The 2008-2009 Torrison Scholarship Fund Awardees

 
Congratulations to the recipients of the Dr. George and Emma J. Torrison Scholarship for the year 2008-2009: Megan Drelles, Roshel Egbert, Cali Johnson and Tate Lage. Each of these recipients has been awarded $4,000 to pursue a career in medicine. Dr. George and Emma J. Torrison specified in their intent for this scholarship that the recipients would be persons whose careers would lead them toward working to alleviate presently incurable diseases.

To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must hold membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and be graduating seniors accepted as first-year students in an accredited medical school. They are judged on merit, not on need.

Nominations are made by an applicant’s ELCA college president or his/her designee, their ELCA campus pastor, or the pastor of the ELCA church in which the applicant holds membership.

Since the inception of the Torrison Scholarship in 1988, the award has assisted 89 students to equip themselves for their vocations in medicine.

We are proud to announce the winners for the 2008-2009 academic year:    
  • Megan Drelles
    Megan was nominated by Campus Pastor, Bucky Beach, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Houghton, Michigan. Megan graduated from Michigan Technological University and will be attending University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the fall. Megan’s home congregation is Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ludington, Michigan.
   Megan Drelles
  • Roshel Egbert Graham
    Roshel just graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, and was nominated by Campus Pastor, Jana Schofield at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church in San Luis Obispo, California, for this scholarship opportunity.  Roshel will be attending USC Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California, this fall to begin her medical studies.  Roshel’s home congregation is Christ Lutheran Church in West Corina, California.
   Roshel Egbert
  • Cali Johnson
    Cali was nominated by the Rev. Larry Kroger, pastor of her home congregation of Hope Lutheran Church in Temecula, California. Cali graduated from the University of California in Santa Barbara, California. This fall she will be attending the University of California Medical School in San Francisco, California.
   Cali Johnson
  • Tate Lage
    Tate was nominated by Dr. Jack R. Ohle, president of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Tate will be attending the University of Des Moines Medical School in Des Moines, Iowa this fall. Tate’s home congregation is St. Paul Lutheran Church in Thornton, Iowa.
   Tate Lage