2020 VST Student Awards
VST Recognizes the 2020 Student Award Recipients. Congratulations!
Lydia Ruenzel
Samuel D. Chown Memorial Prize in Divinity
Awarded at year-end to the graduating student having the highest 1st class standing in the M.Div program.
Katherine Walker
Henreitta DeWolfe Prize
Awarded at year end for the highest standing in courses dealing with Mission of the Church.
Lauren Sanders
Ethel Ruth Erb Bursary
Awarded at year end to a student who shows special promise of all round proficiency in ministry or pastoral work.
Sophie Call
Runnalls Award in Church History
Awarded at year end to a student with an interest in church history.
William Brook & Randy Williams
Dr. Kosaburo Shimizu Prize
Two prizes awarded at year end to students with the highest standing in Church and Reformation history.
Shelley Worthington
John C. Sibley Prize
Awarded at year end for a book prize for highest standing in the courses dealing with the Church and Society.
Gabrielle Heideger
Lottie Yeo Prize
Murray Pruden
W. Evan and Christina J. Fullerton Awards Fund
Awarded at year end to a graduating student about to be ordained.
Lauren Sanders
Dr. Gladys Story Cunningham Award
Awarded at year-end to assist an outstanding female student in the graduating class.
Amanda Ruston
Sophia Augusta Doherty Bursary
Awarded to a student displaying exemplary pastoral and interpersonal skills.
Jason Wood
Fran D. Whitfield Award in Music and Community Life
Annually, to a student who has enriched the community life of the school—especially through the sharing of their musical gifts, for example, through worship leadership.
Katherine Walker
Lloyd Gaston Memorial Fund
To be granted annually to the student who, enrolled in any program at VST, submits the best paper in any discipline of New Testament Studies.
Samuel Andri
Lockhart Award
In appreciation for the preaching and pastoral leadership of The Reverend’s Laura and Ross Lockhart, this award is given to a student preparing for Ordained Ministry who demonstrates homiletical promise and gifts of pastoral care.
Chanil Lee
Albert H. Morrison Bursary
Awarded to a graduating student preparing for post-graduate studies.
Martin Pommerenke
The Rev. Dr. Robert Robinson Morrison Prize
Awarded to a student with the highest standing in New Testament studies or Homiletics.
Shelley Worthington
The Professor S. Vernon Fawcett Prize in Hebrew Bible
Janet Eastwood
The George R. Gordon Prize
Awarded to a student with the highest standing in Biblical History or Literature.
Stephen Bell
The George David Harrison Memorial Prize
Pastoral Theology and Educational Ministry
Lydia Ruenzel
The Angus MacMillan Grant Prize in Preaching
Awarded to a student for proficiency in expository Biblical preaching or preaching on a Biblical subject.
Andria Irwin
The Frederick Buechner Award for
Excellence in Preaching
Awarded to a student for excellence in preaching
Shaunna Kubossek
The Frederick Buechner Award for
Excellence in Writing
Awarded to a student for excellence in writing.
Frances Kitson & Jackie Graham
Chancellor’s Award
Janet Eastwood
The Ellis Weston Memorial Award
The Ellis Weston Memorial Award from St. Andrew’s Hall goes to a student demonstrating excellence in the field of church history and theology and who intends to serve the Reformed Church in some capacity.
Hwikyung Kim
Graduating Student Award
The St. Andrew’s Hall Graduating Student Award assists M. Div. students completing their VST (or the VST/Regent College) program with the expense of taking up their first pastoral charge.
Stephen Bell
The Rev. Dr. Hans and Colleen Kouwenberg Award in Pastoral Ministry
For a graduating Presbyterian student at SAH/VST demonstrating excellence in potential for church leadership in the PCC.
VST thanks the many donors and partners who make these awards possible with their generous support.