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St. Olaf announces names for Lilly grant projects, scholarship

Amy Gage
March 21, 2003

Provost and Dean of the College James May announced the 2003-04 Lilly Vocational Scholar and Lilly Teaching Fellow appointments, which come as part of the college's Program for Discernment of Lives of Worth and Service (through the recent Lilly Foundation grant). Professor of Religion Doug Schuurman will be the 2003-04 Lilly Vocational Scholar, and Professor of Religion John Barbour, Associate Professor of English Karen Cherewatuk and Assistant Professor and Reference/Instruction Librarian Elizabeth Hutchins are the 2003-04 Lilly Teaching Fellows.

The Lilly Vocational Scholar will receive released time to undertake academic scholarship on the theological consideration of vocation and to provide intellectual leadership for faculty development activities associated with the Lilly program.

Schuurman plans to revise his book manuscript, Vocation After Christendom, and to prepare an anthology of primary source materials pertaining to vocation in the Christian tradition, among other projects. Barbour plans to shape a new course, "God and Faith in Autobiography," to address questions of vocation. Cherewatuk will develop a new first-year writing theme titled "Work, Profession, Vocation." Hutchins will compile a detailed bibliography on vocational discernment and develop a dialogue on vocation involving librarians, library staff, students and recent graduates in librarianship. All three teaching fellows will be part of seminars and workshops on vocation during academic year 2003-04.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.