Scholarships

The Journalism Department scholarship fund currently exceeds $1 million. The department ranks first in the College of Liberal Arts for the number of scholarship dollars. The largest endowment ($200,000) is the Freedom Forum Scholarship (formerly Gannett scholarship) for minority students. The second largest is the McLean Scholarship with an endowment of $171,500. The McLean scholarship is for students in the newspaper's 15-county readership area in North Mississippi. The newest scholarship is the Jere Hoar scholarship, named for a longtime Ole Miss journalism professor who taught at Ole Miss from 1956 until 1986.

The Journalism Department offered more than 60 new scholarships for the 2000-01 school year, plus 50 continuing awards. More than one-quarter of journalism students receive support from the department. Awards are given to incoming freshman and transfer students, in addition to continuing students.

You can print the current scholarship application form and mail it to:

Department of Journalism
120 Lester Hall
Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848

For more information contact:
Dr. Samir Husni, Department Chair
hsamir@olemiss.edu

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