{"id":39969,"date":"2018-10-08T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39969"},"modified":"2018-10-08T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T18:27:43","slug":"education-majors-receive-scholarships-at-eastern-mennonite-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/education-majors-receive-scholarships-at-eastern-mennonite-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Education majors receive scholarships at Eastern Mennonite University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Mennonite University has awarded renewable scholarships to seven first-year students majoring in education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education at EMU<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> takes students into K-12 classrooms just weeks into their first semester, and forms reflective and engaging teachers that are highly sought after: In the year after finishing their studies, all of the 2017 program graduates who sought employment in PreK-12 education settings were employed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/financial-aid\/departmental-scholarships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Departmental scholarships<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at EMU are awarded to incoming students in specific academic and extracurricular programs, including education. Select students who declare majors in education will receive scholarships of up to $3,000 that can be renewed for four years and are in addition to their basic financial aid packages. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Emma Cordell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania), an elementary education major, chose to attend the program because of its good reputation and size, she said, in order to learn \u201calongside others interested in the same things and field as I am.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Christine Gray<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Culpeper, Virginia) is a history education major preparing to teach in a middle school and \u201cmake an impact on my students,\u201d she said. She was drawn to EMU for its size and, as she is \u201ca pacifist, and passionate about sustainability,\u201d its faith emphasis. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Skylar Hedgepeth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Smithfield, Virginia) plans to use her elementary education and English as a Second Language qualifications to teach English internationally. She came to EMU to learn from \u201cprofessors who demonstrate compassionate and diverse teaching strategies\u201d in a \u201cclose-knit community and Christian environment.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Tristin Hogge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Smithfield, Virginia) came to EMU for its education and cross-cultural programs, and plans to become a middle school math teacher. In high school she took a class titled \u201cVirginia Teachers for Tomorrow,\u201d and is now eager to get into school classrooms early in this first year of university studies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Isaac Longacre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Quakertown, Pennsylvania) most enjoyed choir in high school \u2013 his vocal music teacher was <\/span><b>Rodney Derstine \u201874<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 and came to EMU to become a high school music teacher. The professors he met here as a prospective student were not only passionate about their subject matter, but also \u201cinterested in knowing their students,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Rachel Lute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (New Market, Virginia) said that many of her high school teachers studied at EMU, including her concert choir teacher <\/span><b>Heidi Bauman King \u201812<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cI look forward to learning all the \u2018ins and outs\u2019 of teaching,\u201d Lute said, and more about restorative justice in the classroom. She is majoring in early childhood education.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Hannah Neebe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Woodbridge, Virginia) is an elementary education major with a music minor. She chose EMU for its \u201csmall community feeling\u201d where she can become \u201ca wonderful, prepared teacher.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University has awarded renewable scholarships to seven first-year students majoring in education. 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