MSU Scholarships | Robert Popa Journalism Scholarship 26-2027

Closed Partial funding Undergraduate United States of America

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Opportunity details

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Nonprofit organization
Michigan State University Grants
Area
America
Host Country
United States of America
Deadline
Study level
Undergraduate
Opportunity type
Scholarships , Awards , Grants
Opportunity funding
Partial funding
Eligible Countries
This opportunity is destined for all countries
Eligible Region
All Regions

Description

Robert Popa Journalism Scholarship

Robert Popa was a 1953 graduate of the J-School who launched his career as a copy editor at the Oakland Press. He left the paper for a two-year military stint at Stars and Stripes before returning to work as a reporter for the Detroit News. He left newspapers in 1972 to becoming the first press secretary to Detroit Mayor Coleman Young. He left that post to be the director of public information for Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. He later became the Michigan press secretary for the Carter-Mondale campaign and launched a successful career in public relations. The scholarship was established by his many friends in the industry following his death in 1989.

Qualifications:

  • Recipients will be selected on a basis of professional goals in journalism
  • junior, senior or graduate student status by upcoming fall semester
  • financial need

School of Journalism scholarships are applied to a student’s university account to support a future semester of study. To apply, complete the College of Communication Arts & Sciences scholarship application.

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