University of Missouri Selected to Offer Prestigious Stamps Scholars Program

Scholarship Offers 4-Year, Full-Ride Award Plus Academic and Professional Development Funds to 5 Incoming Mizzou Freshmen By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 28, 2016) — The University of Missouri has recently been chosen as a partner by the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation to recognize and reward five exceptional incoming Mizzou students who … Continued

School Honors 54 Freshmen for Outstanding Academic Achievement

Benefits of the Walter Williams Scholars Program Include a Global Programs Scholarship and a Faculty Mentor By Renee Sospenzi Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 7, 2016) — The Missouri School of Journalism held its annual Walter Williams Scholars ceremony on Aug. 31 to recognize and honor the 2016 incoming class of high-ability freshmen who will study at … Continued

St. Louis Press Club Awards Scholarships to 6 Missouri Journalism Students

They Received a Combined Total of $11,500 During a Luncheon at the International Photography Hall of Fame St. Louis (July 6, 2016) — The St. Louis Press Club and the Journalism Foundation of Metropolitan St. Louis have awarded scholarships to six Missouri School of Journalism students. The students received a combined total of $11,500 during the … Continued

Claudia Guthrie Named Winner of Kansas City Press Club Scholarship

The Junior Magazine Journalism Major Will Receive $750 for the 2016-17 Academic Year Kansas City (June 6, 2016) — Claudia Guthrie, a junior magazine journalism major at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the 2016 winner of a scholarship from the Kansas City Press Club. The $750 award is made to a student who has … Continued

Francisco Vara-Orta Is One of Five Selected for Inaugural ProPublica Scholarship

The Graduate Student Will Receive Funding to Attend the National Association of Hispanic Journalists/National Association of Black Journalists Annual Meeting in DC New York (May 27, 2016) — Francisco Vara-Orta is one of five recipients of the first-ever ProPublica NAHJ/NABJ (National Association of Hispanic Journalists/National Association of Black Journalists) scholarship. Vara-Orta is a graduate student … Continued

Adam Vogler Named Inaugural Recipient of C. Zoe Smith Photojournalism Scholarship

The Graduate Student Will Focus His Master’s Project on Non-Citizen Soldiers Columbia, Mo. (May 27, 2016) — A $1,000 scholarship will help photojournalism student Adam Vogler document the lives of American military veterans and active-duty who are not considered U.S. citizens. Vogler’s scholarship is the inaugural award of the C. Zoe Smith Photojournalism Scholarship. Vogler … Continued

Foreign Press Association Awards Aleksandr Gorbachev $10,000 First Place Scholarship

The Russian Journalist and Fulbright Fellow’s Thesis Was on Business Models of American Digital Longform Publications New York (May 20, 2016) — Aleksandr Gorbachev, MA ’16, has won the first place prize of $10,000 from the Foreign Press Association Scholarship Fund. He was one of five international students to be recognized at the organization’s May … Continued

8 Missouri Journalism Students Win Dow Jones News Fund Editing Internships

The Program Includes a Paid Summer Internship and $1,000 Scholarship for Returning Students Princeton, N.J. (May 16, 2016) — Eight Missouri School of Journalism students are among the 97 undergraduate and graduate students who have won a nationwide competition for prestigious Dow Jones News Fund editing and reporting internships for this summer. They will work … Continued

8 Missouri Journalism Graduate Students Attend White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

These Scholarship Recipients Received VIP Treatment, Including Personal Congratulations from President and Mrs. Obama Washington, D.C. (May 5, 2016) — Eight Missouri School of Journalism graduate students attended President Obama’s last White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 30. The lucky eight were honored guests as recipients of scholarships funded by the proceeds of the … Continued

Junior Awarded Nationally-Competitive $30,000 Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Science and Agricultural Journalism Student Maria Kalaitzandonakes Plans to Pursue a Career in Public Service Columbia, Mo. (April 26, 2016) — University of Missouri junior Maria Kalaitzandonakes has been awarded the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a nationally-competitive award that supports students dedicated to public service. Selections for the Truman Scholarship are chosen on the basis … Continued