Sarah Abendanon Archives - News and Media /news/tag/sarah-abendanon/ Augsburg University Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:11:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 ELCA scholarship recipient Sarah Abendanon is interviewed by The Lutheran /news/2015/11/10/scholarship-recipient-sarah-abendanon-interviewed-by-the-lutheran/ Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:02:17 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/news/?p=6335 Augsburg College student and Suriname citizen Sarah Abendanon was interviewed for an article in The Lutheran, the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The story detailed a scholarship program for women leaders from the “global south,” which is comprised of Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia. Noticing a lack educational access for ...

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]]> The LutheranAugsburg College student and Suriname citizen Sarah Abendanon was interviewed for an article in The Lutheran, the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The story detailed a scholarship program for women leaders from the “global south,” which is comprised of Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia.

Noticing a lack educational access for women in these areas, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly voted in 2013 to raise $4 million over a five-year period in order to provide scholarships for 200 women.

“My religion professor asks what we think about our readings and encourages different points of view. In Suriname schools, what the teacher says goes,” Abendanon explained.

As far as the outdoor climate, Abendanon has prepared for winter by purchasing a large winter coat. “Bring it on!” she said in the article.

Read: on The Lutheran site.

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