Judson College announces new scholarship program

Speaking to Judson College alumnae and later to messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting, Judson President Mark Tew had big news for Alabama Baptists in his first convention report.

“God has more for us than we can imagine,” Tew told those gathered Nov. 11 at the Baldwin Chapter of Judson College Alumnae Meet and Greet. “At Judson we are seeking to do higher education in a different way.”

Part of that different way is a new scholarship program which Tew announced to state convention messengers Nov. 13.

Beginning in the fall of 2020 the daughters of several groups of Alabama Baptists will be eligible for a new scholarship program, Tew said.

Students in these categories who meet Judson’s “exacting admissions standards and who become residential students [are eligible to] receive a full tuition scholarship,” Tew said.

In the past daughters of full-time pastors of Alabama Baptist churches could receive a partial-tuition
scholarship. 

Under the new program more students are eligible, including the daughters of:

• Pastors, full- and part-time, including bivocational pastors, of participating Alabama Baptist churches that are in good standing with the local Baptist association and the Alabama Baptist State Convention  
• All other ministers, full- and part-time, who are employed by participating Alabama Baptist churches that are in good standing with the local Baptist association and the Alabama Baptist State Convention
• All full-time employees of participating Alabama Baptist churches that are in good standing with the local Baptist association and the Alabama Baptist State Convention
• All full-time employees of the Alabama Baptist State Convention, its associational offices and funded entities and organizations.

To receive the scholarship students must become residential students, and the scholarship does not include room, board, books and class/activity fees, Tew said.

“Educating the daughters of our Baptist leaders in the state is a cherished portion of Judson’s distinctive and distinguished mission,” Tew said. “Increasing the amount and extending the reach of this scholarship allows Judson to express appreciation for and render service to our churches and denominational entities across the state.” (Carrie Brown McWhorter)