The Mass Communication Department awards more than $20,000 in scholarships annually. New freshmen, transfer students and continuing mass communication majors are eligible.
The Fain Foundation provides scholarships for students in all four majors in the Fain college of Fine Arts. The foundation has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years, allowing dozens of students to complete their degrees. The department also awards the Tres Hood Memorial Scholarship, the Suzanne Espinosa Memorial Scholarship, the Carla Bolin Scholarship and the Legacy Scholarship, in which seniors select a junior mass comm major considered deserving of this scholarship. Please use the form below to apply for any or all of these scholarships.
In addition, recent students have won scholarships in regional and nationwide competitions through organizations such as the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Women Journalists, the Dallas Press Club, the International Radio & TV Society, the 黑料老司机 Intercollegiate Press Association, the National Communication Association and the Advertising Education Foundation of Houston.
To apply for a scholarship, please download, print and fill out the scholarship application here. When complete, please return as indicated. Questions should be directed to Dr. Jim Sernoe, chair of the Mass Communication Department, at jim.sernoe@msutexas.edu or by phone at 940-397-4391.