{"id":1549,"date":"2007-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2007-11-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T05:00:00","slug":"senior-wins-peace-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/senior-wins-peace-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Wins Peace Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 150px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/nick-stoddard.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Stoddard, EMU student\" \/><br \/>Nicholas L. (Nick) Stoddard, a senior biblical studies major<\/div>\n<p>An EMU student has received first prize in the bi-national C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. <\/p>\n<p> Nicholas L. (Nick) Stoddard, a senior <a href=\"\/bible\/\">biblical studies<\/a> major from Wellman, Iowa, won a cash gift and a scholarship to attend a peace-related conference for his speech, &#8220;Connect the Dots.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>His oration focused on developing a mindset that sees how one&#8217;s actions have a direct effect on other people, even those at great geographic distance. <\/p>\n<p> The winning speech can be viewed at <a href=\"\/news\/nicholas_stoddard.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/nicholas_stoddard.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> Stoddard is co-leader of EMU Peace Fellowship with Katrina Alger and Michelle Kennel. He is married to Erika Detweiler Stoddard, a 2007 EMU graduate, and is a member of Kalona (Iowa) Mennonite Church. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This contest is a great opportunity for EMU students to speak in their own words to how they apply the Christian peace witness to specific issues they care about,&#8221; said <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/heiseyn?ssi=bible\">Nancy R. Heisey, chair of EMU&#8217;s Bible and religion department<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s exciting to see Nicholas&#8217; challenge to us at EMU to choose just lifestyle options being recognized as central to the peace witness of Mennonites throughout the U.S. and Canada.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The contest was established in 1974 by the directors of the C. Henry Smith Trust as a way of honoring the late Mennonite historian who taught at Goshen (Ind.) College and Bluffton (Ohio) University. <\/p>\n<p> It is administered annually by Peace and Justice Ministries of Mennonite Central Committee U.S.  Students from every Mennonite and Brethren in Christ college in North America are eligible to participate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholas L. (Nick) Stoddard, a senior biblical studies major An EMU student has received first prize in the bi-national C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. Nicholas L. 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