Scholarship Award
PRSA Alabama Chapter Sponsored Student Scholarship
An annual $1,000 scholarship honors an outstanding public relations major within the state of Alabama who is a student-participant in the PRSA Alabama Chapter Mentorship Program.
The award is presented annually every spring to a Mentor Program graduate.
Qualifications include:
- have participated in the one-semester long PRSA Alabama Mentor Program
- Submit a letter of recommendation from their mentor
- Submit a resume
- Submit a complete scholarship application
- Be a member in good standing of his/her university PRSSA chapter
- Hold a 3.0 GPA or higher out of 4.0
- Be a junior or senior public relations major
- Submit an official transcript
2012 Deadline: February 15, 2012
If you have questions about the PRSA Alabama student scholarship, contact Eboni Thomas at (205) 790-3251 or eboni.thomas@o2ideas.com.
The first student scholarship recipient was for school year 2008-09. Melinda Thornton (pictured left) was the first student scholarship recipient. Melinda received the scholarship from PRSA Alabama Chapter officer Hallie Bradley at the 2009 PRSA Student Summit. Melinda is a University of Alabama (UAB) public relations major and UAB PRSSA officer.
