Hussman School gives more than $2M total through student funding for 2018-19

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media granted more than $526,343 in the 2018-19 academic year, making a difference in the lives of more than 240 undergraduate and graduate Hussman School students.

More than $1.5 million was also awarded to support graduate students through the Roy H. Park Fellowships, made possible by private support from the Triad Foundation.

Over the years, alumni and donors have built incredible funding resources for Hussman School students that allow them to set aside financial pressures and focus on academics. It is a life-changing experience for many. 

Congratulations to the following Hussman School recipients:

Scholarships

A.C. Snow and Katherine Snow Smith Scholarship

• Molly Horak

A.W. Huckle Memorial Scholarship

• Jazmine Bunch
• Kate Elliott

Ameel J. Fisher Scholarship

• Chuka Akpom
• Audrey Burke
• Cambria Haro

American Advertising Federation (Triangle Chapter-AFF) Scholarship

• Erik Beene

Ann Sawyer Cleland Scholarship

• Chapel Fowler

Ardis Kipp Cohoon Scholarship

• Valentina Arismendi

Bob Quincy Scholarship

• Susan Altz
• Brian Gallagher

C.A. "Pete" McKnight Scholarship

• Dana Gentry

Carl Council Scholarship

• Parth Upadhyaya

Carol Reuss Award

• Martha Bennett

Charles McCorkle Hauser Scholarship

• Rachel Girimonte

Clarence E. and Jane P. Whitefield Scholarship

• Mimi Tomei

David Jordan Whichard II Scholarship

• Adam Phan
• Karen Stahl

David Julian Whichard Scholarship

• Adrianne Cleven
• Hannah Lang

Diane Harvey Bradley Scholarship

• Ashley Mills
• Jessica Snouwaert

Don S. Maurer Advertising Scholarship

• Lyric Lin

Douglas N. Marlette Memorial Scholarship

• Raina He

E. Eugene Jackson Scholarship

• Robert Ellis
• Rachel Lipman

Edward Heywood Megson Scholarship

• Hope Davison

Elton Casey Scholarship

• Paige Jones

Emma Lineberger Scholarship

• Vanessa Agunobi

Erin A. Wiltgen Scholarship

• Miranda Veal

Erwin Potts Scholarship

• Sergio Osnaya-Prieto

Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation Scholarship

• Payne Lubbers
• Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
• Myah Ward

F. Weston Fenhagen Scholarship for International Students

• Yi Gee
• Mingxuan Shen

Glenn Keever Scholarship

• Lena Johnson

Hoffman Award

• Gabrella Behailu

James Davis Scholarship

• Korie Dean
• Jordan Garrick

James F. Hurley III Bicentennial Merit Scholarship

• Jamey Cross
• Victor Hensley

John Albert Campbell III Sports Communication Scholarship

• Megan Dennehy

John Harden Scholarship

• Taylor Bolden

John L. Greene Jr. Scholarship

• Emily Pirozzolo

Jonathan H. Witherspoon Scholarship

• Taylor Tyson

Kays Gary Scholarship

• Jonathan Cook

Knight Foundation Distinguished Scholarship

• Alexander Ballard

Louis M. Connor Jr. Scholarship

• Mary Chiappetta
• Courtney Decker

Mackey-Byars Scholarship for Communication Excellence

• Taylor Doggett

Marjorie Usher Ragan Scholarship

• Marcus Young

Mary Kathryn Forbes Scholarship

• Delaney Dodge
• Adetola Ejire
• Vennela Medapati
• Caroline Sink

Michael John Sauer Scholarship for Sports Communication

• Lydia Davis

Michael R. Bumgardner Scholarship

• John Bigelow

Molly McKay Scholarship

• Excellence Perry

North Carolina Black Publishers Scholarship

• Kyra Miles

North Carolina Working Press Scholarship

• Landon Bost

Paul Green Houston Scholarship

• Elizabeth Howard

Peter DeWitt Pruden and Phyllis Harrill Pruden Scholarship

• Abby Cantrell
• Blake Morgan
• Matthew Potts
• Emma Shell

Philip Alston Scholarship

• Natalie Bode

Quincy Sharpe Mills Memorial Scholarship

• Peyton Collette
• Will Melfi
• Tyler Musialowski
• Sarah Redmond
• Austin Thomas

Raleigh Mann Scholarship

• Elizabeth Thompson

Reese Felts Scholarship

• Edward Trentzsch

Rick Brewer Scholarship

• Adam Jordan

Robert Winchester Dodson Scholarship

• Emma Kenfield

Stephen Gates Memorial Scholarship

• Robert Sweeney III

Stephenson-Biddix Scholarship

• Kayla Boswell

Tom Bost Scholarship

• Matilda Marshall

Tom Bowers Scholarship

• Nicole Martinez

Tucker Family Endowed Scholarship

• Natasha Berrios Laguerre

Tucker Family Expendable Scholarship

• Hayley Boland

Victoria M. Gardner Scholarship

• Sutton Cavalchire
• Anne Claire Foreman

WTVD Scholarship

• Taylor Buck
• Georgia Reagan Dellinger
• Amber Williams

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Undergraduate awards for extracurricular activities

Cole Campbell Professional Development Fund

• Nicholas Byrne
• Kaia Marie Findlay
• Hanzhang (Connie) Jin

Don and Barbara Curtis Excellence Fund for Extracurricular Activities

• Erynn Affeldt
• Caroline Bass
• Samantha Beltran 
• Laguerre Natasha Berrios
• Tess Bettinsoli
• Kayla Boswell
• Kayla Boykins
• Anna Bradsher
• Jazmine Bunch
• Megan Cain
• Brittany Casali
• Danielle Chemtob
• Valerie Choe
• Isabella Courtnay-Morris
• Renata D'Agrella
• Alexandra Davis-Isaac
• Georgia Reagan Dellinger
• Katie Dettmer
• Carlyann Edwards
• Eva Ellenburg
• Kate Lauren Elliott
• Haley France
• Carter Frye
• Candice Greene
• Leslie Rose (Abby) Hall
• Zoe Hambley
• Jin (Connie) Hanzhang
• Cambria Haro
• Haley Hodges
• Xizoke (Arya) Ji
• Merritt Johnson
• Macy Jones
• Eunice Kim
• Sean Kurz
• Jackeline Lizama
• Gwendolyn Love
• Nicole Martinez
• Shandel Menezes
• Blake Morgan
• Sidney Morris
• Brooke Murad
• Alicia Nam
• Alex Nolley
• Lucy Rose
• Kenil (Kenny) Sevilla
• Caroline Sink
• Charlotte Spence
• Courtney Staton
• Yujie Tao
• Tyler Trocinski
• Maria Elena Vizcaino
• Myah Ward
• Aja White
• Lauren Wilkinson
• Joanna Williams
• Darian Woehr
• Jaein Yoon
• Jingyuan (Echo) Zhou

Patricia Miller Moore Award

• Chloe Arrojado
• Taylor Bolden
• Georgia Reagan Dellinger
• Alexa Diotallevi
• Jordan Garrick
• Samantha Hopkins
• Shandel Menzes
• Samaria Parker
• Casey Quam
• Jenna Strachota

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Undergraduate awards for global experiences

Canady International Award

• Wesley Harwood
• Grace LaBue
• Merritt Strodel

Chuck Stone Citizen of the World Award

• Aubrey Patti

Edward Jackson International Travel Award

• Hanna Wondmagegn

Global Immersion Fund

• Jamey Cross
• Robert Ellis
• Haley France
• Dana Gentry
• Rachel Lipman
• Shandel Menezes
• Alexandra Milliken
• Tyler Musialowski
• Sergio Osnaya-Prieto
• Nicholas Valego
• Miranda Veal

William G. Arey Jr. International Communications Award

• Megan Cain
• Brooke Murad
• Abigail Thompson

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Undergraduate awards for immersive experiences

Eugene L. Roberts Prize

• Cailyn Derickson
• Margaret High
• Emily Wakeman

John Sweeney Experience Award

• Alexis Allston
• Madeline Bennett

John Sweeney Interview Award

• Isabella Courtenay-Morris

Rich Beckman Documentary Award

• Kaitlin Harlow

Robin Clark Experience

• Matilda Marshall
• Callie Williams

The Visual Storytellers Community Fund

• Zayrha Rodriguez

WUNC Fletcher Fellow for Education Policy Reporting

• Cole del Charco

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Undergraduate awards for internships

AT&T Business Internship Award

• Charlie McGee

Drescher Reporting Fellowship

• Jacquelyn Melinek

Edward Lee Rankin Jr. Intern in Public Relations

• Kate Elliott

James Bennett Graham Fellowship

• Elizabeth Thompson

Jim and Pat Thacker Sports Communication Internship

• Megan Dennehy
• Ellen Little
• Stewart Parkhurst

Jim Batten Community Newspaper Internship

• Hannah Lang
• Maria Elena Vizcaino

The Lookout Fellows Program

• Brandon Callender
• Jeremiah Rhodes
• Stella Shon
• Julia Slawek

M.S. Van Hecke Award

• Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

N.C. Medical Society Foundation Medical Journalism Internship

• Emily Davis

Rick and Jennifer Bruning Student Internship Support Fund

• Patrick Rosemond

Scripps Howard Foundation Internship/Scholarship

• Alex Kormann

Sharoky Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C.

• Martha Bennett
• Hayley Boland
• Kayla Boswell
• Kayla Boykins
• Brooke Fisher
• Hanna Grimm
• Molly Horak
• Lyric Lin
• Casey Quam
• Natalie Rinehard
• Sami Snellings
• Amy Townsend
• Talia Wlcek
• Jaein Yoon

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Funding for graduate students

The James R. Cleary Fund for Media Law

• To be announced

Joseph L. Morrison Award for Excellence in Journalism History

• Kirsten Adams

Kathryn M. Cronin Scholarship

• John Leland

Margaret Blanchard Dissertation Support Fund

• Shao Chengyuan

The Maxwell Scholarship in Graduate Medical Journalism

• Riley Davis
• Anne Frances McDarris

Minnie S. and Eli A. Rubinstein Research Awards

• Trevor Bell
• Jordan Morehouse

Roy H. Park Fellowships

• Kirk Bado (M.A.)
• Bridget Barrett (M.A.)
• Larisa Bennett (M.A.)
• Chandler Carter (M.A.)
• Bryan Cereijo (M.A.)
• Meredith Collins (M.A.)
• Riley Davis (M.A.)
• Schaefer Edwards (M.A.)
• Ashley Fox (M.A.)
• Elliott Gentile (M.A.)
• Christopher Gentilviso (M.A.)
• Ryan Hayford (M.A.)
• Laurie Hursting (M.A.)
• Tyler Lee (M.A.)
• Evelyn Mitchell (M.A.)
• Jeremiah Murphy (M.A.)
• Emma Peaslee (M.A.)
• Andy Rea (M.A.)
   
• Elizabeth Adams (Ph.D.)
• Kirsten Adams (Ph.D.)
• Joshua Barker (Ph.D.)
• Trevor Bell (Ph.D.)
• Tegan Bratcher (Ph.D.)
• Deborah Dwyer (Ph.D.)
• Jasmine Gray (Ph.D.)
• Ashley Hedrick (Ph.D.)
• Justin Kavlie (Ph.D.)
• Alex Kresovich (Ph.D.)
• Farnosh Mazandarani (Ph.D.)
• Michele Meyer (Ph.D.)
• Jordan Morehouse (Ph.D.)
• Jacob Rohde (Ph.D.)
• Jonathan Schlosser (Ph.D.)
• Jacob Thompson (Ph.D.)
• Kyla Garrett Wagner (Ph.D.)
• Alexis Romero Walker (Ph.D.)

Tom Wicker Award

• Sarah Champagne

William Francis Clingman, Jr. Ethics Awards

• Kirkpatrick Bado
• Alexis Walker

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Superlatives

Earl Wynn Creative Broadcasting Award

• Megan Cain

Furman Bisher Medal

• Samuel Doughton
• Camdyn Neuwirth

James J. Mullen Award to the Outstanding Senior in Advertising

• Mary Louise Bolt

Jeff MacNelly Award

• Margaret High

John Robert Bittner Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Electronic Communication

• Payton Walker

Joy Gibson MATC Cohort Award

• To be announced

Larry and Carolyn Keith Awards

• Alanna Pyrtle (Multimedia)
• Emily Sartin (Photojournalism)
• Chapel Fowler (Writing)

Lois & H.C. Cranford Jr. Award to the Outstanding Graduating Senior in Public Relations

• Kai Heslop

O.J. Skipper Coffin Award to the Outstanding Senior in Reporting

• Maria Elena Vizcaino

Outstanding M.A. in Mass Communication Student

• Christopher Gentilviso

Outstanding M.A. in Technology and Communication Student

• Stephany Pritchard

Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award

• Kyla Garrett Wagner

Roger and Dorothy Jennings Entrepreneurial Award

• Katarina Miles

Smith Galli Persistence Award

• Elizabeth Clifford

Stuart Sechriest Award to the Outstanding Senior in Visual Communication

• Alex Kormann

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