Scholarships

C&IS Scholarships

 

American Advertising Federation Birmingham - The Robert E. Luckie, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

    • Amount: $2,500 annually
    • Application Deadline: March 15, 2012. Please write student@aafbirmingham.com to receive the application.
    • Eligibility: Priority for consideration given to students with majors/minors in English, advertising or journalism, with consideration being given to financial need. Candidates should be graduates of high schools in the State of Alabama, and attending a four-year accredited university in the State of Alabama. Applicants should demonstrate exceptional promise as advertising professionals, with a strong interest in pursuing careers in creative writing, copywriting and/or advertising.

 

Alabama Power Company Foundation Endowed Scholarships

    • Amount: Approximately $1,000 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 $1,000 annually
    • Availability: Two or three each year
    • 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 $2,500 annually
    • Availability: One or two each year
    • Eligibility: Outstanding communication major who possess leadership skills and has 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)

 

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 telecommunication and film major

 

Ione Hendrick Roche Memorial Endowed Scholarship

    • Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
    • Availability: Several each year
    • Eligibility: Minority woman who intends to pursue a degree in the College of Communication and Information Sciences

 

J. Kelly Sisk Memorial Endowed Scholarship

    • Amount: Approximately $1,000 annually
    • Availability: Ten each year
    • Eligibility: Outstanding full-time communication pre-major or major (freshman through junior year); priority to freshman student