Last fall, North Park welcomed its first group of Promise Scholars to campus. The twenty-five freshmen hail from across the country and were chosen based on their affiliation with an Evangelical Covenant Church, their high academic achievement, or their interest in pursuing a degree in nursing, health sciences, or STEM-related fields.
Prior to being selected, the students wrote essays about how they planned to pursue lives of significance and service, a signature North Park distinctive. The scholarships, which range from a total of $10,000 to $80,000 over four years, are funded by individual donors.
鈥淭hese students represent both the present and the future of North Park,鈥� says Owen Youngman C鈥�75, Chair of the Board of Trustees. 鈥淚 was thrilled to meet and talk with five of them recently at a Board meeting. It鈥檚 a privilege to have such bright, talented students join our campus family, and we look forward to what they will do in the world upon graduation.鈥�
Some of the recipients of the inaugural North Park Promise Scholarships are Gabrielle Rigg, a politics and government/history double major from Escalon, Calif.; Joel Beyar, a criminal justice major who grew up in Russia and Eastern Europe as the son of missionaries; Brian Chindblom of Palatine, Ill., who is planning to major in secondary education; Annika Sager, a marketing major from Farmington, Conn.; and Tyler Banks, a business major from Littleton, Colo.