NAES Scholarships available

New York -- The Reverend Canon James G. Callaway, D.D., General Secretary of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) and the Reverend Daniel R. Heischman, D.Min. Executive Director of the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) announced the 2012-13 Episcopal Colleges Scholarship of the Association of Episcopal Colleges, the United Stateschapter of CUAC. An annual award is made of a $5,000 scholarship (over four years at $1,250 per year) to an outstanding student of and Episcopal School, with an emphasis on community service to attend one of the eight Episcopal Colleges:

• Bard College, Annondale-on-Hudson, New York
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York
• Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
• St. Augustine College, Chicago, Illinois
• St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina
• St. Paul’s College, Lawrenceville, Virginia
• The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
• Voorhees College, Denmark, South Carolina

The Episcopal Church has a rich, vigorous tradition of education institutions, with the Episcopal Colleges being complemented by over 1,200 Episcopal Schools nationwide. Established in 1997 as William Randolph Hearst Scholarships, the awards emphasize learning through service supported by Episcopal schools and colleges. The application is below and also on the NAES website. More information on the Association of Episcopal Colleges colleges at www.anglicancommunion.cuac.org.

Maggy Keet
Program Officer, CUAC
212-716-6148