August 26, 2025
Congratulations to these College of Media students who received campus and college awards and honors, and scholarships and fellowships that were made possible thanks to our donors.
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & FELLOWSHIPS
Anthony J. Petullo Endowment in Design and Advertising Fund
- Alexandra Ehrhart
- Zixuan (Zia) Lu
Barton A. Cummings Graduate Assistantship / Richard and Audrey Christian Graduate Assistantship
- Tunga Jois
- Michelle Martinez
Betty Hinckle Dunn Memorial Fund in Journalism
- TBD
Brett Lerner Memorial Scholarship in Journalism
- Sijie (Jenny) Lin
C&U Poster Advertising Company Scholarship
- Tomi Dugbo
C. Arthur and Eleanor Hemminger Scholarship
- Karys Boeriu
- Yueming Gong
- Yash Jagtap
- Sofia Kanda
- Tiffany Liu
- Rory McFadden
- Diego Miranda
- Konrad Przeczek
- Claire-Michelle Sweet
C.O. “Doc” Erickson Scholarship in Journalism
- Eunsung (Anna) Koh
Calvin Hugy Scholarship
- Gabriella Blangiardo
- Nevin McVicar
- Kris Modi
Cardiss Collins Scholarship for Advertising Studies Fund
- Kayla Robinson
Carl and Ruth S. Stephens Scholarship
- Brendan Gallian
- Isabella Lazansky
- Maraya Petrova
- Liliana Rodriguez
- Madison (Maddie) Shaw
Charla Krupp Journalism Student Support Fund
- TBD
Charles G. Sotir Journalism Scholarship
- Michael Sweeney
College of Media Alumni Scholarship
- Eduardo Quintana
College of Media Annual Fund Scholarship
- Brianna Alvarado
- Eli Kennel
- Danielle Mitchell
- Sophia Negrete
- Livia Nigro
- Josslyn Ostrom
- Isabella (Izzy) Phillips
- Rein Phone
- Mary (Molly) Sloan
- Elianna Williams
College of Media Dean’s Honors Scholarship
- Thea Abang
- Denise Aguilar
- Maya Brito
- Samantha (Sammy) Hernandez
- Laila Hinton
- Allison Ibarrientos
- Jaelynn Isbendy
- Quinn Isberg
- Calli Kraft
- Aria Manfroi
- Jocelyn Melchor
- Gabriel Montano
- Noor Najjar
- Isaiah Rohn
- Yoselin Sanchez-Miran
- Jenna Sissom
- Joseph Tempel
- Megan Weiss
College of Media Endowed Scholarship
- Yufan Du
- Elena Janeva
- Ella Yoder
Cynthia Browne Placek Endowed Scholarship
- Kennedy Caldwell
Daily Illini Journalism Scholarship Fund
- Mariana Quezada Marquez
- Mary Piacente
- Lillien Salas
- Zachary Shapero
- Evelyn (Evy) York
Dana M. Ewell Memorial Fund
- TBD
Daniel and Nancy Balz Endowed Fund in Journalism
- Edgar Nava Garcia
- Josephine (Richelle) Gunawan
- Evelyn (Evy) York
David Shaul Endowed Scholarship in Journalism
- Mariana Quezada Marquez
Dawn M. Turner and Kim D. Turner Endowed Scholarship in Media
- Taya Brown
Deanna Frautschi and Alan Bedell Scholarship
- Ben Shlau
Department of Journalism Scholarship
- Faith Routley
Donald E. Chamberlain Journalism Scholarship
- Prayse Odomes
Donald P. Mullally Internship at Illinois Public Media
- Grace Merki
Ed Wilks Memorial Scholarship in Journalism
- Giuliana Means
Florence Hood Miner Scholarship in Journalism
- Jahzara Norris
Florence J. Johnson Scholarship
- Yidan (Lisa) Hu
- Peirong (Zoe) Li
- Yuechen (Bonnie) Li
- Nathaniel Murphy
- Odi Ogbuefi
- Atharva Sindwani
- Zakk Wolovich
- Megan Wood
Forsyth Family Endowed Scholarship
- Karys Boeriu
George Will Endowed Scholarship
- Emily Chen
Gerald P. Johnson Scholarship
- Gabriel Alpher
- Andrew Burkey
- Eli Mitzenmacher
Gerald Robert Bland Scholarship
- Amelia Benson
Glenn Hanson Scholarship in Visual Communication
- Knox Mynatt
Glenn Holman Roberts Journalism Scholarship
- Piotr Fedczuk
Goldie Maxine Cord and Marcus Franklin Cord Scholarship
- Anthony Geritano
H. Maxine Gladding Greenwood Scholarship
- Temitola (Temi) Akinyemi
Harold E. and Dorothy Johnson Sortor Journalism Scholarship
- David Lyle
Harold Gustave Roettger Memorial Award
- TBD
Harold R. Bruno, Jr., Fund for Journalism
- TBD
Helen C. and Theodore B. Peterson Scholarship
- Sarah Slattery
Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Scholars Graduate Fellowship
- Dwayne Banks
- Rocio de la Rosa Vasquez
- Kaniz Fatema
- Reed Lofstedt
Ian Fleming Foundation Undergraduate Research Scholarship
- Yufan Du
Iris Chang Journalism Award
- Katie Dalton
J. Christopher and Robin N. Kaler Scholarship
- Jonathan Mathew
Jay Lin Scholarship
- Valerie Oviedo
Jenny Lenzini Memorial Scholarship
- Adelyn Mui
Joe Sutton Honorary Scholarship
- Evelyn (Evy) York
Joel D. and Analee Weisman Scholarship
- Nathan Gonzalez
- Megan Krok
John H. and Sylvia N. Schacht Memorial Scholarship
- Paige Walk
John Russell Heitman Fellowship
- Farah Bassyouni
Jonathan Laxamana Award in Student Filmmaking
- TBD
Jonathan Laxamana Endowment Fund
- Kris Modi
Judy Blasdell Bligh Journalism Endowed Scholarship
- Jonathan Mathew
Jules and Jody Anne Becker Scholarship
- Eunsung (Anna) Koh
Jvanne J. Hoelscher Memorial Fund
- TBD
Karen Lucas Petitte Endowed Scholarship in Journalism
- Brendan Gallian
- Megan Krok
- Mallory Miller
Klues Scholars
- Mia Avila
- Andrea De La Torre
- Kamron King
- Larimar Rivera
- Alanna Ross
- Evita Zimmerman
Lulu Kelly Nardine Awards
- Elissa Eaton
- Mallory Miller
- Mary Piacente
Lynne Blanton Student Travel Fund
- Jennifer Cintron
- Ji Won Oh
- Se Il Park
Marian and Barney Brody Creative Feature Article Writing Awards in Journalism
- TBD
Marilyn Miller Kaytor Fellowship
- Colae Eason
- Claire McDaniel
Marilyn Miller Kaytor Scholarships
- Felicity Abbott
- Sonja Aghakhan
- Chloe Barbarise
- Amelia Benson
- Taylor Casey
- Jean-Luc Charles
- Kathryn Dalton
- Edgar Nava Garcia
- Mackenzie Jones
- Haley Maser
- Giuliana Means
- Kyle Murry
- Amanda Muscia
- Layli Nazarova
- Cooper O’Kelly
- Jude Panlilio
- Addison Petrinos
- Humza Qazi
- Ford Quaintance
- Samuel Rink
- Liliana Rodriguez
- Penelope Roewe
- Fernanda Romero
- Riley Shankman
- Tristan Starzec
- Cora Steele
- Alexandria Tatman
- Paige Whiteside
Mark L. Brandt Public Engagement Fellows Program Fund
- Andrei Badulescu
- Mariah Brooks
- Kaitlyn Devitt
- Paige Gaines
- Megan Harding
- Kris Modi
- Adelyn Mui
Mary Fulton Rothermel Fellowship
- Yi (Sarah) Lin
Maureen Moore Memorial Fellowship in Advertising
- Seo Jeong Heo
Murray Kalis Awards for Creativity in Advertising
- TBD
Nancy Ronald and Ronald L. Hartshorn Internship Fund
- TBD
Neil and Lynn Gissler Experiential Learning Fund
- TBD
Nelio A. Florio and Patricia M. Florio Scholarship in Journalism
- Sarah Slattery
Paul C. Fulton Scholarship
- Hailey Kotowski
- Christopher LaPorte
Paul Schrage-McDonald’s Fellowship in Advertising
- Seo Jeong Heo
Raymond O. Torr Memorial Scholarship in Journalism
- Cooper O’Kelly
Richard Hildwein Memorial Photojournalism Award
- Samuel Yohnka
Raymond Clamage Prize in Journalism
- TBD
Richard Tuttle and Lois Marie Orr Endowment Scholarship
- Grace Bernstein
- Jaedynn Clark
- Chloe Plyler
- Katherine Ratke
- Samuel Rink
- Abby Timm
- Samuel Yohnka
Robert N. and Lorraine M. Wilt Scholarship
- Mariah Brooks
Robert O. Endres Endowed Internship at Illinois Public Media
- Stephanie Orellana
Roger Ebert Fellows in Media Criticism
- Paige Gaines
- Amir Rehab
- Jin Wang
S. Watson and Elizabeth S. Dunn Fellowship
- TBD
Suzanne Bates and Drew Yanno Experiential Learning Scholarship Fund
- TBD
Veronica Pontarelli Toussaint and Dr. Paul Toussaint Scholarship
- Justin Meyers
Wilkey Scholarship for Print Journalism
- Olivia Dvorak