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FTE Fellows Reflections - Philip Cortese, FTE Fellow
If You Scoop It, They Will Come - Catherine Schmidt, 1C1C Fellow
Sudanese Refugee Service-Learning Project
In the spring of 2008,
a class of Millsaps College students under the direction of Greg Miller,
professor of English, created an extensive web site featuring stories
of Sudanese refugees presented in video and text. The course was a service-learning
offering supported by the Faith & Work Initiative. The material can
be accessed at http://www.millsaps.edu/faithwrk/sudan.htm.
This project followed
upon a
successful service-learning course in 2003 that produced a collection
of stories from Sudanese refugees. The booklet, which garnered national
attention, is entitled The Long Journey: Sudanese Refugees in Mississippi
Tell Their Stories. It is available for download
or limited copies can be obtained by contacting the Faith & Work Initiative.
Student receives Fund for Theological Education Undergraduate Fellowship
Phillip Cortese (Lafayette, LA) has been awarded a nationally competitive Undergraduate
Fellowships through the Fund for Theological Education. He was selected
as one of fifty recipients from hundreds of applicants from colleges throughout
the nation.
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
receive a stipend and attend an Excellence in Ministry conference in the
summer where they met top theologians and religious leaders and reflect
upon vocation with students from throughout the country.
Phillip has been involved with the Student Body Association, the Catholic
Student Association, the Campus Ministry Team, and C.A.L.L.S. The C.A.L.L.S.
(Considering a Life of Leadership and Service) program of the Faith &
Work Initiative 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 John Kellogg ('08), Chirs
Spear ('07), Ellen Beilmann ('06), Brad Corban ('06), Andrea Dewey ('06),
Drew Harmon ('06), Matt Marston ('05), Kimberly Jones ('04), and Kenneth
Townsend ('04).
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