14 Southwest Texas students receive
’05-’06 association scholarships

Fourteen students from Southwest Texas Conference congregations are attending college this academic year on scholarships from the Texas United Methodist College Association.
Listed by school, the students are:
n Lon Morris College, Jacksonville: Alfiado Franca, First UMC, San Marcos; Megan Hudgeons, Lake Travis UMC, Lakeway; Johnathan Nistler, Laurel Heights UMC, San Antonio.
n McMurry University, Abilene: Sarah Fry, First UMC, Victoria; Travis Henry, Tarrytown UMC, Austin; Mallory Vassar, Lutie Watkins Memorial UMC, Llano.
n Southern Methodist University, Dallas: Micah Nerio, University UMC, San Antonio; Sarah Sanders, First UMC, San Angelo.
n Southwestern University, Georgetown: Christina Cusson, Beth-any UMC, Austin; Lacey Gunn, First UMC, Pleasanton; Michael Lutz, First UMC, Austin; Marisa Mauldin, Utopia UMC; Erin Roe, Highland Lakes UMC, Buchanan Dam; Will Sparger, Gaddis Memorial UMC, Comfort.
Scholarships, supported by an annual $114,505 apportionment, can be used at six United Methodist-related schools in Texas.
“With TUMCA funds being restricted solely to TUMCA scholarships, every congregation in the Southwest Texas Conference can be assured that their TUMCA apportionment is directly linked to a deserving United Methodist young person,” said retired Bishop Dan E. Solomon, association president.
All students, as well as the board and staff of TUMCA, are profoundly grateful to all the congregations of the Southwest Texas Conference for their faithful support of the college association apportionment, Solomon said.
The association’s mission is to help “Texas United Methodist students attend Texas United Methodist colleges and universities.”