Tag: Education
Creating leaders through education
![Students and volunteers in front of a school in Liberia](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/liberia_school_readers_lead_web.png)
Michigan congregations are invited to raise at least $600 over the next year to support scholarships for children at United Methodist-sponsored schools in Michigan and Liberia.
Albion president looks toward retirement
![Albion Graduation 2016](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Albion-College-Graduation-2016-960.jpg)
Dr. Mauri Ditzler, president of Albion College, has spent six years connecting the school with the community and The UMC.
Youth raise scholarship money
![Scholarship money raised in his honor](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Liberia-Scholarships-UMNews-Oct.-28-2019.jpg)
The Young Adult Fellowship of the Liberia Conference believes that money given for education is a very significant investment in the future of The United Methodist Church in their country.
Send them back to school with love
![Children back to school classrooms](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/School-children-Adobe-Stock.jpeg)
September is coming! What are ways your congregation can be a blessing to teachers and students during the year ahead?
U.S. teachers support African students
![Africa University graduates](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AU-grad-2017-2.jpg)
For 20 years, a Michigan couple, Ann and Morris Taber, traveled from Ypsilanti to Zimbabwe in support of Africa University.
Is prayer crazy?
![Prayer calendar focuses thought](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Prayer8.png)
The CEO of Kids Hope USA shares the secret behind the success of their daily efforts with mentoring at-risk students.
Help with back-to-school
![Kids in classroom with paint on hands](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Colorfulkiddos.jpg)
Religion News Service reports on how faith-based organizations have mobilized to ready students for the school year just ahead.
AU grads say, ‘We made it!’
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The 2017 Graduating Class at Africa University is challenged to “give back to Africa.”
Ravine to freedom
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Adrian College students discover new things about themselves and perceive the world in new ways as they learn about history.
Ready to study in Cambodia
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Around the globe kids are going back to school and UMCOR assists with tools for learning.