Luther student Aung Ye Naing receives ELCA Herman Scholarship

May 29, 2008

Aung Ye Naing, a Luther College sophomore from Yangon, Myanmar, is one of 13 students awarded Phoebe Herman Scholarships from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

The ELCA scholarships, ranging from $1,00 to $2,000, are funded by the Herman Scholarship Endowment Fund and are granted to international students attending one of the 28 ELCA colleges and universities in the 2008-09 academic year.

Herman, who lived in Selinsgrove, Pa., established the scholarship fund through a 1994 bequest to the ELCA. The ELCA Foundation maintains the scholarship fund, and proceeds may be used for scholarships for worthy students attending any Lutheran college in the United States, said Arne Selbyg, director for colleges and universities, ELCA Vocation and Education.

“Each year we are reminded by this competitive process how the colleges and universities that are related to the ELCA try to serve the needs of students from all over the world from all kinds of backgrounds, and how the presence of these students on the campuses of these colleges and universities add to the learning of all the students who choose to attend these institutions,” Selbyg said.

The 2008-09 Herman Scholarship recipients are:

Sergio Monterubbi Lopez, Mexico, Augsburg College, Minneapolis
Anthony Adeniran, Nigeria, Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill.
Priyanka Dixit, Nepal, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
Lulit Bereda, Ethiopia, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks
Sharron Ogutu, Kenya, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
Shanadi Liyanage, Sri Lanka, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
Salome Mnzava, Tanzania, Finlandia University, Hancock, Mich.
Vwaire Orhurhu, Nigeria, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.
Aung Ye Naing, Myanmar, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Tuyen Nguyen, Vietnam, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
Barbara Ndirangu, Kenya, Newberry College, Newberry, S.C.
Aida Sopa, Kosovo, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin
Samuel Sten, Papua, New Guinea, Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa