J-school presents more than $125k in scholarship and awards

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media presented top students with more than 100 scholarships and awards totaling more than $125,000.

The school will host a luncheon on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, to celebrate the students who were selected to receive scholarships and awards this year and to thank the generous donors who make these awards possible.

For scholarship descriptions, visit jomc.unc.edu/scholarships.

 

Outstanding graduates

James J. Mullen Award to the Outstanding Senior in Advertising
Karly Elaine Brooks

John Robert Bittner Award to the Outstanding Senior in Broadcast and Electronic Journalism
Landon Astor Dowdy

Lois and H.C. Cranford Jr. Award to the Outstanding Senior in Public Relations
Amelia L. Nitz

O.J. “Skipper” Coffin Award to the Outstanding Senior in Reporting
Chelsey Elizabeth Dulaney

Stuart Sechriest Award Outstanding Visual Communication
Kevin Michael Uhrmacher

Outstanding M.A. Graduate
Jacqueline Borrett

Outstanding MATC Graduate
John Zhu

Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate
Lisa Barnard

 

Scholarship and award winners

Philip Alston Scholarship
Andrew Luther Goins
$500

American Advertising Federation (Triangle Chapter-AFF)
Matthew Robert Evangelisto
$1,000

William G. Arey Jr. International Communications Scholarships
Paris C. Alston
Emily Rhyne
$1,500 each

AT&T Business Internship Award
Caitlin A. McCabe
$1,000

Stephenson-Biddix Scholarship
Hannah Brooke Haas
$1,000

Furman Bisher Medal
Bailey Marie Pennington
$3,000

Tom Bowers Scholarships
Mary Elizabeth Entwistle
Elise Alexandria McGlothian
$1,500 each

Diane Harvey Bradley Scholarships
Kendall Atkins
Sarah E. Chaney
$2,000 each

Rick Brewer Scholarships
Kristina Caitlin Ball
Kayla Wilkinson
$1,500 each

Michael R. Bumgardner Scholarship
Shannon Abigail Coy
$1,000

Mackey-Byars Scholarship
Lauren Rose Elizabeth Mayfield
$1,000

Canady International Scholarship
Josephine Clark Hollingsworth
$2,500

The Robin Clark Experience
Paris C. Alston
$4,000

Ann Sawyer Cleland Scholarship
Kristina Redd
$1,000

Carl C. Council Scholarship
Resita H. Cox
$1,500

Evelyn Davis Scholarships
Italia Suzanne Marr
Brett Owen McMillan
Max E. Miceli
Jennifer E. Surane
$1,250 each

James Davis Scholarships
Breeze Nicole Riley
Cassie Schutzer
Kristi Diane Walker
$2,000 each

Robert Winchester Dodson Scholarship
Allison Marie Turner
$500

Reese Felts Scholarships
Andre Rowe Jr.
Andrew Jung Tie
Elizabeth Tew

F. Weston Fenhagen Scholarship
Derrick Javon Bills
$500

Ameel J. Fisher Scholarships
Brooke Nicole Eller
Bridget C. Walsh
$3,000 each

Mary Katherine Forbes Scholarships
Natalie Marie Ballard
Gabrielle J. Diepenbrock
Jasmine Symone Jennings
Paige Nicole Plumblee
$1,500 each

Victoria M. Gardner Scholarship
Haley Caroline Waxman
$1,250

Stephen Gates Scholarship
Dylan Howlett
$5,000

Paul Green Houston Scholarship
Laura Fellwock
$500

John L. Greene Award
Jordan Kristopher Hilt Archer
$500

Wendy-Ayn Hancock Memorial Scholarship Fund
Connor Miranda
$2,000

Hoffman Award
Tyshawn Sutton
$1,500

Scripps Howard Foundation Internship/Scholarship
Casey Meredith Miller
Emily Rhyne

A.W. Huckle Memorial Scholarship Fund
Casey Alexandra DiNardo
$500

James F. Hurley Bicentennial Merit Scholarship
Sarah J. Delk
$1,500

Jackson International Scholarship Program
Alanna Katherine Albrecht
Wendy Lu
$1,250 each

E. Eugene Jackson Scholarships
Michelle Mihyun Park
Lincoln Ross Pennington
$1,500 each

Roger and Dorothy Jennings Entrepreneurial Award
Grace Marie Raynor
$500

Glenn Keever Scholarship
Samantha Marie Sabin
$1,250

Larry and Carolyn Keith Award in Sports Journalism
Edgar Walker
$500

Emma Lineberger Scholarship
Merriam Bailey Mathias
$500

Jeff MacNelly Award
Ngozika Nwoko
$1,500

Raleigh Mann Scholarship
Carolyn Peak Coons
$750

Douglas N. Marlette Memorial Scholarship
Juanita Chavarro
$500

Don S. Maurer Scholarship
Chassity Nicole Bobbitt
$750

C.A. Pete McKnight Scholarship
Janell Smith
$500

Quincy Sharpe Mills Scholarship
Chantrel Denise Reynolds
$1,500

N.C. Medical Society Foundation Medical Journalism Internship
Jasmin Singh
$500

N.C. Working Press Scholarship
Elizabeth Ann Bartholf
$750

Robert Pittman Award
Elizabeth L. Crampton

Erwin Potts Scholarship
Jessica Lynn Castro-Rappl
$1,250

Peter D. Pruden and Phyllis H. Pruden Scholarships
Claudia Lauren Amand
Hannah Brooke Haas
$1,000 each

Bob Quincy Scholarship
Megan McSweeney Cassella
$1,000

Carol Reuss Award
Brooke Nicole Eller
$1,000

Eugene Roberts Prize
Gabriella Marina Cirelli
$2,000

Michael John Sauer Scholarship for Sports Communication
Charles J. Shelton
$1,000

A.C. Snow and Katherine Snow Smith Scholarship
Marisa Noel DiNovis
$1,000

Chuck Stone Citizen of the World Award
Brenna Lynn Cukier
$1,250

Tucker Family Scholarship
Brenna Lynn Cukier
Alexis M. Simmons
$1,500 each

M.S. Van Hecke Award
Jacob Andrew Barach
Megan McSweeney Cassella
$2,500

David Jordan Whichard II Scholarship
Catherine Elisabeth King
$1,000

David Julian Whichard Scholarship
Sarah Corinne Jurney
$2,000

Clarence E. and Jane P. Whitefield Scholarships
Allison Ruth Ruel Rella
Marissa Ann Techmeier
$1,000 each

Jon Witherspoon Scholarship
Morgan Leigh Johnson
$750

WTVD Endowment Scholarships
Jordan Jeneva Budget
Jonathan P. Conway
Cierra Brooke Cotton
$1,000 each

The Earl Wynn Creative Broadcasting Award
Madison Robins Way
$800

 

Graduate student awards

William Francis Clingman Jr. Ethics Awards
Joseph Cabosky
Brooks Fuller
Meghan Sobel

Joy Gibson MATC Cohort Award
Tessa McSwain

Minnie S. and Eli A. Rubinstein Research Awards
David Bockino
April Raphiou
Meghan Sobel

Tom Wicker Award
Jessica Clark