Department of Communication Scholarships

Scholarship Name: Otis J. Aggertt Scholarship

Description: The OTIS J. AGGERTT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN INTERPRETATION was established in memory of Dr. Otis J. Aggertt who had served on the Indiana State University faculty for 17 years-from 1956 until his death on October 1, 1973. He held the rank of Professor of Speech and Head of the Speech Education area. For a number of years, he served as Director of Forensics at ISU.

Open To: Undergraduate students

Selection Criteria:

an entering or continuing student with an interest in oral interpretation,
an entering student must rank in the upper 25% of high school graduation class and a continuing student must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher,
preference shall be given to a continuing student,
Oral Interpretation course work and activities should be given consideration, and
the scholarship is renewable.

Award Amount: $250.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships.

Scholarship Name: Claude Billings Scholarship

Description: The Claude Billings Scholarship was established to honor individuals participating in Journalism at ISU. Claude Billings, an educator and newspaperman, was born in 1904 in Vermillion County and graduated from Montezuma High School. He was awarded a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College and a master’s degree from Indiana State University. Mr. Billings taught and coached basketball as well as taught at Greenburg and Turkey Run High Schools and at Elgin, IL Academy, Indiana University and Indiana State University. He served three years on the copy desk of the Indianapolis Star, one year as valley editor of the Terre Haute Star and three years as adviser to The Statesman, ISU’s campus newspaper. Mr. Billings served for several years as secretary of the Indiana Republican Central committee and was past president of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association. He received the award "Sagamore of the Wabash", the highest honor bestowed by an Indiana governor. Claude Billings died at his home in Montezuma, Indiana in 1985 at the age of 81.

Open To: Sophomore or junior students

Selection Criteria: Must be a sophomore or junior. Must have at least a 2.0 GPA.

Award Amount: $50.00

Number of Award Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships.

Scholarship Name: Don and Lucia Bolt Scholarship

Description: The DON AND LUCIA BOLT SCHOLARSHIP was established from a bequest in the Will of Lucia Keller Bolt. It was her desire that the recipients be primarily interested in communications or public speaking in the ISU Department of Communication. Mrs. Bolt was a teacher at Coalmont and Rockford before joining the ISU faculty as an assistant professor of speech. She retired in 1976 and died in December 1983. Her husband, Don, died in February 1977.

Open To: Undergraduate students with a communication major

Selection Criteria: A student primarily interested in communications or public speaking in the department of communication.

Award Amount: $650.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships.

Scholarship Name: John A. Boyd Scholarship

Description: In recognition of Dr. John A. Boyd’s 29 years of service to ISU, this scholarship fund was established in his name by his former students, colleagues, other friends, and family. The interest income from the invested fund monies will be used as a scholarship to further the education of one or more outstanding journalism students each year. The fund remains open for additional contributions.

Open To: Undergraduate journalism major

Selection Criteria:

Recipient may be an entering freshman, entering transfer student or continuing student or continuing student at ISU;
A recipient who is a continuing student must have a GPA of at least 2.75;
The recipient should be a journalism major who is considering either a professional newspaper or magazine career as a reporter, editor, photographer or a career as a teacher of journalism;
The scholarship may be renewed.

Award Amount: $1,500.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 2

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships. Students accepted into the Journalism Program prior to February 15 are automatically considered for journalism awards.

Scholarship Name: George L. Carey Scholarship

Description: Scholarship was established by Twila Carey in the name of George L. Carey for the benefit of a worthy student, or students, enrolled at ISU.

Open To: Undergraduate journalism or communication major

Selection Criteria: Recipient(s) must be graduates of either North Vermillion High School or South Vermillion High School in Vermillion County, Indiana with a cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, or from a high school in Parke County, Indiana. First preference will be given to full time ISU students with a major in Journalism. If no eligible Journalism majors, Communication majors may be considered.

Award Amount: $270.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships.

Scholarship Name: Betty Chadwick Sullivan Scholarship

Description: This memorial scholarship is in honor of Betty Chadwick Sullivan, a WTHI-TV news photographer who earned national recognition for her outstanding accomplishments as a television photo-journalist. She died in 1981. Ms. Sullivan was one of the nation’s pioneer women in the field of television news photography, and her work measured with the best in the nation. Her work ranged from photographing local auto crashes and fires to covering national political conventions. In her later years with WTHI-TV, she earned distinction as the news manager. Monies to this scholarship fund were contributed by colleagues, friends, family, and WTHI-TV, and the fund remains open for additional contributions.

Open To: Undergraduate students

Selection Criteria:

Candidates shall be regularly enrolled as an ISU junior or senior student with an interest in electronic journalism.
Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5.
If no junior-senior ISU students meet the above criteria, then entering ISU freshmen who are planning a career in electronic journalism may be considered as candidates.

(The scholarship recipient will be provided internship opportunity [credit work] at WTHI-TV. It is understood that the regular internship work is non-monetary).

Award Amount: $300.00
Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships. Students accepted into the Journalism Program prior to February 15 are automatically considered for journalism awards.

Scholarship Name: Eva Chipper Memorial Scholarship

Description: The EVA CHIPPER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP was established in memory of Eva Chipper, an assistant professor of elementary education at the ISU University School for 13 years (1964-77). Her unique and creative work to encourage third grade students to have an appreciation and love for literature, art, and music gained wide recognition. This scholarship is awarded to an elementary education major with interest and ability in creative dramatics and oral interpretation of literature for children.

Open To: Undergraduate students

Selection Criteria: Elementary Education major with an interest in the arts or humanities; Junior, Senior or Graduate status.

Award Amount: $275.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships.

Scholarship Name: Cork McHargue Scholarship

Description: Ralph "Cork" McHargue was born December 17, 1927, and became one of Terre Haute’s most influential, popular personalities in the field of Radio-TV broadcasting. Mr. McHargue was a Terre Haute broadcaster for 38 years, having started his career in 1947 at WBOW Radio. His first job was gathering and writing the news, thus earning the distinction as the city’s first broadcast journalist. For the next 25 years, he played a key role in the station’s development, working in the areas of programming, promotion, sales, sports, news, and management. He left WBOW in 1969 to become editor of the Saturday Spectator, a weekly publication. He joined WTHI stations in 1977 and enjoyed great success after being named Radio and TV farm director in January, 1983. It was while hosting a WTHI sponsored farm tour that he died in Madrid, Spain on March 8, 1985.

Open To: Juniors majoring or minoring in Radio-Television-Film

Selection Criteria: Jr. majoring/minoring in Radio-Television-Film, GPA 3.0, preference for graduates from a Wabash Valley area high school.

Award Amount: $300.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships.

Scholarship Name: Jeffrey B. Liametz Memorial Scholarship

Description: The Jeffrey B. Liametz Memorial Scholarship was established by Dr. James Backes and other friends of Jeffrey Liametz in memory of his interest in and dedication to his alma mater and profession. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a deserving student majoring in public relations, who has an accumulated grade point average of at least

Open To: Undergraduate journalism students

Selection Criteria: Must be a full-time journalism student with a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA and at least 15 hours completed in public relations or journalism courses.

Award Amount: $800.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships. Students accepted into the Journalism Program prior to February 15 are automatically considered for journalism awards.

Scholarship Name: McComb Broadcasting Award

Description: The McComb Broadcasting Award was established in memory of Miss Gertrude McComb, a 1927 ISU graduate and a teacher for many years. She made the basic gift to establish the endowment which provides for the annual award. After her death in 1965, many friends and organizations made memorial contributions which were added to the fund.

Open To: Junior broadcasting students

Selection Criteria: Students must be juniors majoring in broadcasting with 55 to 100 credit hours, a minimum 2.5 GPA, and who has made a significant contribution to broadcasting at ISU, and a contribution to educational and/or commercial broadcasting activities in campus/community.

Award Amount: $190.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships.

Scholarship Name: Bruce McCormick Scholarship

Description: The Bruce McCormick Scholarship was established in 1991 through a very generous bequest in the Will of Margaret Riddle, for the sole purpose of funding scholarships in journalism. Miss Riddle received a bachelor's degree from Indiana State University in 1927. She taught English and was the librarian in the Des Plaines, Illinois school system. After retirement, she returned to Terre Haute where she was active in the Union Hospital Women's Service League, the Vigo County Historical Society and the Swope Art Museum. Miss Riddle died in March 1990.

Open To: Journalism students

Selection Criteria: Students must be a journalism major in the Department of Communication.

Award Amount: $750 minimum

Number of Awards Given Annually: varies

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships. Students accepted into the Journalism Program prior to February 15 are automatically considered for journalism awards.

Scholarship Name: Eugene C. Pulliam Scholarship

Description: This scholarship is administered by Central Newspapers Foundation. Funds may be used for tuition, fees, required books and supplies, room and board expenses or any legitimate school expense for Journalism students.

Open To: Undergraduate

Selection Criteria: Full-time student with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0

Award Amount: $880.00

Number of Awards Given Annually: 1

Selection Process: All department majors are automatically considered for department scholarships and awards. Individuals academic records are matched with the criteria for each scholarship. An award a committee composed of discipline-specific faculty makes the final determination of all awards and scholarships. Students accepted into the Journalism Program prior to February 15 are automatically considered for journalism awards.