Scholarships for which application is made through the Department of Communication:

Department of Communication Faculty Endowed Scholarship

Communcation. Full-time. Minimum overall GPA, 3.0.
Minimum major GPA, 3.0. Financial need.

C. Joan Worley Scholarship.

Journalism. Full-time. Junior or Senior. Financial need.
Not a member of a fraternity or sorority.

Barbara Millner Druckenmiller Endowed Special Scholarship

Communication. Full-time. Financial need. Special needs.

E.L. Basquin Endowed Scholarship in Mass Communications

Advertising, Journalism, Photo, Public Relation, or Radio/Television.
Full-time. Financial need.

Paul B. Snider Endowed Scholarship

Journalism. Full-time. Junior. "Who has demonstrated clarity, discipline, and skill in basic newswriting and reporting classes." Special consideration to those with financial need.

Jack Fought Annual Scholarship

Communication. Full-time. Financial need. Special consideration to those who have returned to college after a considerable absence due to personal and life circumstances. Special consideration to those with work experience in his/her field of study.

Illinois Broadcasters Association Endowed Scholarship

Radio/Television. Full-time. Senior. Superior GPA. "Talent, communication, excellence, and ambition."

David Horowitz Journalism and Mass Communication Endowed Scholarship

Communication. Preference to Journalism. Junior or senior. Full-time. Financial need.

Selected by the Director of Forensics:

Speech Team scholarships are broken down as follows:

A. Account #41F*

• divided among many members of the team. No individual receives more than $2,000, thus all are offered partial assistance on a talent basis.
• requirements: 1) competition in at least 3 tournaments per semester 2) assistance in running high school and college tournaments hosted by Bradley 3) compete at all nationals for which the student has qualified

B. HULT Forensics Scholarship*

• 4 recipients at $1,200 each
• requirement at forensics participation

C. Reynolds Scholarship*

• there is one forensics recipient and one theatre recipient
• our recipient fills only the forensics position and receives $550

D. Norton/Vanarsdale Scholarship*

• requirements: LAS major and forensics participation
• amount: $3,400 divided as desired

E. Janssen Scholarships

• contest held in conjunction with our high school tournament. Winner receives an $8,000 scholarship to be used for the freshman year; second place receives $7,000, and third place receives $5,000.

*Each recipient mush maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA

Scholarships awarded by the College of Communications and Fine Arts:

Slane Scholarships

The Department of Communication chooses one student each spring to receive this scholarship for the following academic year. (The Departments of Art, Music, and Theatre do the same.)

Morris Jaffee Endowed Scholarship

College of Communications and Fine Arts major. Upper class. Financial need.

National Society of Arts and Letters Annual Scholarship

Speech. Speech/Theatre Teaching or member of the Speech Team (as well as Art, Music, Theatre majors and Creative Writing minors.). Minimum overall GPA 2.5. Financial need.

These scholarship recipients are nominated by the departments. Students do not make application.

Scholarships for which the recipients are selected by the Office of Financial Assistance:

Peoria Ad and Selling Club Scholarship

Communication. Full-time. Junior or senior. Resident of Peoria, Tazewell, or Woodford County. Financial need.

WMBD Radio and Television Annual Scholarship

Communication. Full-time. Preference to minority student. Financial need.

C&H Printing, Inc. Annual Scholarship

Advertising. Full-time. Resident of Peoria, Tazewell, or Woodford County. Financial need.

Dave & Ernie's Lums Restaurant Annual Scholarship

Public Relations. Full-time. Sophomore/junior/senior. Preference to resident of Peoria. Financial need.

Byron and Sylvia Dehaan Endowed Scholarship

Advertising or Public Relations. Full-time. Public affairs related studies. Financial need.

Eugene Brown Endowed Scholarship

Journalism. Full-time. Junior or senior. Financial need.

Copely Newspaper Annual Scholarship

Journalism. Full-time. Junior or senior. Resident of Central Illinois (preference to transfer student from Central Illinois Community College or a continuing student.) Financial need.

Dr. Rober C. Gomez Endowed Scholarship

Broadcast Journalism. Full-time. Financial need.

Sallie A. Whelan Memorial Scholarship

Journalism. Full-time. Financial need.

These scholarship recipients are selected (without application being made) according to the scholarship agreement which states taht the student be enrolled full-time in the appropriate major, as well as demonstrate financial need. A pool of students with financial need is determined and from those, the recipients are selected according to level of financial need and GPA. (The level of financial need is determined from the FAFSA which students need to submit by the March 1st deadline.)

Scholarship for which application is made and the recipients are selected by the Office of Financial Assistance:

WEEK-TV/Tom Connor Annual Scholarship

Communication. Full-time. Junior or senior. Minimum overall GPA 2.5. Financial need.