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2007-2008 Student Scholarship Recipients |
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Department scholarship recipients for the 2007-2008 academic year are: Providing leadership and guidance to those around her is the legacy of the late Dr. Betty Jo Welch, communication studies professor and first coordinator of the Division of Speech Communication (then a part of the Department of Creative Arts). As UNCW’s first full-time faculty member in the discipline, Dr. Welch worked at fostering the division development into the present day Department of Communication Studies. Dr. Welch, a native of Nashville, TN, began her UNCW career in 1970. She was very involved in the university system, serving on and chairing numerous faculty committees. In 1986, Dr. Welch was the first woman elected chair of the UNC Faculty Assembly and presented greetings from the faculties of the 16 constituent campuses at the inauguration of C.D. Spangler, Jr. as system president. Welch was also active in the Wilmington community working with such organizations as the New Hanover County Heart Association, New Hanover Council of PTA, the Wilmington Civic Ballet and St. James Church. She was also a member of the American Business Communication Association, National Association of Parliamentarians, Women in Communications, as well as many other professional associations. Established November 1996, the Communication Studies Alumni Chapter set, as its first goal, the founding of the Dr. Betty Jo Welch Scholarship Endowment to assist communication studies majors. Recipients must meet the following criteria: 1. A junior or senior communication studies major. The scholarship, in the annual amount of $1,000, supports tuition and other related educational expenses. RECIPIENTS 2000-2001 James Anthony Mendillo Shirley Gilbert Farr, a very familiar face to many in southeastern North Carolina, was executive producer and co-anchor for the Carolina In the Morning program on WECT-TV for nine years. Before that, she was a reporter and weather announcer at WWAY-TV for eight years. During these years, her graciousness, friendly smile and sense of humor were her trademarks. Family, friends, and colleagues also remember Shirley as a hard worker who placed great importance on helping others and giving back to a community that had been kind to her during both professional years, as well as her years as a single parent working toward her degree at UNC-Wilmington. In recognition of her belief in the importance of education in everyone’s life, her husband, Joe Farr, and their children have established the Shirley Gilbert Farr Scholarship in Communication Studies (endowed) at UNC-Wilmington. This $1,000 annual scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate who is majoring in communication studies with a minimum 2.5 GPA. Pre-communication studies majors with the potential to become COM majors in the subsequent academic year are also eligible to apply. The family feels that the special requirement that the recipient be a single parent reflects quite appropriately on the struggles that Shirley herself experienced as a student. RECIPIENTS Susan Dwyer This endowed scholarship was created by Mark Griffis and Dave Robertson to award students who excel in the area of communication studies. The recipient must have been accepted into the Department of Communication Studies. Applicants submit a 500-word essay on "How Media Will Influence Social Change in Twenty-Five Years." The scholarship may be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student and may be applied for multiple times. The recipient is chosen on the basis of the winning essay along with the following stipulations: 1. The recipient must be employed during the year of the award and must confirm employment with a 2. The recipient must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 with a minimum 3.0 GPA in the major. RECIPIENTS
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