The Synod of the Covenant is delighted to announce that it has awarded more than $40,000 in scholarships to 60 students from 8 presbyteries and 19 churches. These awards, ranging from $350 to $1500, include winners of the Higher Education Scholarships and COVID/Emergency grants.
The Higher Education Scholarships include 39 bachelor degrees, 6 associate degrees, 1 vocational degree, 2 other degree, and 4 theology scholarships, while 13 students were awarded COVID/Emergency grants.
Here are the scholarship recipients for the 2020-21 academic year:
Detroit Presbytery
Broadstreet Presbyterian Church
Deshira Longmire, Higher Education
Alison Oglesby, Higher Education
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Aaron Favors, Higher Education
Rahab Gachonjo, Higher Education
Mason Martin, Higher Education
Paul Munn, Higher Education
Elizabeth Ngare, Higher Education
Chase Reynolds, Higher Education
Lauren Reynolds, Higher Education
Nathan Reynolds, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency
Joshua Wills, Higher Education
Sakinah Wilson, Higher Education
First Presbyterian Church of Howell
Kaitlyn Bloom, COVID/Emergency
St. Thomas Community Presbyterian Church
Brooke Coleman, Higher Education
Paige Coleman, Higher Education
Mitchell Williams, Higher Education
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Deja Shipp, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Andrew Palmer, Higher Education
Billa Zama, Higher Education
Eastminster Presbytery
First Presbyterian Church of Warren (OH)
Cara Annandono, Higher Education
Everett Burd, Higher Education
Tavish Burd, Higher Education
Lake Michigan Presbytery
First Presbyterian Church of Holland
Elijah Brown, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency
Brooklyn Presbyterian Church
Logan Recob, Higher Education
Baylee Thompson, Higher Education
Collin Thompson, Higher Education
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Grand Rapids
Emily Anderson, COVID/Emergency
Mackinac Presbytery
First Presbyterian Church of Escanaba
Madison Ide, Higher Education
Addison Peterson, Higher Education
Haylee Tolman, Higher Education
Northern Lakes Community Church
Hannah Jun, Higher Education
Maumee Valley Presbytery
First Presbyterian Church of Tiffin
Hannah Treadway, COVID/Emergency
Hanmi Covenant Presbyterian Church
Doyun Kim, Higher Education
Daniel Lee, Higher Education
Yullie Yun, Higher Education
Miami Valley Presbytery
College Hill Presbyterian Church
Aniya Drake, COVID/Emergency
Kayla Drake, COVID/Emergency
First Presbyterian Church of Westwood
Noelle Scheper, Higher Education
Westminster Presbyterian Church (Dayton)
Haley Ingram, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency
Presbytery of Scioto Valley
Bethany Presbyterian Church of Columbus
Kalia Lawson, COVID/Emergency
Kyle Lawson, COVID/Emergency
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Tristan Kueper, Higher Education
Ramseyer Presbyterian Church
Shanelle Abbiw, Higher Education
Fredricka Agyekum, Higher Education
Akua B. Agyen, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency
Akua K. Agyen, COVID/Emergency
Bernice Agyepong, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency
Wilberforce Doffour Amaning, Higher Education and COVID/Emergency
Kofi Amponsah, Higher Education
Nana Anim-Boateng, Higher Education
Daizy Asante, Higher Education
Nana Kofi Sarpong Brefo, Higher Education
Ben Danso, Higher Education
Akosua Ofosuhene, Higher Education
Priscilla Oppong-Amoh, Higher Education
Wendy Oppong-Amoh, Higher Education
Evelyn Otu-Danquah, Higher Education
Ruth Yeboah, Higher Education
The Presbytery of the Western Reserve
John Knox Presbyterian Church
Colin MacMillan, Higher Education
Rocky River Presbyterian Church
Kathleen Hartzell, Higher Education
These scholarships are funded in part by per capita payments from the almost 700 Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations and more than 100,000 members, mostly in the states of Ohio and Michigan, throughout the Synod of the Covenant.
The Grants Committee includes Lisa Allgood (Cincinnati Presbytery), Betty Angelucci (Eastminster Presbytery), Chip Hardwick (Synod of the Covenant), and Brady Radford (Administrative Commission, Synod of the Covenant). The words of Colossians 1:9-10 echoed as they considered and distributed these scholarships:
Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven’t stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works.