Undergraduates Honored with Comm Scholarships, Awards

The best and brightest students in the School of Communication were honored May 11 at the annual Undergraduate Scholarship Awards Ceremony held in the Ohio Union. 

The academic achievements of more than 30 students were recognized at the event.

The winners were:

Oller Award: Emily Tara (pictured at left with benefactor John Oller)

Black Advertising and Strategic Communication Award: Haley Dix

Loren E. Bollinger- Kenneth E. Kissel Endowment Fund: Chau-sa Dang and Jessica Wright

Marsha S. Bosley Memorial Scholarship: Michael Periatt

Michael V. DiSalle: Matthew Kraus

William Drenton Memorial Scholarship: Daniel Chi

Charles W. Durfey Memorial Scholarship: Ayan Sheikh

Robert W. Ferguson Award for Excellence in Writing: Jon Shields

John B. Fullen Scholarship: Alyssa Dombrowsk

William Randolph Hearst Scholarship: Katharine Higgins

Donald L. Kidwell Memorial Scholarship: Darius Thigpen

George J. Kienzle Memorial Award: Jacqueline Storer

Judy Stewart Mesenburg Award: Lynsey Harris

Ohio Newspaper Fund Award: Katie Howard

James E. Pollard Memorial Scholarship: Hannah Brokenshire

Robert E. Schaefer Scholarship: Sarah Siddons and Lauren Clark

Stairway to Heaven Scholarship: Alexandra King

Frank J. Tate Scholarship: Theresa Brady

Marcy Hill Terry Scholarship: Misty Tull

Paul S. Underwood Scholarship: Allie Marotti

Thomas A. Wilson Sports-Writing Scholarship: Patrick Brennan

Bill Zipf 4-H Scholarship: Leigha Morrison

Kappa Tau Alpha Top Scholar: Sarah Stemen

Robert Wolfe Journalism Honor Medal: Evan Closky (pictured right)

Walter W. Seifert Award: Kaitlin Watterson

George E. Hammond Scholarship in Communication: Autumn Blatt (Journalism) and Alexis Shaw (Communication)

Top Communication Student: Emily Widener

Top Journalism Student: Alexandra Marotti