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December 2008

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Serve the World

Balani Awarded Boren Scholarship
Junior Claire Balani has been awarded a National Security Education Program Boren Scholarship for study abroad.
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Serve the World
Austin College’s Global Outreach program awarded 10 fellowships in summer 2008, sending students to sites around the globe in service. Read their stories.
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Marjorie Hass Named President of Austin College
The first woman president in Austin College history takes office July 1, coming from her current duties as provost of Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.
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Edward H. Phillips Honored with Internship
Alumni have provided gifts to fund the Edward Hake Phillips Scholar, a summer internship at the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas. The internships honors professor emeritus of history Edward Phillips.
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The Good Life
What is the good life? Do our lives have purpose? Philosopher Mark Hebert, director of Austin College’s Lilly Theological Exploration of Vocation program, offers his thoughts on helping students find “calling” in their lives.
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