Financial support for our students as they pursue their academic and career goals is a high priority for the Department of Communication Studies. Our department offers awards that are given annually in the spring and range in availability to majors, minors, and outside students engaged in course work. Details and application instructions appear below.
2024 Academic Awards and Honors
Communication Studies Scholarship – Emily Mellentine
Undergraduate Academic Achievement Award – Anna Guinn
Department Nominee for the SLA Medal of Distinction – Miranda Prowse
IUPUI Top 100 Undergraduate Student Award Recipients – Anna Guinn, Miranda Prowse
IUPUI Elite 50 Graduate Student Award Recipient – Jake Watson
Master’s Academic Achievement Award – Keeley Higley
Doctoral Academic Achievement Award – Kathi Ridley-Merriweather, PhD
Communication Adventurer Scholarship winners – Emma Adams, Christian Lee Camden, Lillian Fielding, Katherine Hogan, Amir-Ra Palmer, and Anna Turgeon
Outstanding Service and Civic Engagement award winners – Adam Myers, Anna Turgeon, Jake Watson, Erin Bryce, Adrian England, Virginia Foust, Marlee Hathaway, and Emily Mellentine
Theater Program award winners – Emma Adams, Emily Wagner, and D’yshe Mansfield
Outstanding Undergraduate Research or Creative Project Award winners – Meri McClusky, Jessamine Coovert, Emily Mellentine, and Virginia Foust
Outstanding Graduate Research or Creative Project Award winners – Keeley Higley, Lynae Phillips Mitchell, MSN, RN, Emmanuel Kwaku Asare
Outstanding Alumni Award winners – Fariraishe Muzondo, Esq., Kim Heavrin, M. Ed., Amanda Harsin, PhD, Konye Ori Obaji, MA
Lambda Pi Eta Communication Studies Honor Society class of 2024 – Ella Barrett, Madison Burner, Christian Lee Camden, Isaiah Darndreece, Lillian Fielding, Casey Loyed, Abigail Schoen, and Anna Turgeon
Undergraduate Scholarships
The Faculty Medal of Distinction is awarded annually by the faculty of the IU School of Liberal Arts to an undergraduate student who has made outstanding contributions to the liberal arts community in the areas of scholarship, leadership, and service.
Check out one of the School of Liberal Arts newest scholarships! The CVR Diversity in Advertising Scholarship (up to $5,000) is made possible by the CVR Diversity in Advertising Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, established to help create equitable opportunity for students of color pursuing higher education in advertising, communications, and public relations. Eligible recipients must be in good academic standing, enrolled full-time as a sophomore, junior, or senior pursuing a major in communication studies, journalism, applied theater, television, and film studies, or public relations in the School of Liberal Arts. Learn more.
Petronio-Bantz Graduate Student Travel Award
The Petronio-Bantz Graduate Student Travel Award was created by Professor Sandra Petronio and former Chancellor Charles R. Bantz. The award supports graduate students in the Department of Communication Studies who will be presenting at scholarly conferences and academic meetings.
Communication Studies Graduate Research/Essay Contest. This award recognizes excellence in graduate student research and/or a creative writing project for papers and projects written for a graduate class in the Department of Communication Studies.
The IU Indianapolis Petronio Communication Privacy Management Dissertation Fellowship is offered annually to an outstanding doctoral student from a United States accredited university who has completed coursework and successfully defended a dissertation proposal that utilizes Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory and research.
