Dive headfirst into your Media School experience by applying to be a part of one of two prestigious groups of high-achieving and ambitious students: the Ernie Pyle Scholars and the Media Scholars.
These programs provide enhanced opportunities for about 30 competitively selected incoming freshman students, offering honors coursework, travel and professional development opportunities, and faculty mentorship. And since cohorts study together from their first days on campus until graduation, students often form close friendships that last well beyond their days at IU.
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[Video: IU Logo and words appear: The Media School Indiana University.]
[Video: The front of Franklin Hall on a sunny day.]
Nicole speaks: The Ernie Pyle scholars has been around for a very long time.
[Video: Professor Nicole Martins, sitting in her office.]
[Video: Words appear: Nicole Martins, Honors Program Director, Associate Professor]
Nicole speaks: What had the administration recognized was that we have this wonderful prestigious program for our journalism students, but
[Video: A museum display in the basement of Franklin Hall dedicated to Ernie Pyle. A GI Joe doll, books, a shovel.]
Nicole speaks: we were ignoring
[Video: The Time Magazine cover, showing a drawing of Ernie Pyle.]
Nicole speaks: the other half of our Media School students.
[Video: Students sit in a Franklin Hall classroom.]
Nicole speaks: The media scholars program is our inaugural group — it just started this year, and this provides the same opportunity for students
[Video: Professor Nicole Martins, sitting in her office.]
Nicole speaks: who are interested in majoring in media or game design.
[Video: MJ Lock standing outside.]
[Video: Words appear: MJ Lock, Media Scholar.]
MJ speaks: It’s so exciting being part of the inaugural class of media scholars. Honestly, it's really, really cool because we're all just really excited to be here, and it's pretty fun that we're like the first class that's doing this.
[Video: Professor Nicole Martins, sitting in her office.]
Nicole speaks: These are students that are paired with a mentor who works very closely with them.
[Video: Professor Joseph Coleman, sitting in his office.]
[Video: Words appear: Joseph Coleman, Ernie Pyle Scholars Mentor, Professor of Practice]
Joseph speaks: The mentor stays with the same group of students all four years that those students are at IU.
[Video: Hannah Boufford, sitting in front of the Ernie Pyle basement display in Franklin Hall.]
[Video: Words appear: Hannah Boufford, Ernie Pyle Scholar]
Hannah speaks: Having a mentor has really helped me. I mean you have someone that knows you really well, that knows your interests, and knows what you've done.
[Video: Professor Susan Kelly speaks in front of a class]
Nicole speaks: They have this opportunity to kind of share their knowledge with students.
[Video: Professor Nicole Martins, sitting in her office.]
Nicole speaks: but also kind of give them a nudge in the right direction whenever they might need it.
[Video: Students in a Franklin Hall classroom]
Nicole speaks: We allow these students to take special honors classes that are just for them
[Video: Two female students listen to Professor Kelly speak]
Nicole speaks: on topics that are closely related to their major.
[Video: Professor Joseph Coleman, sitting in his office.]
Joseph speaks: I also have a class with them for the first eight weeks that they’re in The Media School.
[Video: Professor Nicole Martins, sitting in her office.]
Nicole speaks: A wonderful incentive is that we have wonderful opportunities for our students to travel and study abroad.
[Video: MJ Lock standing outside.]
MJ speaks: The Semester in L.A., where you actually get to go be a part of L.A. and do an internship and like actually be a part of the media industry is really exciting. Then also, as a media scholar, we get direct admission to do the Summer in London program.
[Video: Hannah Boufford, sitting in front of the Ernie Pyle basement display in Franklin Hall.]
Hannah speaks: So you go to London for six weeks and you live in London in student housing flats, and while you're there you do media-related internships.
[Video: Professor Nicole Martins, sitting in her office.]
Nicole speaks: Our scholars have to maintain a high grade point average.
[Video: Professor Joseph Coleman, sitting in his office.]
Joseph speaks: The one thing that the program does is it that
[Video: Students in a Franklin Hall classroom]
Joseph speaks: selects the students that have the most potential and the most experience in journalism and media fields
[Video: Professor Susan Kelly speaks in front of a class, with a female student visible in the background]
Joseph speaks: in one cohort.
[Video: Professor Joseph Coleman, sitting in his office.]
Joseph speaks: So they have the opportunity to learn a lot from each other.
[Video: Hannah Boufford, sitting in front of the Ernie Pyle basement display in Franklin Hall.]
Hannah speaks: With the Ernie Pyle program, you get a lot of like personal and professional growth opportunities. You meet your closest friends.
[Video: Professor Nicole Martins, sitting in her office.]
Nicole speaks: I don't think it's a stretch to say that our students eventually come to think of their cohort as family.
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[Words appear: Fulfilling the promise]
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