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86 students receive Media School scholarships

The Media School Report

April 11, 2022

A crowd of people at a banquet — Students, parents, donors, faculty and staff gathered in Presidents Hall on Saturday to celebrate The Media School’s scholarship recipients. It was the first ceremony since 2019. (Ann Schertz Photography)

The Media School awarded 86 students more than $300,000 in scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year at a ceremony Saturday with students, parents, donors, faculty and staff.

Nick Browning and Walt Gantz posing on stage with a certificate — Associate professor Nick Browning received the Gretchen A. Kemp Teaching Fellowship. (Ann Schertz Photography)

Also during the celebration, associate professor Nick Browning won the Gretchen A. Kemp Teaching Award, and 13 students were inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, a national collegiate honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication.

The scholarship recipients were:

Kara Acinapuro: Media School Alumni Scholarship

Jocelyn Aguilar: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship

Eleanor Albin: Robert Williamson Memorial Scholarship

Kirsten Ashby: Donald E. Agostino Memorial Scholarship

Emily Barkdull: John E. Ritter Scholarship

Mara Belansky: David E. and Ruth (Padget) Albright Writing Scholarship, John L. Fleming Scholarship and Ruth (Squibb) Chapman Scholarship Fund

Joseph Bell: Jack Sheehan Endowment Scholarship/Fellowship Fund and Rolland Johnson Award in Telecommunications Management

David Wolfe Bender: John Edward Bradley Memorial Scholarship and John Matthew Jackson Memorial Scholarship

Nicole Blevins: Ernie Pyle Scholarship

Natalie Bock: Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship

Joshua Bode: Kenneth A. Beckley Scholarship

Lauren Booher: Jack Sheehan Endowment Scholarship/Fellowship Fund

Cashmere Booker: Douglas L. Freeland Public Relations Scholarship

Kristen Brzycki: Mark Ferree and Ruth Welborn Ferree Journalism Scholarship

Emma Callahan: Thomas and Margaret Hurwich Scholarship

Karen Cheng: Caine Family Scholarship

Salome Cloteaux: Donald Austin Scholarship, Jack Backer Scholarship and James and Susan (Bassett) Hetherington Scholarship

Matt Cohen: Frances Goins Wilhoit Research and Creative Activity Award — Best Undergraduate Creative Project

Ava Collins: Thomas and Margaret Hurwich Scholarship

Ryan Costello: Jack Scott Scholarship

Mallory Daunhauer: Frances Goins Wilhoit Research and Creative Activity Award — Best Undergraduate Creative Project

Mina Denny: Media School Alumni Scholarship

Tom Hirons, Caterina DeSantis and Walter Gantz on stage holding a certificate — Caterina DeSantis received the Caine Family Scholarship and the Tom Hirons Scholarship. (Ann Schertz Photography)

Caterina DeSantis: Caine Family Scholarship and Tom Hirons Scholarship

Elizabeth DeSantis: Bond Smith Sublette and A.J. and Bettie Smith Scholarship and Richard Grevel Sutherland Scholarship

Eve Elliott: Media School Alumni Scholarship

Patrick Felts: Mike Harris Scholarship

Amanda Foster: Richard E. Bishop Memorial Scholarship

Olivia Franklin: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship

Kelstin Galovic: Charles and Doris Vaughan Freedom of the Press Scholarship

Cameron Garber: Charles and Doris Vaughan Freedom of the Press Scholarship

Laura Gerber: George D. Newton Scholarship, Jan and Paul Abramowitz Scholarship and Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship/Fellowship

Caroline Geib: Chris and Virginia (Mead) Savage Memorial Scholarship

Evan Gerike: Richard E. Bishop Memorial Scholarship

Swarna Gowtham: Mark Ferree and Ruth Welborn Ferree Journalism Scholarship and Sarah Bence Scholarship

Claire Graham: Justin M. Druck Scholarship

Maya Gray: Justin M. Druck Scholarship

Ashton Hackman: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Scholarship/Fellowship and Ernie Pyle Scholarship

Sophia Hall: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship

Anya Heminger: Roy W. Howard Scholarship

Emma Herwehe: Jack Scott Scholarship and Richard Gray Scholarship

Henry Holloway: John F. McLeod Scholarship

Mia Holtzman: Caine Family Scholarship

Zoe Hugunin: Matthew J. Luedeman Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Journalism and Robert H. Enstad Scholarship

Natalie Ingalls: Charles F. Hardy Memorial Scholarship, Donald Austin Scholarship and Jack and Helen Fesko Scholarship

Clara Isaac: James E. and Anne (Echlin) Bright Scholarship

Braydyn Lents: Scott Powers Scholarship and Steve Guback Scholarship

Michelle Lie: Frances Goins Wilhoit Research and Creative Activity Award — Best Undergraduate Research Project

Alexis Lindenmayer: Gretchen A. Kemp Scholarship

Nancy Calloway Fyffe, Hannah Lorenzo and Walter Gantz on stage holding a certificate — Hannah Lorenzo received the James E. Callaway Sr. Memorial Scholarship and Robert H. Enstad Scholarship. (Ann Schertz Photography)

Hannah Lorenzo: James E. Callaway Sr. Memorial Scholarship and Robert H. Enstad Scholarship

Julia Lostutter: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship

Hannah Madura: John E. Ritter Scholarship

Madelynn Maloy: G. Cleveland Wilhoit Scholarship and Nancy Weaver Teichert Scholarship in Journalism

Lauren McLaughlin: Charles and Nancy Teeple Business Writing Scholarship and Journalism Alumni Scholarship

Raghav Mehta: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship

Grace Miller: Frances Goins Wilhoit Research and Creative Activity Award – Best Undergraduate Research Project

Haley Miller: Robert R. and Mary (Pence) Cosner Scholarship and William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship

Mary Claire Molloy and Walter Gantz on stage — Mary Claire Molloy received the Poynter/Tampa Bay Times Scholarship and the Internship and Richard G. Gray Reporting Prize. (Ann Schertz Photography)

Mary Claire Molloy: Poynter/Tampa Bay Times Scholarship and Internship and Richard G. Gray Reporting Prize

Ethan Moore: Counts/Ahlhauser Scholarship and William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship

Kameryn Moore: Jack and Helen Fesko Scholarship

Isabella Myszak: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship, Edward Reinke Scholarship in Photojournalism, Lila Brady Scholarship, Linda (Nichols) Mayes Memorial Scholarship and Robin Fogel Avni Scholarship for Design

Kevin Mudavadi: Kern Award for Innovation in Journalism

Samantha Nance: Jack Scott Scholarship

Nicolas Napier: Nancy Weaver Teichert Scholarship in Journalism and Richard Grevel Sutherland Scholarship

Olivia Oliver: Richard Grevel Sutherland Scholarship and Steve and Becky (Gunden) Smith Scholarship

Arijit Paladhi: Frances Goins Wilhoit Research and Creative Activity Award – Best Graduate Research Project

Emma Pawlitz: Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship and John F. McLeod Scholarship

Kelsey Pease: Justin M. Druck Scholarship and Ernie Pyle Scholarship

Jamie Porigow: Norvelle Scholarship in Telecommunications

Jacqueline Preston: Hollywood Hoosiers Scholarship

Eva Remijan-Toba: Mark Ferree and Ruth Welborn Ferree Journalism Scholarship

Ella Rhoades: Richard Grevel Sutherland Scholarship

Daniella Richardson: Ernie Pyle Scholarship

Veronica Rooney: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship and Jim Borse Student Radio Fund

Madison Rossillo: Jack Scott Scholarship

Haley Ryan: O’Bannon Journalism Scholarship, Patrick Siddons and Diane Siddons Indiana Daily Student Scholarship and William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship

Austin Rubin: Ernie Pyle Scholarship

Helen Rummel: Ralph L. Holsinger Scholarship and Timothy A. Franklin Scholarship

Audra Sapp: Jennifer Byrne Shull Scholarship

Marnie Sara: Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholarship, Steve Guback Scholarship, Steve Guback Sports Journalism Scholarship

Taylor Satoski: Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship/Fellowship and Tom Green Scholarship

Sophia Suter: Jack Scott Scholarship

Molly Sawyer: Media School Alumni Scholarship

Nadia Scharf: Dick and Louise Johnson Foundation Journalism Scholarship

Martin Schauss: Steve Guback Sports Journalism Scholarship

Sasha Sears: Joseph A. Berman Scholarship and Carolyn (Lucas) Tufford Journalism Scholarship

Alexandra Sulewski: Gretchen A. Kemp Scholarship

Erin Stafford: Patricia Beach Smith Scholarship and Tom Green Scholarship

Ava Staph: John Johnson Wheeler Scholarship

Shobha SV, Jewell Kern, Gerould Kern and Walter Gantz on stage holding a certificate — Shobha SV won the Kern Award for Innovation in Journalism. (Ann Schertz Photography)

Shobha SV: Kern Award for Innovation in Journalism

Jocelyn Sweeney: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship

Tyler Tachman: Steve Guback Scholarship and Terry Hutchens Memorial Scholarship

Carson TerBush: Frances Goins Wilhoit Research and Creative Activity Award – Best Undergraduate Creative Project

Amanda Tinkle: Jennifer Byrne Shull Scholarship

Lauren Ulrich: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship, Lila Brady Scholarship and Space Family Voss Science Communication Scholarship

Lyndsay Valadez: David L. Adams Scholarship and Peter Jacobi Scholarship

Liam Walsh: LeRoy Bannerman Award in Innovative Audio

Raegan Walsh: Philip Ward Burton Advertising Scholarship

Emma Watson: Richard E. Bishop Memorial Scholarship

Abby Welch: Paul E. Tucker Memorial Scholarship

Lauren Winnefeld: Donald Austin Scholarship and Roy W. Howard Scholarship

Riley Woodall: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship and Paul E. Tucker Memorial Scholarship

Megan Zacharias: Aileen Snoddy Scholarship and Joseph L. Melzer Journalism Scholarship

Dave Groobert and seven students standing on stage holding certificates and tassels — Thirteen students were inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, a national collegiate honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication. (Ann Schertz Photography)

The KTA inductees were:

Angela Apicella
Anna Black
Salome Cloteaux
Annie Cumming
Lily Friedrich
Rachel Hammes
Mary Claire Molloy
Ella Rhoades
Hannah Singer
Carson Terbush
Kayla Thompson
Zoe Verteramo
Wei Wang

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