Foundation names Minnesota professor outstanding educator
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Duane Cady |
April 22, 2005NASHVILLE,
Tenn. (UMNS)—Duane Cady, a philosophy professor at United
Methodist-related Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., has received
the Outstanding Educator of the Year Award from the United Methodist
Foundation for Higher Education. The
annual award honors teachers in United Methodist-related schools who
have made an extraordinary impact on their students, peers, academic
institution, church and community. "I
can’t think of a better career fit for me than to spend my time with
young adults engaging in philosophy," said Cady, who receives $5,000 and
an artistic replica of the Cokesbury Bell. "What’s
most exciting for me is the awakening of ideas in students and in
myself," he told United Methodist News Service. "Education is one of
very few things that really is what it’s cracked up to be." The
award was announced during a March meeting of the foundation’s board of
trustees. The Nashville-based foundation raises funds to foster
education in a Christian context in schools, colleges, universities and
seminaries in the United Methodist Church. During
the meeting, the foundation also announced awards to Lucile Esmon
Shivley of Little Rock, Ark., for her support of Hendrix College in
Conway, Ark.; the Rev. C. Wesley Astin Jr., chaplain and dean of
Religious Life at United Methodist-related Ferrum (Va.) College, as 2005
Chaplain of the Year; and Kim K. Capps for excellence in campus
ministry at the University of Maryland at College Park. In
other business, the board reaffirmed the foundation’s vision "that it
be economically possible for any qualified United Methodist student to
be educated at a United Methodist-related institution of higher
education." The members voted unanimously to focus all of their
fund-raising efforts on scholarships to support that vision.
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Lucile Shivley |
Hamline University
President Larry Osnes, who nominated Cady for the educator award, said
Cady has advised the school’s student peace and justice group for many
years, recruited campus speakers that call attention to justice and
ethics and spoken out on ethical issues affecting the university
community. "Dr.
Duane Cady represents the best in an educator—outstanding classroom
teaching, top-notch scholarship, commitment to making the world a better
place and a lifestyle that exemplifies his beliefs on and off campus,"
Osnes said. Shivley,
a member of Highland Valley United Methodist Church in Little Rock, is
the winner of the 2005 Stanley S. Kresge Award. The award honors a
United Methodist who is dedicated to the church and offers unselfish
support of United Methodist-related education. "Mrs.
Shivley has been the epitome of a faithful Hendrix supporter since
1954," said Hendrix College president J. Timothy Cloyd in making the
nomination. "She has supported her alma mater with not just her
financial gifts but also with her enthusiasm and joyful presence. She
has used her gifts to help build a culture of philanthropy at Hendrix." Shivley
described her and her husband’s decision to support Hendrix through a
planned gift. "Now we can look around this lovely campus, and our souls
are soothed with beauty," she said. "We look at buildings and know that,
so long as brick and mortar stand, a part of us is still here. And so
long as we see young people coming and going through these doors, we
feel we are participating in eternity." A $10,000 scholarship endowment will be established at Hendrix in Shivley’s name. For
his Chaplain of the Year Award, Astin receives an inscribed sculpture
and $5,000 to further develop programs sponsored by his office. Astin
has served Ferrum College for 18 years, most recently as full-time
chaplain.
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The Rev. C. Wesley Astin |
Ferrum President
Jennifer Braaten, in nominating Astin, cited a contemporary Monday
evening praise service initiated by the chaplain and organized by Ferrum
students. "Led by Wes, this praise and worship band has moved beyond
the campus, and its members conduct youth workshops and youth retreats
in our area and across the conference," Braaten said."As
evidenced by his many and varied activities, Rev. Astin is not only an
active and effective chaplain and teacher at Ferrum College, but also an
important member of the Virginia Conference through his contributions
to the church outside of his college responsibilities." As
Campus Minister of the Year, Capps receives an inscribed sculpture and
$5,000 to develop her campus ministry at the University of Maryland. "Guided
by the words of Psalm 139, Kim uses her gifts of uncanny perception for
the word of God and the gifts and needs of the community she serves to
guide quests for vocational and spiritual discernment, expression and
community building," said Authuree Wright, chairperson of the
Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference Committee on Higher Education and
Campus Ministry.
Recent graduate Jennifer Harris added, "In our
time at College Park, Kim helped us to learn how to bring our
relationship with God to the center of our lives in such a way that it
felt as if we were living our lives on holy ground." More information on the foundation is available by writing to umhef@gbhem.org or P.O. Box 340005, Nashville, TN, 37203-0005; calling (800) 811-8110; or visiting www.umhef.org online.
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