Our department offers several scholarships to students who are currently enrolled and majoring or minoring in the Department of Media. More information about each scholarship is below. Please contact the department with questions.

Established by alumna Allison Wilson, this fund provides scholarships to Media majors with a concentration in Sports Production.

Award Amount

$1,000

This scholarship was established as a memorial to media alumnus Bill Bryant in honor of his passion for sports production.

Award Amount

$1,000

This scholarship was established in memory of TCOM grad Chad Muller to honor of his creativity and dedication to production.

Award Amount

$1,000

This scholarship was established to support student internships.

Award Amount

$1,000

This scholarship was established by the family of Dr. Joe Misiewicz, former professor and chairperson of the Department of Media at Ball State. The award honors “Dr. Joe” for his commitment to the department, his passion for teaching, and his contribution to the field of broadcast media over the years.

Award Amount

$1,000

Established to honor the memory of alumna and former News Director of NewsLink Indiana, Grace Bentkowski ('24), the purpose of this fund is to provide financial support to Media majors.

Award Amount

$1,000

This scholarship was established by Department of Media Alumnus Jacob Clouse. It is awarded to a student involved in Sports Production. 

Award Amount:

$1,000

This scholarship was established to support student internships.

Award Amount

$1,000

This scholarship was created by former chair, Dr. Joe Misiewicz. It has continued to grow by donations on behalf of past and present media faculty. It supports student internships.

Award Amount

$1,000

This scholarship was established by the family of Morry E. Mannies, the “Voice of the Cardinals”, to honor Morry’s fifty years of broadcast sports announcing.

Award Amount

$1,000

The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarships to Ball State University Sports Production students.

Award Amount

$1,000

This award honors former ABC News Correspondent Steve Bell, teacher, mentor, and advisor to news students for 15 years, and the first Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Chair in Media (1992-97). In a nearly 40-year career in broadcast journalism, he reported on many of the world’s most important stories, including the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sen. Robert Kennedy. He was a Vietnam War correspondent and later served as Hong Kong Bureau Chief for ABC. He also was the first news anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America.

AWARD AMOUNT

$1,000

This scholarship was established by Scott Swim, an alumnus of the Department of Media at Ball State.

Award Amount

$1,000