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 Brandon Wilson, APR at (205) 547-6005 or brandon@wilbron.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.