This scholarship honors the memory of Adam Altman, a former student in the College and son of ISC professor Dennis Altman. The scholarship is awarded to an ISC major who exhibits creativity in the discipline.
The scholarship(s) shall be awarded to student(s) who are enrolled in the College of Communication and Information, are print or broadcast journalism majors and will be either a junior or senior during the academic year the scholarship is awarded. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and plan to pursue a career in journalism. Preference in the award of this scholarship be given to a student from the metropolitan areas of Louisville, Kentucky, and Detroit, Michigan.
This endowment was established in 2006 to provide scholarships for students enrolled at the university with a declared major in Media Arts and Studies.
This fund was established in 2005 to honor Bernie Vonderheide. Bernie Vonderheide spent 23 years of his public relations career speaking on behalf of the University of Kentucky. This scholarship is open to undergraduate students with a major in integrated strategic communication, who demonstrate interest in public relations as a career and have journalistic writing experience on or off campus.
Established in 2024 in memory of Betty Frances Compton, UK Class of 1951 and a Muses Mill native, who served as a picture editor for the Kentucky Kernel. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and spent her early career in journalism at the Thoroughbred Record and Lafayette Journal and Courier. An intellectual, she studied linguistics and taught English as a second language. Her warm, generous and gracious spirit brought joy to all who knew and loved her. The award was established to provide scholarships to students studying from Kentucky with financial need.
This endowment was established to award a scholarship to students who demonstrate an interest in public relations as a career and have reporting experience either on or off-campus.
This scholarship is awarded to students with strong writing skills, high academic standards, interest in a journalism career through work on campus and is a declared journalism major. The scholarship honors the memory of Carol Sutton, the first woman to head a major American newspaper when she became managing editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1974. Sutton is a member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame (1985).
The endowment was established to provide scholarships for students who are graduates of a high school located in Pike, Letcher, Harlan or Floyd counties in Kentucky.
Upper Division students only. Established in 1990, these scholarships are awarded to two juniors and two seniors that demonstrate the potential for academic success and show need for financial assistance.
Each year, the Department of Communication offers an Outstanding Senior Award and an Outstanding Junior Award. These awards are based entirely on academic merit. Eligible students will be contacted by the unit to apply for this award. Winners are selected by a faculty committee.