Nearly 100 students receive school scholarships
More than $300,000 in scholarships was awarded to nearly 100 Media School students during the annual scholarship ceremony on April 14 at Presidents Hall in Franklin Hall.
Media School Dean James Shanahan welcomed everyone to the event and presented the Kemp Teaching Award to Kelley French. Senior lecturers James Krause and Anne Ryder presented the undergraduate awards.
The school presented awards representing 83 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, four 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, Robin Fogel Avni Scholarship for Design and Tom Green Scholarship
Payam Ahmadi: Media School Scholarship
Gabriella Altchek: Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship
Abigail Bainbridge: Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Carson Blackwell: Frank Arganbright Scholarship
Alexis Borja: Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Hannah Boufford: James E. and Anne (Echlin) Bright Scholarship, Steve and Becky (Gunden) Smith Scholarship and The Beth Wood Award
Andrew Briggs: Jennifer Byrne Shull Scholarship Fund
Joy Burton: Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Emma Cesar: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship
Clarice Cross: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship
Molly Cunningham: Linda (Nichols) Mayes Memorial Scholarship, Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship and Carolyn (Lucas) Tufford Journalism Scholarship
Spencer Davis: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship and Steve Guback Sports Journalism Scholarship
Kathryn de la Rosa: John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship
Jacob DeCastro: Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship
Audrey Deiser: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship
Laurel Demkovich: Timothy A. Franklin Scholarship and Poynter Scholarship and Internship
Adam Dougherty: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship
Cameron Drummond: Steve Guback Scholarship and Steve Guback Sports Journalism Scholarship
Michaela Dumesny: Floyd G. Arpan Scholarship and John L. Fleming Scholarship
Brooke Ellis: Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship
Bryn Eudy: Trevor Brown International Teaching Fellowship, Public Relations Achievement Scholarship and Jack Scott Scholarship
Naomi Farahan: Jack Scott Scholarship
Austin Faulds: Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Douglas Fezler: Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
Christopher Forrester: John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship and Jan and Paul Abramowitz Scholarship
Kylie Frederick: Gretchen A. Kemp Scholarship
Gillian Fulford: Nancy Weaver Teichert Scholarship in Journalism
Sarah Gardner: Frank Arganbright Scholarship and Charles and Nancy Teeple Business Writing Scholarship
Lydia Gerike: Richard Gray Scholarship and O’Bannon Journalism Scholarship
Abigail Gipson: Donald Austin Scholarship, Dick and Louise Johnson Foundation Journalism Scholarship and George D. Newton Scholarship
Sofia Godinez: John F. McLeod Scholarship
Sofia Grimsgard: John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship
Victor Grossling: Counts/Ahlhauser Scholarship and Jack Scott Scholarship
Celia Grubba: Frank Arganbright Scholarship
Emma Hamilton: Jack Sheehan Endowment Scholarship Fund
Mary Katherine Hamilton: John E. and Mary Stempel Memorial Scholarship and Bond Smith Sublette and A.J. and Bettie Smith Scholarship
Meredith Hardy: Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship
Alexis Haskell: Steve Guback Sports Journalism Scholarship
Sydney Heile: Frank Arganbright Scholarship
Samuel House: David L. Adams Scholarship, Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship and Edward Reinke Scholarship in Photojournalism
Lindsey Jackson: Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Kathryn Jankowski: Thomas and Margaret Hurwich Scholarship
Maura Johnson: Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Jessica Joppich: Thomas and Margaret Hurwich Scholarship
Mikaela Kaplan: Margaret H. Knote Journalism Scholarship
Eleanor Kaverman: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Scholarship
Luma Khabbaz: G. Cleveland Wilhoit Scholarship
Michaylah Kimbler: Palladium-Item Scholarship
Nyssa Kruse: Lila Brady Scholarship, Lewis B. Edwards Journalism Scholarship and Patrick Siddons and Diane Siddons Indiana Daily Student Scholarship
Ann Lewandowski: Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Satomi Masaki: Jack Sheehan Endowment Scholarship Fund
Katherine Mastores: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship
Kate McNeal: James and Susan (Bassett) Hetherington Scholarship, Matthew J. Luedeman Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Journalism, Fran and Donn Pearlman Scholarship and The Beth Wood Award
Kendall Miller: Frank Arganbright Scholarship
Daniela Molina: Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Rachel Morris: Fred Brewer Award in New Media Graphics
Christiane Mura: Frank Arganbright Scholarship and Roy W. Howard Scholarship
Jesse Naranjo: Ralph L. Holsinger Scholarship
Dominique Newland: Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
Taylor Newton: Ernie Pyle Scholarship
Lexi Oser: Caine Family Scholarship
Tricia Paterakos: Philip Ward Burton Advertising Scholarship
Gillian Paxton: Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship and Patricia Beach Smith Scholarship
Benjamin Portnoy: Journalism Alumni Scholarship
Zain Pyarali: Norvelle Scholarship in Telecommunications
Matt Rasnic: John Matthew Jackson Memorial Scholarship
Hannah Rea: Frank Arganbright Scholarship and Jack Backer Scholarship
Hannah Reed: Peter Jacobi Scholarship
Bailee Renfro: Frank Arganbright Scholarship
Kristin Russell: Donald E. Agostino Memorial Scholarship
Naphtalia Ruth: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship and Jennifer Byrne Shull Scholarship Fund
Brielle Saggese: Caine Family Scholarship
Sarah Sanders: Donald Abbott Rushton Memorial Scholarship
Joseph Schroeder: Journalism Alumni Scholarship
Cara Singell: Jack Scott Scholarship
Noelle Snider: John Johnson Wheeler Scholarship
Brenden Spangler: Jennifer Byrne Shull Scholarship Fund
Katherine Stewart: Chris and Virginia (Mead) Savage Memorial Scholarship and Jack Scott Scholarship
Sydney Tomlinson: Jack and Helen Fesko Scholarship
Victoria Updike: Joseph A. Berman Scholarship, William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship and Jack Scott Scholarship
Andrea Vega Yudico: International Press Freedom Scholarship and Scott & Kathryn Schurz Latin American Journalism Scholarship
Lauren Venturi: Dick and Louise Johnson Foundation Journalism Scholarship
Sarah Verschoor: David E. and Ruth (Padget) Albright Writing Scholarship, John Edward Bradley Memorial Scholarship and Robert R. and Mary (Pence) Cosner Scholarship
Kara Williams: Trevor Brown International Teaching Fellowship, Ruth (Squibb) Chapman Scholarship Fund, Charles F. Hardy Memorial Scholarship and John F. McLeod Scholarship
Kyle Winkel: LeRoy Bannerman Award in Innovative Audio
Mikaela Yoder: Louise (Hess) Miller Scholarship
Other awards:
Frances Wilhoit Research Paper Awards
Best undergraduate single-author paper: Patrick Wisdom, MSCH-J407: Newsgathering and the Law, “The Effect of Population Size on Indiana Counties’ Alcohol Arrest Rate and Drug Arrest Rate in 2012”
Best undergraduate co-authored paper: Kara Williams and Emerson Wolff, MSCH-H300: Honors Communications Law, “Prior Restraint: From Courts to College Campuses”
Best graduate research paper (single-author): Tim Schoch, MSCH-J572: The Press and the Constitution, “Political Expression in Professional Sports: The Legacy and Legality of National Anthem Protests”
2018 Kappa Tau Alpha inductees: Kaitlin Elise Billman, Hannah Boomershine, Hannah Boufford, Audrey Deiser, Maggie Gelon, Abigail Gipson, Jessica Horwitz, Chuhan Jie, Nyssa Kruse, Naomi Reibold, Elli Schank
2018 Alpha Delta Sigma inductees: Ashlin Bruce, Lexi Eisert, Amanda Garcia, Meredith Hardy, Grace Sun Kyung Hwang, Sara Joyce, Seunggyoo Yang
Gretchen A. Kemp Teaching Award: Professor of practice Kelley French received this award, which annually is presented to a journalism faculty member.
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