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CRM STUDENT FELLOWS

Our student fellows gain valuable vocational experience and mentorship at the CRM while supporting the work of the local church.

Julia Truesdell

Julia Truesdell (’28) is a CRM Media Fellow from Wiscasset, Maine studying English and Communications. She hopes to use her passion for visual storytelling to create documentaries that inspire hope and connect people with God’s redemptive paradigm. When not creating films, Julia enjoys exploring the outdoors and finding creative ways to improve her Spanish.

Gabriella Hallam

Gabriella Hallam ('29) is a CRM Student Ambassador and a Biblical & Theological Studies major from Buffalo, NY. Her future plans are to become a youth pastor and to serve the local church through learning and utilizing various media skills through the CRM and her minor in Communication Arts.

Jonathan Maher

Jonathan Maher ('29) is a CRM Media Fellow and a Psychology major from Northern Virginia. He hopes to grow his skills in video editing through the work of the CRM, and better learn how he can support the work of rural churches in the future.

Madelyn Taliaferro

Madelyn Taliaferro ('27) is from Fairfax Station, Virginia and is double majoring in Accounting and Finance. She hopes to combine her love of people with her professional skills to support the mission of the Center for Rural Ministry and serve the local church.

Anastasia Brown

Anastasia Brown (’27) is the CRM Writing Fellow and an English Secondary Education major at Grove City College. She is also the editor-in-chief of GCC’s student-run magazine Cogitare, and the Community editor for the GCC Collegian newspaper. She has grown up in a local historic rural church that has been part of the Center for Rural Ministry since 2019, and her love of rural ministry and local community has made her responsibilities with the CRM a joy!

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CRM STUDENT ALUMNI

CRM STUDENT FELLOWS

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Emily Fox

Emily Fox ('26) was a former CRM Writing Fellow and English major at Grove City College. She also received a minor in Digital Marketing and Professional Writing, and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Grove City College Collegian.

SERVING LOCAL CHURCHES

Internship Opportunities

CRM internships offer highly selective opportunities for students to spend a semester or a summer learning and ministering alongside an experienced pastor.

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Plowshare Program

Plowshare pairs students with local rural churches, connecting them with a family of believers during their college years.

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Spring Break Mission Trips

Break with a purpose. Join a group of GCC students who spend their time off serving on site alongside local pastors and their congregations.

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Internship Spotlight

When Shayne Zigich walked into Dr. Cotherman’s office one day late in the Spring semester, he had no idea that he would leave as the PRM summer intern in Fairmont, West Virginia.

SHAYNE'S STORY

Service-Learning Projects

The CRM’s service learning projects combine learning and service in a powerful way. In these courses, students have an opportunity to work with faculty and pastors to put the learning objectives of their courses to work in the context of the local church.

So far, we’ve seen students develop websites, marketing plans, branding, research-based studies, prayer apps, apiary projects, and much more. These projects are a great way to bring learning to life for the good of students, pastors, and local congregations!

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