76 students receive school scholarships
More than $300,000 in scholarships was awarded to 76 Media School students during the annual scholarship ceremony April 1 in Alumni Hall at the Indiana Memorial Union.
Media School Dean James Shanahan welcomed everyone to the event and lecturer Nancy Comiskey presided over the celebration.
The school presented 110 awards representing 72 named scholarship funds, and many of the donors or their families were present for the ceremony, some sitting with the students who received their gifts.
Also during the celebration, five students won Frances Wilhoit Research Paper Awards, and a number of students were inducted into academic honors organizations.
Here are the scholarship recipients:
Emily Abshire: Freedom of the Press Scholarship, Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship, and Fran and Donn Pearlman Scholarship
Jordyn Alexander: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship
Gabriella Altchek: Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship
Bayleigh Barrett: Jack Scott Scholarship
Hannah Boomershine: William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship
Hannah Boufford: Robin Fogel Avni Scholarship for Design and James E. and Anne (Echlin) Bright Scholarship
Kathleen Chrisco: Jan and Paul Abramowitz Scholarship
Courtney Christensen: Gretchen A. Kemp Scholarship
Alexa Chryssovergis: David L. Adams Scholarship, John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship and Carolyn (Lucas) Tufford Journalism Scholarship
Molly Cunningham: John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship
Spencer Davis: John Edward Bradley Memorial Scholarship, Steve Guback Sports Journalism Scholarship and The Beth Wood Award
Kathryn de la Rosa: Trevor Brown International Teaching Fellowship
Audrey Deiser: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship and John Johnson Wheeler Scholarship
Laurel Demkovich: Trevor Brown International Teaching Fellowship and Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Cameron Drummond: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship and Steve Guback Sports Journalism Scholarship
Michaela Dumesny: Floyd G. Arpan Scholarship
Alexandria Eady: Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
Jackson Evans: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship, Freedom of the Press Scholarship, Peter Jacobi Scholarship and Patricia Beach Smith Scholarship
Kelly Evans: John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship
Naomi Farahan: G. Cleveland Wilhoit Scholarship
Austin Faulds: International Press Freedom Scholarship and Beth Wood Award
Hunter Foist: Philip Ward Burton Advertising Scholarship
Noni Ford: Jack Sheehan Endowment Scholarship Fund
Kylie Frederick: Gretchen A. Kemp Scholarship and Steve and Becky (Gunden) Smith Scholarship
James Freeborn: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Scholarship
Sarah Gardner: Richard Gray Scholarship, John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship and The Beth Wood Award
Lydia Gerike: Jack Backer Scholarship and Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Erica Gibson: O’Bannon Journalism Scholarship
Abigail Gipson: Dick and Louise Johnson Foundation Journalism Scholarship
Rachel Goodman: Thomas and Margaret Hurwich Scholarship
Celia Grubba: Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship
Jordan Guskey: John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship
Mary Katherine Hamilton: Charles F. Hardy Memorial Scholarship and Bond Smith Sublette and A.J. and Bettie Smith Scholarship
Courtney Helland: Ernie Pyle Scholarship and Aileen Snoddy Scholarship
Lindsey Jackson: Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Dominick Jean: John Matthew Jackson Memorial Scholarship
Luma Khabbaz: Jack and Helen Fesko Scholarship
Michaylah Kimbler: Palladium-Item Scholarship
Emma Knutson: Counts/Ahlhauser Scholarship
Elisa Krebs: Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship
Nyssa Kruse: Ralph L. Holsinger Scholarship, and Patrick Siddons and Diane Siddons Indiana Daily Student Scholarship
Carley Lanich: Frank Arganbright Scholarship and Nancy Weaver Teichert Scholarship in Journalism
Carrie Latimer: Bernier Massara Family Scholarship
Katherine Mastores: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship
Kate McNeal: Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Elizabeth Meuser: Ruth (Squibb) Chapman Scholarship Fund, Robert R. and Mary (Pence) Cosner Scholarship and Linda (Nichols) Mayes Memorial Scholarship
Emily Miles: Dick and Louise Johnson Foundation Journalism Scholarship
Sara Miller: Lola Graham/Theta Sigma Phi Scholarship, James and Susan (Bassett) Hetherington Scholarship and Matthew J. Luedeman Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Journalism
Sydney Miller: Jack Scott Scholarship
Jordan Morgan: George D. Newton Scholarship and Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship
Rachel Morris: Thomas and Margaret Hurwich Scholarship
Eman Mozaffar: David E. and Ruth (Padget) Albright Writing Scholarship, Chris and Virginia (Mead) Savage Memorial Scholarship and Charles and Nancy Teeple Business Writing Scholarship
Christiane Mura: Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship
Jesse Naranjo: Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship
Kelly Obbie: Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship
Elijah Pouges: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship
Zain Pyarali: Steve Guback Scholarship
Sheila Raghavendran: LeRoy Bannerman Award in Innovative Audio
Matt Rasnic: Counts/Ahlhauser Scholarship
Sophia Raymond: Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Hannah Rea: Jack Scott Scholarship
Gizzelle Sandoval: The Beth Wood Award
Therin Showalter: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship
Jacob Smith: Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship
Jessica Smith: Lola Graham/Theta Sigma Phi Scholarship and Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Megan Snook: Edward Reinke Scholarship in Photojournalism
Brenden Spangler: Jack Sheehan Endowment Scholarship Fund
Zoe Spilker: Bernier Massara Family Scholarship
Taylor Telford: Timothy A. Franklin Scholarship, Roy W. Howard Scholarship and Poynter Scholarship and Internship
Michael Tilka: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship
Seth Tow: Frank Arganbright Scholarship
Sarah Verschoor: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship and Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Dylan Wallace: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship
Kara Williams: Frank Arganbright Scholarship
Jamie Zega: Richard and Cheryl Dancey Balough Scholarship and Joseph A. Berman Scholarship
Gabrielle Ziulkowski: Rolland Johnson Award in Telecommunications Management
Other awards:
Frances Wilhoit Research Paper Awards
Best undergraduate single-author paper: Timothy Kim, MSCH-J450 Journalism History.
Best undergraduate co-authored paper: Laurel Demkovich, Naomi Farahan and Luma Khabbaz, MSCH-H300 Honors Communications Law, “Who Gets to Decide?”
Best graduate research paper (single-author): Pallavi Rao, MSCH-J574 Gender and Media, “The Five-Point Indian: Caste and Masculinity in the Paratexts of Chetan Bhagat.”
2017 Phi Beta Kappa inductees: Joseph Adams, Kyle Baker, Lindsey Givin, Lawson Gutzwiller, Katherine Hogue, Kevin Kusisto, Madeline Long, Anna Polovick, Adele Poudrier, Ashleigh Sherman, Claudia Chavira Velez, Cameron Yeutter, Victoria Ziege
2017 Kappa Tau Alpha inductees: Anne Broach, Kelly Evans, Andrew Hussey, Elena Maresh, Alaina Milazzo, Megan Peterson, Anna Polovicck, Michaela Ullrich, Harley Wiltsey
2017 Alpha Delta Sigma inductees: Stephanie Chen, Young Jae Chun, Melina Cohen, Hunter Foist, Aamir Raj, Jane Wang, Keaton Wright, You Wu, Duo Xu, Yifan Zheng
Gretchen A. Kemp Teaching Award
Professor of practice Joe Coleman received this award, which annually is presented to a journalism faculty member.
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