FOR CURRENT AND TRANSFER STUDENTS, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IS MARCH 1
FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IS JANUARY 15
Application Process
To apply for C&IS scholarships, students should log in to their myBama account and choose the “Admissions/Scholarship” tab. The scholarship application located here serves as a single application for all of the scholarships available within C&IS. By submitting this application you will be considered for all college and department scholarships for which you are eligible.
Scholarships
Alabama Power Company Foundation Endowed Scholarships
Amount: Approximately $1,500 annually
Availability: Each year
Eligibility: Outstanding full-time communication pre-major or major (freshman through junior year); legal resident of Alabama.
Mel Allen Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: Several each year
Eligibility: Outstanding entering freshman student enrolled full-time in the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Capstone Communication Society Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,500 annually
Availability: Several
Eligibility: Outstanding full-time communication pre-major or major (freshman through junior year)
Frank Deaver Endowed Scholarship for International Communication
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One each year
Eligibility: Undergraduate students, including international students, pursuing a degree and career in international media in the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Decatur Daily Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: Several
Eligibility: Outstanding communication majors who possess leadership skills and have a 3.5 GPA
Oliver H. Delchamps Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: Several each year
Eligibility: Outstanding full-time communication pre-major or major (freshman or graduate student)
Camille Elebash Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One each year
Eligibility: Currently employed C&IS student who demonstrates financial need.
Elevate Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Jesse Rupert
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One each year
Eligibility: Outstanding C&IS student who demonstrates financial need and whose enrollment enhances the diversity of the college. Second priority is given to female students who match the first priority and have no living mother. Preference shall be given to students who graduate from high school in Alabama and have a GPA of 3.0.
Lynda & Charles Gordon Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $3,000 annually
Availability: Several each year
Eligibility: C&IS student that graduate from Bessemer City High School and whose enrollment would enhance the diversity of the college’s student population. Must show financial need.
Anna and Steven Grizzle Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $2,5000 annually
Availability: Two per year
Eligibility: C&IS student that graduated from a high school outside of Alabama with at least a 3.0 GPA and a demonstrated financial need
Jonathan W. Hoch and Karen A. Walsh-Hoch Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: Two per year
Eligibility: Priority is given to full-time students enrolled in the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Everett Hughes Holle Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,500 annually
Availability: Several per year
Eligibility: Outstanding full time rising junior or senior communication majors who are Alabama residents, based on academic achievement, leadership and service; 3.0 or higher GPA, with demonstrated financial need.
Samuel Calvin Hughes Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One each year
Eligibility: Priority is given to journalism students enrolled in the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Jennifer Kitt-West Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: Two each year
Eligibility: Rising juniors or seniors majoring or minoring in Public Relations, Advertising or News Media with a 3.0 GPA, whose enrollment would enhance the diversity of the College of Communication and Information Science’s student population
Landa Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,400 annually
Availability: One per year
Eligibility: Priority of consideration is given to rising juniors and seniors in the College of Communication and Information Sciences who possess a 3.0 or higher grade point average on a 4.0 scale and are residents of the State of Alabama, with preference for students graduating from high schools in Jefferson or Montgomery counties.
W.D. & J.R. Lawley Gift Fund
Amount: Approximately $1,150 annually
Availability: Two each year
Eligibility: Outstanding C&IS student
James T. and Joanne Lynaugh Endowed Minority Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One each year
Eligibility: Outstanding minority student majoring in communication; freshman, sophomore, or junior enrolled full-time; priority to creative media and advertising and public relations majors.
William H. Melson Annual Scholarship Fund
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One each year
Eligibility: Outstanding C&IS student
Mills Family Endowed Scholarship in Communication
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: Several each year
Eligibility: Advertising, Public Relations, or JCM student with an ACT score of at least 27 who graduated from a high school within Alabama or withing the Greater Houston area (Harris, Montgomery, Liberty, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller counties) and who was involved in school or community organizations.
The Jim Oakley Family Endowed Scholarship
Amount: $2,000 per year
Availability: One or more each year
Eligibility: Priority is given to full-time undergraduate students, rising sophomores to rising seniors, who are enrolled in the College of Communication and Information Sciences who demonstrate financial need, although not necessarily need as defined by federal guidelines, and are participating in a summer internship.
Marie Volkert Parsons Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $2300 annually
Availability: One or more each year
Eligibility: Incoming freshmen what graduate from a high school within Alabama and has demonstrated achievement in scholastic media
Bob and Marie Robinson Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One or more each year
Eligibility: Priority is given to full-time undergraduate students who are enrolled in the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Ione Hendrick Roche Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $2,400 annually
Availability: Two each year
Eligibility: Minority woman who intends to pursue a degree in the College of Communication and Information Sciences
Chester R. Simmons Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: Several each year
Eligibility: Priority of consideration is given to students with majors in the College of Communication and Information Sciences.
J. Kelly Sisk Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $2,000 annually
Availability: Several each year
Eligibility: Outstanding full-time communication pre-major or major (freshman through junior year); priority to freshman student
Bill & Matt Stewart Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,400 annually
Availability: One or more each year
Eligibility: Outstanding full-time communication JCM student working for student media or outside professional media
James Glen Stovall Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
Availability: One each year
Eligibility: Currently employed student who demonstrate financial need
Summit Kelly Foundation Annual Scholarship
Amount: $12,000
Availability: Two
Eligibility: Priority of consideration is given to one freshman or transfer student who is enrolled in the College of Communication and Information Sciences and whose enrollment would enhance the diversity of the College’s student population, thereby improving the quality of the College’s educational experience and product. Given to one freshman or transfer student who demonstrates financial need, although not necessarily need as defined by federal guidelines.
Judy Stone Weaver CPT&R Endowed Scholarship
Amount: Approximately $2,000 annually
Availability: Several each year
Eligibility: C&IS student who is completing an internship at the Center for Public Television & Radio