the Center of Spiritual Life at Eckerd
College in St. Petersburg, FL.	He was associate director of higher education
for the PC(USA)'s Office of Higher Education for 12 years and served on both
the Ireland Task Force and Pakistan Higher Education Initiative. 
	
Tyson has served 18 years as president of Presbyterian-related Mary Baldwin
College in Staunton, VA. She recently announced her retirement at the end of
the school year. The John Templeton Foundation included Tyson among 50
college and university presidents profiled in its guide to "Colleges that
Encourage Character Development." 
	
Yeaney is a retired executive director and campus minister at the University
of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. He has served as campus minister at Emporia State
University in Emporia, KS, and executive director and campus minister at the
University of California at Santa Cruz. 
	
The award is sponsored by the denomination's Higher Education Program Area in
the National Ministries Division (NMD).
	
A three-person selection committee met last month to review nominations for
the award. Recipients were unanimously approved during a meeting of the NMD
Committee on Friday, April 4.
	
Candidates must be a living Presbyterian or one who has worked on behalf of
the PC(USA). They must also be involved in the life of the church and service
must be distinguished, extensive and long-term and of national or
international significance.

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