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USF Zimmerman School 2020 Scholarship Awards

Zimmerman School Scholarship Awards

The Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications is honored to announce the recipients of over $100,000 in scholarships. Congratulations to our hard-working students. We hope these scholarships help you pursue your dreams and recognize your dedication to achieving your goals.

Adele Tyre Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is designated for an undergraduate multimedia journalism and production student who wishes to become a broadcast or print journalist. GPA must be equal to or higher than 3.0 or B. The scholarship is provided by the family of Adele Tyre in memory of the first Black female television reporter in the Tampa Bay area.

Lyndsay Brunsetter
Thomas McTague

Advertising Endowed Scholarship

These scholarships are designated for graduate students who are pursuing advertising.

Mohamed Abdelmagaid
Graciela Bartoli Toro
Katrina Bordonaba
Victoria Calandro
Diego Escala
Emily Popson
Kayla Villarreal

John and Jerry Wing Alexander Endowed Scholarship

These scholarships are designated for students in the College of Arts and Sciences who are majoring in Mass Communications demonstrating superior academic performance.

Alexia Albanus
Victoria Arama
Marina Cardoso do Nascimento
Nova Charles
Angela Cordoba Perez
Thomaz Geo Duffles Musman
Gabriel Goldschmidt
Brad Haft
Jihong Huo
Michala Jackson
Bethany Jovan
Amanda Lopez
Natasha Luszcz
Emmanuel Maduneme
Melanie Margolese
Orlando Medina
Veronica Rodriguez
Arielle Rosier
Christopher Scanlon
Jheneel Young
Baoyi Zeng

Gary K. Bernstein Memorial Scholarship in Photography

This scholarship is designated for full- or part-time students mass communications majors, specifically to provide support for student photographers. 

Lyndsay Brunsetter
Cheyenne Pagan
Garrett Shiflet

Bright House Networks Fund for Excellence

These scholarships are designated for full- or part-time students majoring in mass communications.

Joshua Barreto
Ocean Cumberbatch-Campbell
Gabrielle Davis
Mariangelica Garcia Bello
Jailyn Montero
Jessica Schmidtetter
Lauren Sutton

John Cassato Scholarship

This scholarship is designated for an undergraduate public relations student. The scholarship is awarded each fall semester by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Public Relations Society of America in memory of John Cassato, a former public affairs officer of the Jim Walter Corporation. This scholarship requires a 3.0 overall GPA.

Gabriella Alfonso
Shelby Weininger

Deanne Dewey Roberts Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded to a full-time, currently enrolled Mass Communications undergraduate student in Public Relations in the College of Arts and Sciences on the Tampa Campus.

Eleni Kashis

Donald G. Bishop Scholarship

This scholarship is for a mass communications undergraduate or graduate student.

Jailyn Montero

Garner Rose O'Brien Halderman Scholarship

These scholarships are designated for undergraduate multimedia journalism and production students who wish to become print or online journalists. The scholarships are provided by the Garner, Rose, O’Brien and Halderman families.

Emma Kelley
Niamh Larkin
Trevor Lloyd

Walter E. Griscti Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is designated for undergraduate public relations students. The scholarships are awarded each spring semester by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Public Relations Society of America in memory of USF professor emeritus Walter E. Griscti, APR. 

Elysa Goldberg

Jim Liguori Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is to provide an annual award to a student of high academic standing who demonstrates a strong capacity for leadership.

Vanessa Galluppo

Kerry Sanders NBC News Fellowship

This scholarship is merit-based. Criteria for the award include: Be enrolled full-time at the Tampa Campus as a degree seeking undergraduate student in Mass Communications. GPA must be equal to or higher than 3.0 or B. Preference will be given to a senior who is participating in an unpaid practicum or internship at WFLA.

Cheyenne Pagan

Cammie Lyn Krusoe Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is dedicated to the memory of a 2004 graduate who passed away in 2007.

Michele Cool
Elisa Hussain
Jailene Marin
Alanna McCary
Mikaela-Rose Piotrowski
Andrea Sabin

Michael B. Manning Scholarship

This is a scholarship to a full-time student in the College of Arts & Sciences on the Tampa campus in the Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications. This student will be a currently enrolled undergraduate in the Public Relations sequence or currently enrolled graduate in the Strategic Communication sequence. Preferred awardee should have an immediate family member (parents, siblings, children) in any branch of the military, active or retired. 

Kameryn Gannon
Lillian Rexford

Mass Communication Scholarship

Payton Kirol

Robert L. Hudson Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is designated for full or part-time, undergraduate News Editorial majors within the School of Mass Communications in the College of Arts & Sciences on the Tampa campus. Excellent records of academic achievement required. First preference in the selection process will be given to those students with a career interest in newspaper.

Camilla Nakandakari

Tampa Bay Times Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is designated for an undergraduate majoring in the News-Editorial sequence. The scholarship is provided by the Tampa Bay Times newspaper.

Jordan Frazier

Tampa Bay Times Minority Scholarship

These scholarships are designated for minority undergraduate students in the news-editorial sequence. 

Angela Cordoba Perez
Camila Nakandakari
Francisco Rosa

Tampa Bay Television Scholarship

These scholarships are for Broadcasting majors in the Zimmerman School, in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Sharon Arvelo
Nova Charles
Vanessa Galluppo
Sarah Kilby
Payton Kirol

Tampa Electric Minority Scholarship

This scholarship is designated for a minority undergraduate in the news-editorial, public relations or broadcast news sequences. Selection criteria are academic excellence, expressed interest, desire to be a reporter and the potential for excellent performance.

Ti'Anna Davis
Rolynn Wilson

Tom McEwen Scholarship in Journalism

This scholarship is designated for full or part-time, undergraduate Journalism majors within the School of Mass Communications in the College of Arts & Sciences on the Tampa campus. Excellent records of academic achievement and demonstrated financial need. First preference in the selection process will be given to those students with a career interest in sports journalism.

Sharon Arvelo
Ti'Anna Davis
Jordan Frazier
Garrett Shiflet

 

USF students can apply for scholarships here.