Luther College student Emily E. Ewing receives undergraduate fellowship
June 18, 2008
Emily E. Ewing, a Luther College junior from Vail, Colo., has been awarded a 2008 Fund for Theological Education Undergraduate Fellowship.
Ewing’s $2,000 fellowship is funded by the Fund for Theological Education, a leading ecumenical advocate for excellence and diversity in Christian ministry and theological scholarship. FTE Undergraduate Fellowships recognize students who have gifts for leadership and are exploring the possibility of ministry as a vocation.
Ewing, the daughter of Nicole Hoffmann-Ewing and Albert N. Ewing, is majoring in Spanish, women’s and gender studies and religion at Luther College (http://www.luther.edu). She is a 2005 graduate of Battle Mountain High School.
As an FTE Undergraduate Fellow, Ewing will receive $2,000 for tuition, other educational expenses or a self-designed experience related to the exploration of ministry. She also attended the 2008 FTE Conference on Excellence in Ministry held June 11-15 at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta.
Luther College Pastor Amy Z. Larson nominated Ewing for the fellowship award.
FTE Undergraduate Fellows are selected competitively from a pool of applicants from across the U.S. and Canada. They must be nominated by a professor, school administrator, pastor or campus minister; hold a minimum 3.0 grade point average; have an interest in exploring ministry as a vocation; and demonstrate leadership in a church or school community.
The 2008 FTE Undergraduate Fellows were chosen by a national committee of theological educators and church leaders.
The fellowships are awarded annually as part of the Fund’s objective to increase the number of highly capable young people exploring or preparing for ordained ministry as a profession.
FTE supports the next generation of leaders among pastors and scholars, annually providing $1.5 million in fellowships and support to gifted young people from all denominations and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Since 1954, FTE has awarded nearly 6,000 fellowships in partnership with those committed to the future of quality leadership or the church.
For more information visit: www.thefund.org.