Scholarships

The department of journalism offers several scholarships for declared journalism pre-majors and majors. At this time, the department does not have scholarships available for incoming freshmen and transfer students; however, the Scholarship Center has a complete listing of university scholarships.

This scholarship is funded by the continuing support of alumni of the department of Journalism for journalism majors with at least nine completed journalism credits at Western. Selection for the scholarship is based on academic achievement, evidence of the ability to contribute to the advancement of the field of communications and financial need.

AAJA offers a number of scholarships to journalism students, visit their scholarships page for more information.

The department of journalism awards annually a tuition and fee waiver(s) based on merit. Applicants must be full-time, declared journalism pre-majors or majors enrolled on Western's main campus.

Throughout the year we receive scholarship notices from private and industry-related organizations. These notices are posted in the department and sent to all journalism majors/pre-majors via e-mail. It is the responsibility of the student to pick up any information or applications in the journalism office (Communications Facility 251) and submit the information directly to the organization.

In April, the department announces the scholarships, and students can pick up scholarship packets and applications in the journalism office. Deadline for submitting an application is early in May. Faculty review the applications and choose the scholarship recipients, and the scholarships are awarded at the journalism faculty/staff/student picnic (usually the weekend between dead week and finals week). All declared journalism pre-majors and majors are encouraged to apply.