Public relations student honored with MLK Jr. Scholarship

Junior Tia Joy Davis of Norfolk, Va., received the University’s 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship. 

The J-school major is studying public relations and also pursuing a minor in entrepreneurship.

The vice president of the Carolina Association of Black Journalists and a Buckley Public Service Scholar, Davis was recognized for her two recent internships – one in with the City of Cape Town Department of Economic and Social Development in South Africa and the other with J.P. Morgan.  She volunteers with UNC Habitat for Humanity and was charter director of public relations for the UNC Student Congress’ Congressional Research Service.

Also among the finalists was Jeremy Knight of Grayson, Ga. A public relations student, he is pursuing a minor in City and Regional Planning and a minor in education at Duke University. He is co-director of Carolina Kickoff, the senior adviser of Students for Education Reform, and an admissions ambassador. He is former co-chair of the First-Year Focus Council committee under the executive branch of student government. 

Davis and Knight were recognized during the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration held at Memorial Hall on Jan. 17. Guest lecturer was former U.N. ambassador Andrew J. Young.