Click on the links below for more information on each of the scholarships:
The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF): Deadline - February 28, 2018
https://www.lagrantfoundation.org/Scholarship%20Program
The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF) is currently accepting applications for its 2018 Scholarship Program. Ethnic minority college students pursuing careers in advertising, marketing, public relations or graphic design are eligible to apply. For consideration, students must complete and submit their application by Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:00 PM PST. Please see attached for more information regarding the scholarship and feel free to share the flyer with your PRSSA Chapter membership. If you have any further questions regarding the scholarship program, please feel free to email [email protected] or [email protected]
Brownlee Scholarship: Deadline - April 1, 2018
The Chicago Headline Club and the Chicago Headline Club Foundation awards a $5,000 scholarship honoring Les Brownlee to a Chicago-area journalism student each year.
Brownlee, who died in 2005, was the first African-American member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the first African-American president of the Chicago Headline Club. Brownlee’s journalism career began as a reporter for Ebony Magazine, followed by the Chicago Defender. In 1950, he was the first black reporter to join the staff of the Chicago Daily News. Over the years he also worked for several radio stations, including WBBM, and television stations including WLS-TV, where in 1975 he won an Emmy Award for editorial writing. After he retired from television, he joined the faculty of Columbia College Chicago, where he taught journalism full-time for more than 20 years and inspired countless students.
Applicants for the Brownlee Scholarship must be a current undergraduate journalism student (no recent graduates) at a Chicago-area college. Candidates are assessed by a committee of the Headline Club Foundation and evaluated on their previous experience, clips, cover letter and an interest in pursuing a career in journalism.
Candidates should send resumes and at least three work samples along with a cover letter to Dann Gire at [email protected]. The deadline for filing an application is April 1, 2018.
**NEW** PRSA Foundation Scholarships
The 2018 Scholarship Cycle is now open! If you a student studying PR and Communications or a member of PRSA/PRSSA, check out these scholarships!
http://www.prsafoundation.org/scholarships-awards/
