Posted on 10/15/2022 11:21:55 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN
Franciscan University of Steubenville launched a 2022-23 pilot of the “Unplugged Scholarship,” which awards financial assistance to students who give up using a smartphone for the duration of their undergraduate studies....
The Schneirs expressed their hope that this scholarship will be a step in reclaiming that adventure.
“We hope these brave students pioneer an unplugged lifestyle that carries into their vocations as businesspersons, educators, religious leaders, medical professionals, mothers, and fathers, and that they might be free and more capable to make their lives ‘something beautiful for God,’” said Hope Schneir.
(Excerpt) Read more at franciscan.edu ...
My spouse, my daughter, my college roommate always have their cell phones up in their faces. Mostly the later two. Drives me nuts. Can’t talk to them or get them to put the dammmm things down! I can never find my cell phone, I put it down and forget where.
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