This University Offers Scholarships to Students Who Ditch Smartphones | EWTN News Nightly

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A Catholic university in Ohio is looking to send a message about smartphones. Franciscan University of Steubenville has initiated the Unplugged Scholarship. It provides financial assistance to students who give up using a smartphone for the entire time they are undergraduates. The university hopes the students instead spend time praying, studying and focusing on making friends. The initiative is part of the school's Rebuild My Church program. Two of Franciscan University students on the Unplugged Scholarship, Theresa Ryan and Caleb Haskell, join to share what it's like not having a smartphone and how much time they spent on their smart phones before giving them up. They tell us whether there are any instances when they are allowed to use them. They discuss what the reaction from other fellow students or people outside Franciscan has been been when they tell them they do not have a smartphone. Theresa fills us in on how many people are in the program and whether she thinks she can make it without a smartphone for her entire undergrad program. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf