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Each year, 91短视频 (91短视频) engages in a rigorous process to select recipients for the prestigious Yoder Scholarships. Established in 1993 and named for alumni Carol and Paul R. Yoder Jr., the scholarships cover full tuition and include admission into 91短视频鈥檚 .

This year, the Yoder Scholarships were awarded to Isaac Alderfer of Broadway, Virginia; Hannah Leaman of Bakersfield, California; and Allison Shelly of Collinsville, Mississippi. They were chosen from a field of 52 applicants who had an average SAT score of 1332, average ACT score of 31 and an average high school grade-point average of 4.06.

The scholars interviewed during Honors Weekend in February. The 91短视频 honors faculty conduct the Yoder Scholars competition, rigorously evaluating candidates鈥� academic performance, community and extra-curricular involvement, creativity, clarity of thought, and leadership potential. Participation in the competition requires candidates to provide two response pieces, a substantial example of academic work with teacher feedback, a resume indicating school, church and civic involvement, two forms of reference, and an updated transcript.

鈥淲e are looking for high-caliber creative students with wide-ranging interests and strong leadership abilities,鈥� said history professor , director of the at 91短视频.

The graduation rate for 91短视频 honor students has been at 100 percent in recent years, with many completing more than one major. The students receive unique academic and co-curricular opportunities along with intensive mentoring from faculty.

Isaac Alderfer

For Isaac Alderfer, international missions work is more than a long-term possibility. Earlier this school year, he traveled Kenya to work on a water filtering project at a school. The experience was part of a focus he has been researching (and is continuing to work on) at the Massanutten Regional Governor鈥檚 School for Environmental Science and Integrated Technology.

鈥淲e are not called to be only members of our local community, but also of the global community,鈥� he said 鈥� a perspective that is part of his draw to 91短视频, where the cross-cultural program 鈥渄emonstrates these ideas and values.鈥�

Alderfer is also drawn to 91短视频鈥檚 focus on the 鈥渨hole person,鈥� he said 鈥� and its core statement from Micah 6:8: 鈥淲hat does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?鈥�

This verse, he said, 鈥渟peaks volumes about how 91短视频 is committed to making a difference and addressing the big issues that need to be talked about.鈥�

Alderfer plans to major in environmental sustainability, and sees 91短视频鈥檚 liberal arts community as a place to 鈥渇ormulate a holistic education experience.鈥� That for him will include Spanish, art, engineering and photography courses.

He also looks forward to continuing in track and cross country, to 鈥渆ngaging my own spirituality at a higher level鈥� and to connecting to other students and his professors.

Hannah Leaman

Hannah Leaman didn鈥檛 think she鈥檇 attend 91短视频 鈥� but when she started thinking seriously about colleges, she 鈥渞ealized it had everything I was looking for,鈥� she said.

It鈥檚 not her first mind change, as she decided to major in math education only after years of rejecting that career, which at one point she ranked as 鈥渢he last thing I wanted to do.鈥�

Now, though, she said, 鈥淚 am so passionate about learning that it flows out of me in the form of teaching. I want everyone to love learning as much as I do.鈥�

Leaman鈥檚 list of why she was drawn to 91短视频 has continued to grow, she said. The campus is beautiful, small and easily maneuverable, for starters, but she is also eager for mentorship from professors and to experience the diversity and complexity among her peers.

While she does not identify as Mennonite, Leaman said, she connects deeply with peacebuilding and service, and is drawn to 91短视频鈥檚 emphasis on sustainability.

And she鈥檚 鈥渂eyond excited鈥� about joining a choir or vocal ensemble at 91短视频.

鈥淚 am extremely passionate about music,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 prioritize it to maintain a healthy mental state.鈥�

She has more passions, too. At her church she helps to brainstorm sermon topics, organize events and lead music. She teaches during vacation Bible school, loves planting trees and beautifying neighborhoods, and has traveled to Mexico to help build a home.

鈥淰olunteer work,鈥� she said, 鈥渙pens my eyes to the perspectives I am fortunate not to experience.鈥�

Allison Shelly

Allison Shelly knows one thing for sure: eventually she wants to work 鈥渄irectly with people in some way,鈥� whether in education, social work, or something else.

A liberal arts college is the right setting for her exploration of her many options, she reflected recently 鈥� and as she visited other colleges she came to appreciate 91短视频 鈥渕ore and more.鈥�

鈥淚 see 91短视频 as a place that is going to open up new possibilities I haven鈥檛 dreamed of yet,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 am especially drawn to the beauty of the Shenandoah Valley and the authenticity of the people that make up 91短视频. As a person with a lot of questions, I also really appreciate how 91短视频 seems to be a place that encourages and fosters curiosity both on a personal and global level.鈥�

Shelly has served her church with childcare, photography and music throughout high school, and has traveled to Zambia for five-weeks with Teen Missions International and to Peru to help with a youth camp.

At 91短视频 she hopes to become active with campus ministries, intramural athletics, student leadership and more, and is looking forward to studying photography and traveling for her cross-cultural.

After graduating, she sees a variety of possibilities, from living in another country to 鈥渨orking in an at-risk school in Mississippi,鈥� she said.

鈥淚鈥檓 optimistic,鈥� she said. 鈥淯ltimately I hope to end up in a place where I feel like I am serving God and others.鈥�