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College receives $50,000 grant from Lilly Endowment

Date 3/15/2001 12:00 AM | Topic: News

Luther College has received a $50,000 planning grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help develop a program to improve advising for all students and incorporate courses that promote and support students and alumni who are contemplating a vocation in church ministry.

The Luther project has been named "A Sense of Vocation."

"The Endowment's program is a perfect match for Luther's long-standing commitment to its church connection," said associate dean Mark Z. Muggli.

The goal of the project is to strengthen every students' understanding of service professions and to assist students pursuing church ministry vocations.

The grant was awarded through Lilly Endowment Inc.'s two-phase invitational grant project titled "Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation." A team of Luther faculty and administrators developed the grant proposal.

"This program directly addresses one of the major themes of the Endowment's grant-making in religion, and that is to help identify, recruit, call and nurture into Christian ministry a new generation of talented pastors," said Endowment Vice President for Religion Craig Dykstra.

Luther will conduct the planning project through August 2001 as it prepares a proposal for an implementation grant that would execute the "Sense of Vocation" program over a five-year period.

The planning process consists of an assessment of the college's current advising and support programs. Students received surveys in their SPOs last week which are part of this assessment.

In addition, the process will include an alumni survey, visits to other college campuses to study advising programs, visits to seminaries to study church ministry vocations and a summer planning retreat. The grant will also pay for books, journals and other reading materials.

The project is co-directed by Mark Z. Muggli, associate dean, and Nancy Barry, professor of English, with support by a steering committee of faculty and administrators.

"The Lilly Endowment planning grant has already provided a dramatic stimulus to conversations and initiatives currently under way at Luther," said Muggli.

Luther's grant is part of an effort started last year when the Lilly Endowment awarded nearly $40 million to 20 colleges and universities to encourage students, faculty and administration to examine how faith commitments can affect decisions young people make about their futures.

The Lilly Endowment followed this initial grant by inviting 50 colleges and universities to apply for planning grants of up to $50,000. Implementation grants between $500,000 and $2 million will be awarded in the fall.

The Indianapolis-based private foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc., was established in 1937 to support religious, educational and community development causes.

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Ryan Brown
Chips News Co-Editor

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