Norton and Ramsey Religious Studies in Israel Scholarship

Norton and Ramsey Religious Studies in Israel Scholarship Anticipated Award: $2000 (Awards are approximate and apply to Spring Semester enrollment.)

Scholarship Criteria

 Currently enrolled full-time as a SHPRS Religious Studies undergraduate  Sophomore level status or higher (minimum 25 earned hours at the time the award is applied)  Minimum 3.0 GPA

Scholarship Parameters

The Norton and Ramsey Religious Studies in Israel Scholarship of approximately $2,000 will be awarded to an undergraduate religious studies major in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies. The student recipient must be at least at the sophomore level when receiving the funds, in spring or summer 2015, and enrolled as a full-time student at ASU. The preference is for a student who will be traveling to Israel. If no student meets this preference, consideration will be given to students based on the completed application and required essay.

Application Procedure

Eligible students may apply by submitting the following information: 1 - Norton and Ramsey Religious Studies in Israel Questionnaire. 2 - Statement of Goals Please complete a response, with a limit of 500 words, to this question: Describe how the education you are receiving with your degree in religious studies will prepare you to impact one or both of these two challenges in our society. Please begin your essay by identifying the positive and negative impacts of religion on the challenges you select: 1) religion’s influence in perpetuating an ever-increasing world population and 2) the influence of religion on environmental practices, including but not limited to climate change. 3 - Student Academic Records Copy of unofficial current ASU transcript or DARS Report and/or a copy of unofficial transfer transcript(s), if any, from each school attended.

Only complete applications will be considered!

Return Completed Applications to: [email protected]

About the Norton and Ramsey Religious Studies in Israel Scholarship

The Norton and Ramsey Scholarship is named in honor of the Reverend Jenny Norton. Jenny received her B.S. in Justice Studies with a minor in Religious Studies in 1993 from Arizona State University. She completed her graduate work at Fuller Theological Seminary. After denominational ordination, she was assigned to serve her church as assistant pastor and appointed to a position as an auxiliary chaplain at the Arizona State Department of Corrections. Her work continues that of her father, Ralph Norton, in Arizona’s state prisons. Jenny holds a personal awareness and passion for religious studies. This fund is established as an outgrowth of and commitment to that ideal. Norton and Ramsey Religious Studies in Israel Scholarship

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