SCHOLARSHIPS:

School of Journalism Scholarships
The School has scholarship funds that are memorials to faculty or students or are intended to help students in certain majors or from certain locales. The application deadline is December 1, 2008. **Please note this is a change from last year's deadline of February 14. The new scholarship application form will be available online October 1, 2008.**

External Scholarships
The School publicizes journalism scholarships available from professional organizations or other outside agencies. Most deadlines for these fall between January and March. Information about available scholarships is distributed to students by e-mail, posted notices and announcements in classes. Also, use scholarship search services to learn of other opportunities: www.fastweb.com, www.finaid.org, www.collegeispossible.org

Freshman & Transfer Students
Freshmen and transfer students should apply for KU scholarships on their KU admission application by November 1. Visit the KU Office of Admissions and Scholarships for more details.

Financial Aid Information
Visit the KU Office of Student and Financial Aid for more information.

Most of the scholarships and award funds benefiting students in the School of Journalism are administered by the KU Endowment Association, an independent, nonprofit organization serving as the official fund-raising and fund-management foundation for the University. Founded in 1891, the Endowment Association is the oldest foundation of its type at a public university in the United States and one of the largest.

AWARDS:

The J-School annually honors its outstanding students with about 15 named awards. Awards are established in honor or memory of faculty members or graduates of the School. Award recipients are chosen by the faculty members in the specialty represented by the award.

MULTICULTURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM:

The multicultural scholars program is a scholarship/mentoring program for KU students from under-represented groups. Along with providing students with scholarships, the program helps students with the academic, social and personal transition to a university setting.

Two of the School of Journalism’s multicultural scholars had this to say about the program:

“The multicultural scholars program helped me meet younger, pre-journalism students that I might not have met otherwise,” said Katie Nelson, Shoreview, Minnesota, senior. “The journalism school helped lead me to the internships that formed the groundwork for a career in newspapers. It exposed me to quality teachers and students with infectious enthusiasm. And most important, it helped me start developing into the writer I hope to be someday.”

“My first year would have been more difficult without the multicultural scholars program,” said Chris Moore, Tulsa, Okla., junior. “The MCS program helps you with your academic troubles, as well as socially. Each month we do something as a group and it helps us to keep in touch with each other so we know what's going on and try to lend our help if possible. I will always know that my time at KU would have been far more difficult and rough without the MCS program.”