Recipients were recognized at the Murrow Symposium Awards Reception and Banquet April 13 at Beasley Performing Art Coliseum.
Scholarship winners include Tarah N. Alberg, a public relations major, received a $500 Jeri McDonald Endowed Scholarship; Joseph H. Barrentine, communication, $1,000 Newland W. Reilly Scholarship; Amber Birkhimer, journalism, $300 scholarship from the Journalism Development Fund, $1,000 Newland W. Reilly Scholarship, $4,000 Tri-Cities Herald/News Tribune of Tacoma Scholarship and $1,750 Seattle Times/Blethen Family Minority Scholarship; Patricia A. Carter, broadcast news, music and political science, $500 Communication 101 Scholarship, $1,500 Washington State Association of Broadcasters Scholarship and $1,500 Katie Whitworth Scholarship; Nicole D. Cunningham, broadcast news and broadcast management, $1,500 Washington State Association of Broadcasters Scholarship and $900 Beatrice L. Fry Memorial Scholarship; Theresa F. Curry, communication and women’s studies, $1,000 Newland W. Reilly Scholarship; Erin M. Drake, public relations, $500 Jeri McDonald Endowed Scholarship; Monique R. Dugaw, broadcast news, $500 Jessemey/McCarty Scholarship and $1,000 Ron and Louise Carter Broadcasting Scholarship; Lisa D. Hildebrandt, public relations, $1,500 Katie Whitworth Scholarship; Kari L. Hockett, a public relations and sport management, $500 Thomas E. and Karen A. Hunt Scholarship; Justin M. Johnson, advertising and digital media, $1,500 Katie Whitworth Scholarship and $400 Edward Bannister Memorial Scholarship; Christopher N. Jose, broadcast news, $1,500 Washington State Association of Broadcasters Scholarship; Geneva R. Kaiser, journalism and creative writing, $2,000 Pioneer Newspaper Scholarship and $1,500 Katie Whitworth Scholarship; Kathryn L. Laurance, advertising and management operations, $1,500 Katie Whitworth Scholarship; Evelyne N. Mayem, applied intercultural communication, $1,000 Diane Ballasiotes Memorial Scholarship and McKinney-Roley Scholarship; Vanessa A. Miller-Herbaugh, journalism, $2,000 Pioneer Newspaper Scholarship; Cathleen E. Spencer, broadcast production, $1,500 Washington State Association of Broadcasters Scholarship and $500 Communication 101 Scholarship; Michelle J. Taylor, broadcast production, $1,500 Katie Whitworth Scholarship and $500 Communication 101 Scholarship; Erin C. Thomas, journalism, $1,500 Katie Whitworth Scholarship; Amy H. Trang, communication, $1,750 Seattle Times/Blethen Family Scholarship and $2,000 Tri-Cities Herald/News Tribune of Tacoma Scholarship; and Katie L. Wilson, public relations and prelaw, $500 Thomas F. and Karen A. Hunt Scholarship.