Scholarships

The UNCW Department of Communication offers a number of scholarships to its students made possible by our generous donors. Make a donation today and help support students in communication studies. 

Scholarship Recipients 2016-17

Betty Jo Welch  Communication Alumni Scholarship

Brian Pearson King Scholarship

George Diab Scholarship

The Justin Thompson Communication Studies Scholarship for Enacting Social Change
 

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Current scholarships offered by the Department of Communication Studies:

Betty Jo Welch Communication Studies Alumni Scholarship   
Providing leadership and guidance to those around her is the legacy of the late Dr. Betty Jo Welch, communication studies professor and first coordinator of the Division of Speech Communication (then a part of the Department of Creative Arts). As UNCW's first full-time faculty member in the discipline, Dr. Welch worked at fostering the division development into the present day Department of Communication Studies.
Dr. Welch, a native of Nashville, TN, began her UNCW career in 1970. She was very involved in the university system, serving on and chairing numerous faculty committees. In 1986, Dr. Welch was the first woman elected chair of the UNC Faculty Assembly and presented greetings from the faculties of the 16 constituent campuses at the inauguration of C.D. Spangler, Jr. as system president. Welch was also active in the Wilmington community working with such organizations as the New Hanover County Heart Association, New Hanover Council of PTA, the Wilmington Civic Ballet and St. James Church. She was also a member of the American Business Communication Association, National Association of Parliamentarians, Women in Communications, as well as many other professional associations.
Established November 1996, the Communication Studies Alumni Chapter set, as its first goal, the founding of the Dr. Betty Jo Welch Scholarship Endowment to assist communication studies majors.

Brian Pearson King Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2004 in memory of Brian Pearson King, a rising freshman with interest in Communication Studies. It is open to all PCOM students (must be PCOM at time of application) with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.

George Diab Scholarship
This endowed scholarship was established by the Diab family in honor of George Diab and in recognition of his outstanding career in and contributions to the field of television journalism and broadcasting.
The scholarship will be used to assist students pursuing a degree in communication studies.

The Justin Thompson Communication Studies Scholarship for Enacting Social Change
This endowed scholarship was created by Mark Griffis and Dave Robertson to award students who excel in the area of communication studies. The recipient must have been accepted into the Department of Communication Studies. Applicants submit a 500-word essay on "How Media Will Influence Social Change in Twenty-Five Years." The scholarship may be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student and may be applied for multiple times.