Adam Tiehes of Perryville, Mo., a senior in architectural and civil engineering at UMR received the Newman Scholarship from UMR’s Cardinal Newman Catholic Campus Ministry on May 10.
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Left-to-right: Sister Renita Brummer, OSF director of UMR Catholic Campus Ministry, Adam Tiehes of Perryville, Mo., a senior in architectural and civil engineering at UMR, and Jerry Bayless, associate dean of the School of Engineering. |
Tiehes is the first to receive this scholarship. To qualify, the student must be interested in becoming a lay leader in the Catholic church, have a minimum grade point of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and be enrolled in at least nine credit hours.
The scholarship is funded by alumni, UMR employees and the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.