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UNC UNC Hussman grants more than $1.99M total through scholarships, awards for 2017-18

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media granted $534,390 through private funding in the 2017-18 academic year for scholarships and awards. 

More than $1.46 million was also awarded to graduate students through the Roy H. Park Fellowships alone, made possible by private support from the Triad Foundation.

Congratulations to the following UNC Hussman recipients:

Scholarships

A.C. Snow and Katherine Snow Smith Scholarship
A.W. Huckle Memorial Scholarship
Ameel J. Fisher Scholarship
American Advertising Federation (Triangle Chapter-AFF)
Ann Sawyer Cleland Scholarship
Ardis Kipp Cohoon Scholarship
Bob Quincy Scholarship
C.A. “Pete” McKnight Scholarship
Carl Council Scholarship
Carol Reuss Award
Charles McCorkle Hauser Scholarship
Clarence E. and Jane P. Whitefield Scholarship
David Jordan Whichard II Scholarship
David Julian Whichard Scholarship
Diane Harvey Bradley Scholarship
Don S. Maurer Advertising Scholarship
Douglas N. Marlette Memorial Scholarship
E. Eugene Jackson Scholarship
Edward Heywood Megson Scholarship
Elton Casey Scholarship
Emma Lineberger Scholarship
Erin A. Wiltgen Scholarship
Erwin Potts Scholarship
Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation Scholarship
F. Weston Fenhagen Scholarship for International Students
Glenn Keever Scholarship
Hoffman Award
James Davis Scholarship
James F. Hurley III Bicentennial Merit Scholarship
John Albert Campbell III Sports Communication Scholarship
John Harden Scholarship
John L. Greene, Jr. Scholarship
Jonathan H. Witherspoon Scholarship
Kays Gary Scholarship
Knight Foundation Distinguished Journalism Scholarship
Louis M. Connor, Jr. Scholarship
Mackey-Byars Scholarship for Communication Excellence
Marjorie Usher Ragan Scholarship
Mary Kathryn Forbes Scholarship
Michael John Sauer Scholarship for Sports Communication
Michael R. Bumgardner Scholarship
Molly McKay Scholarship
N.C. Black Publishers Scholarship
N.C. Working Press Scholarship
Orville Gray and Lucille M. Cobbs Memorial Scholarship
Paul Green Houston Scholarship
Peter DeWitt Pruden and Phyllis Harrill Pruden Scholarship
Philip Alston Scholarship
Quincy Sharpe Mills Memorial Scholarship
Raleigh Mann Scholarship
Reese Felts Scholarship
Rick Brewer Scholarship
Robert Winchester Dodson Scholarship
Stephen Gates Memorial Scholarship
Stephenson-Biddix Scholarship
Tom Bost Scholarship
Tom Bowers Scholarship
Tucker Family Scholarship
Victoria M. Gardner Scholarship
WTVD Scholarship

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Undergraduate Awards for Extracurricular Activities

Cole Campbell Professional Development Fund
Don and Barbara Curtis Excellence Fund for Extracurricular Activities
Patricia Miller Moore Award

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Undergraduate Awards for Global Experiences

Canady International Award
Chuck Stone Citizen of the World Award
Edward Jackson International Travel Award
MJ Global Immersive Fund
William G. Arey Jr. International Communications Award

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Undergraduate Awards for Immersive Experiences

Eugene L. Roberts Prize
John Sweeney Experience Award
John Sweeney Interview Fund
Rich Beckman Documentary Award
Robin Clark Experience
Visual Storytellers Community Fund
WUNC Fletcher Fellow for Education Policy Reporting

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Undergraduate Awards for Internships

AT&T Business Internship Award
Edward Lee Rankin Jr. Internship in Public Relations
Jim and Pat Thacker Sports Communication Internship
Jim Batten Community Newspaper Internship
The Lookout Fellows Program
M.S. Van Hecke Award
N.C. Medical Society Foundation Medical Journalism Internship
The News & Observer Internship
Scripps Howard Foundation Internship/Scholarship
Sharoky Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C.

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Awards for Graduate Students

Joseph L. Morrison Award for Excellence in Journalism History
Kathryn M. Cronin Scholarship
Margaret A. Blanchard Scholarship
The Maxwell Scholarship in Graduate Medical Journalism
Minnie S. and Eli A. Rubinstein Research Awards
Roy H. Park Fellowships
Tom Wicker Award
William Francis Clingman, Jr. Ethics Awards

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Superlatives

Earl Wynn Creative Broadcasting Award
Furman Bisher Medal
James J. Mullen Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Advertising
Jeff MacNelly Award
John Robert Bittner Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Broadcast and Electronic Journalism
Joy Gibson MATC Cohort Award
Larry and Carolyn Keith Awards
Lois and H.C. Cranford Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Public Relations
O.J. “Skipper” Coffin Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Reporting
Outstanding Graduating M.A. in Mass Communication
Outstanding Graduating M.A. in Technology and Communication
Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award
Roger and Dorothy Jennings Entrepreneurial Award
Smith Galli Persistence Award
Stuart Sechriest Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Visual Communication

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