Scholarships in Communication
For more information about the scholarships listed here or for applications, contact the College of Liberal and Fine Arts (Colfa) Undergraduate Advising Office at 458-4900 (1604) or 458-2550 (downtown) or find your advisor's e-mail address at the Colfa Advising Office page.
- Communication Departmental Scholarships
- Express-News Endowed Scholarship
- Yolanda M. and Robert J. Crittenden Endowed Scholarship in Communication
- Univision Communications, Inc. Scholarship
- Association for Women in Communications Scholarship
- UTSA Debate Team Scholarships
All scholarships awarded by the College of Liberal and Fine Arts require the recipient to
- major in a discipline within the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and actively pursue a degree
- unless otherwise stated, be enrolled full-time: 12 hours for undergraduate students and 9 hours for graduate students
- unless otherwise noted, apply for all scholarships by February 15
Communication Departmental Scholarships
A variable number of scholarships may be awarded each year by the Communication Department. The applicant must be a Communication major who has completed a minimum of 24 credit hours and has a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. A letter of recommendation must be attached to the application.
San Antonio Express-News Endowed Scholarship
Award: two awards of $500 a year. Students must be Communication majors who have completed 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Students must be enrolled full-time (i.e., at least 12 hours per semester), demonstrate recognizable merit, and attach a 500-word goal statement on how they will contribute to a profession in Communication.
Application requirements: San Antonio Express-News Endowed Scholarship application and 500-word statement on how you will contribute to the communication profession.
Yolanda M. and Robert J. Crittenden Endowed Scholarship in Communication
Award: $500 award ($250 fall and spring). Students must be Communication majors who have completed a minimum of 60 credit hours. Students must be enrolled full-time (i.e., at least 12 hours per semester), demonstrate financial need through the normal financial aid application process, and must be graduates of a high school in one of the following Texas counties: Atascosa, Bexar, Dimmit, Goliad, Gonzales, Karnes, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, or Zavala.
Univision Communications, Inc. Annual Scholarship
Univision Communications, Inc. offers $1,500 to be awarded to a student pursuing a degree in Communication.
Applicants must
- be currently enrolled at UTSA on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 credit hours)
- have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
- have a minimum of 60 semester credit hours at the time of application
- be fluent in Spanish (to be determined by interview set up by a scholarship committee)
- complete a Univision Communications, Inc. Annual Scholarship application (available from Department of Communication office)
- declare a major in Communication in UTSA
Completed applications should be mailed or deliverd to:
Department of Communication
MB 2.312
6900 N Loop 1604 W
San Antonio, TX 78249-0643
Phone: 458-5990
Fax: 458-5991
The Association for Women in Communications, San Antonio Professional Chapter, Scholarship for Re-Entering Women
The San Antonio Chapter of the Association for Women in Communication offers two scholarships to women planning careers in communications. The San Antonio Area Foundation administers the scholarship program.
The scholarships are open to female undergraduate students accepted at or enrolled in a Bexar County university, college or community college. The candidate must be a high school graduate or G.E.D. certified, have had a minimum three-year lapse from graduating high school or leaving the academic world and must be planning a career in a communications-related field, such as print or broadcast journalism, advertising or public relations.
The scholarship, established in 1989, is named to honor longtime public relations professional and AWC member, Audreyjane "Ajay" Castro.
Deadline to apply for the AWC/Ajay Castro Scholarship is April 29, 2004. Contact Bonnie Flake at 999-8490 for an application or download application form at http://www.wicsa.org.
UTSA Debate Team Scholarships
Currently, UTSA Debate has two renewable scholarships. For more information, consult the UTSA Debate Team site.
For more information or for applications, contact the College Undergraduate Advising Office at 210/458-4900 or 210/458-2550 (DT) or find your advisor's e-mail address at the Colfa Advising Office page.