Concordia College Student Receives Rossing Fund Scholarship
Jun 06, 2008FOR MORE INFORMATION:
AMY KELLY, Media Relations director
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CONCORDIA COLLEGE STUDENT RECEIVES
ROSSING FUND SCHOLARSHIP
Alison Harmelink, a junior at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., was one of nine students from Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Colleges to receive a scholarship from the ELCA Foundation through the Rossing Fund for Physics Education Endowment. Harmelink, the daughter of Greg and Carol Harmelink, Moorhead, Minn., won a $3,000 award.
The endowment was established in 2005 by Thomas D. Rossing, professor emeritus, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill. Students attending colleges and universities of the ELCA will receive scholarships in the amounts of $10,000, $5,000 or $3,000 for the 2008-09 school year. The endowment provides scholarships to students studying physics.
More information about the Foundation of the ELCA is at www.ELCA.org/fo on the Web.
Concordia College is a four-year liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America offering 78 majors, including 18 honors majors, and 12 preprofessional programs.
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