Title: ELCA Names Rossing Physics Scholarship Recipients ELCA NEWS SERVICE
July 5, 2007
ELCA Names Rossing Physics Scholarship Recipients 07-121-LL*
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Three students attending colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) will receive Rossing Physics Scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year. Gifts from Dr. Thomas D. Rossing established the Rossing Fund for Physics Education Endowment in the ELCA Foundation.
Rossing, a professor at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, taught at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., for 14 years. St. Olaf College is one of 28 ELCA colleges and universities.
"The St. Olaf experience reaffirmed my belief in the value of a liberal arts education for future scientists and other leaders," he said. The scholarship program, in its third year, has three goals: to encourage top physics students to attend ELCA colleges and universities, to help ELCA schools recruit top students, and to encourage students at ELCA schools to consider majoring in physics.
Daniel Endean, Holland, Mich., a junior at St. Olaf College, and Kent Bodurtha, Eagan, Wis., a senior at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, will each receive a scholarship of $10,000. The committee also renewed the $10,000 scholarship of Jake Bennett, Lexington, Va., a senior at Roanoke College, Salem, Va., for the third consecutive year. First alternates Brett Anderson, Plymouth, Minn., a senior at St. Olaf College, Reid Larson, Eagan, Minn., a junior at Augsburg College, and Andrea Schiefelbein, Fall Creek, Wis., a junior at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, will each receive $3,000 for their academic expenses in 2007-08.
The ELCA Foundation assists congregations and individuals such as Dr. Rossing with their legacy needs through a variety of gift-planning options that support the ministries of the ELCA.
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Information about the Foundation of the ELCA is found at http://www.ELCA.org/fo/ on the ELCA website.
* Lauren A. Lamb is a senior public relations and speech communication major at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service.
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