The Kodak Professional Photography Scholarship

The purpose of this fund is to award student excellence in photography. The fund will provide an annual scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student attending the Athens campus of Ohio University and majoring in Visual Communication. To be eligible, students must have completed at least one full year of college work and have at least one full year of work left before graduation. Selection shall be based upon the following considerations: grade-point average, photo course work, portfolio review, creative and technical ability, initiative, extracurricular activity experiences, communications ability and leadership ability.

Payments of this award to the recipient will be made in three installments to cover the academic year. The award shall be used for tuition only.

Charles L. Scott Scholarship

This scholarship is to be awarded to students who are enrolled in the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Students selected to receive this scholarship should have demonstrated excellence within the field of Visual Communication, as well as within the school and university.

The number of annual awards and the amount of each shall be determined by the amount available for expenditure.

Payment of this award to the recipient will be made in three installments to cover the academic year. The scholarship shall be used toward tuition, room and board, textbooks and other educationally-related expenses

Vern N. Utley Scholarship

This scholarship is to be awarded to a multicultural student who is enrolled in the School of Visual Communication.  Payment of this award to the recipient will be made in three installments to cover the academic year. The scholarship shall be used toward tuition, room and board, textbooks and other educationally-related expenses.

Madeline L. Utley Scholarship

The scholarship is to be awarded to a student from Fairfield County, Ohio who is enrolled in either the School of Visual Communication or the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. The scholarship committee of the College of Communication will work with the scholarship committees of the schools to determine who has financial need.  Payment of this award to the recipient will be made in three installments to cover the academic year. The scholarship shall be used toward tuition, room and board, textbooks and other
educationally-related expenses.

Marvin E. Parsons Scholarship (all majors)

Marvin Parsons is fondly remembered by VisCom. He worked as the IT manager for several years. This scholarship will be awarded to the student who best embodies his personality. The student receiving this scholarship should be making progress in his/her degree. He/she will need to exhibit good citizenship, and demonstrate that he/she is a caring individual, with a positive attitude toward school work and his/her fellow classmates.

The Plain Dealer Scholarship [VisCom or Journalism Freshmen]

This fund is to be awarded to incoming Freshmen enrolled in the College of Communication, majoring in Journalism or Visual Communication, and is renewable for up to 12 quarters of study. First preference should be given to members of disproportionally represented groups. Recipients must be residents of Cuyahoga or contiguous counties.  The students must show financial need and maintain a grade point average of 3.0.

Founder’s Vision Award

This fund will be distributed to a student who proposes a project that best demonstrates the vision of the founders when they created a program to teach about the importance of communicating with visuals. Funds will be distributed in the form of an award to support expenses related to completion of this project.

Applicants will be required to submit a project proposal, timeline, and budget to the selection committee. The selected student will complete the project while enrolled for VICO 491/691 to ensure faculty guidance of the project. All students in the School of Visual Communication are eligible.

Richard H. and Diane K. Gentry Journalism-Visual Communication Student Documentary Project Fund (not funded at this time)

This fund is to be awarded to students enrolled in the College of Communication, majoring in Journalism or Visual Communication. Applicants must apply in writing, detailing a specific documentary project to be funded, one which will involve both words and photographs to document person, places, and issues. Money may be used to cover the cost of travel and/or supplies.

The Gentrys define documentary work as an honest, in-depth coverage of a subject–concerned, humanistic, photography combined with investigative reporting, incisive interviewing, and careful observation. Documentary work is more than a study of social problems. It can also be a positive celebration of life. We hope that students and faculty will be responsive to both of these sides of documentary work, emphasizing the good as well as the bad within the human condition.

Diane K. Gentry Visual Communications Scholarship (not funded at this time)

The scholarship is for juniors, seniors and graduate students based on a commitment to a career in photography, genuine talent and also financial need. Must have a grade point average of 3.2 or higher.

The photography student must prefer documentary photography of people and have good photojournalistic skill. The students chosen must be adept in photography a range of human emotions, conditions and situations. Whether the applicant works in print video, film or any other medium, they should be concerned photographers who will interpret life in the U.S.A. honestly, sensitively and with heart.

College of Communication General Scholarship

This scholarship is to be awarded to students who are enrolled in the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Students selected to receive this scholarship should have demonstrated excellence within the field of Visual Communication, as well as within the school and university.

The number of annual awards and the amount of each shall be determined by the amount available for expenditure.