Millsaps Faith and Work Initiative

Students receive Fund for Theological Education Undergraduate Fellowships

Three students have been awarded nationally competitive Undergraduate Fellowships through the Fund for Theological Education: Ellen Beilmann (Hattiesburg, MS), Brad Corban (Tupelo, MS), and Eleanore Kelly (Mempis, TN). One student, Nicole Christopher ('04) received a Graduate Fellowship to attend Candler School of Theology at Emory University.

The Undergraduate Fellows program seeks to identify outstanding students who possess "exceptional gifts for ministry" including ". . . imagination, creativity, compassion, a capacity for critical thinking, leadership skills, personal integrity, spiritual depth, dedication to a faith tradition, and an ability to understand and to serve the needs of others." Fellows received a stipend and attended an Excellence in Ministry conference in California where they met top theologians and religious leaders and reflected upon vocation with students from throughout the country.

All four students have been involved in the C.A.L.L.S. (Considering a Life of Leadership and Service) program which seeks to offer support and resources (emotional, financial, and spiritual) to students who are thinking about a life of religious and/or theological leadership.

Previous Undergraduate Fellowship recipients are Kimberly Jones, Matt Marston and Kenneth Townsend.

Sudanese Refugee Service-Learning Project

In the fall of 2003, a class of Millsaps College students under the direction of Greg Miller, professor of English, gathered stories of Sudanese Refugees living in Mississippi. The booklet entitled The Long Journey: Sudanese Refugees in Mississippi Tell Their Stories has been gaining attention. More information about the project and copies of the booklet are available for download at the Millsaps College website or can be obtained by contacting the College.

The Fall 2003 Newsletter is available on-line and also in a printable format.