Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 scholarship awarded by Wichita Professional Communicators. The deadline for online applications is midnight, March 6.
WPC offers an annual $2,000 scholarship to students pursuing degrees in a communication field at Wichita-area colleges and universities. Students pursuing careers in advertising, digital media, editing, writing, graphic design, journalism, marketing, photography, public relations and other mass communication areas should apply.
2022 WPC scholarship recipient Hannah Holliday accepts a check from Wilma Moore-Black, at left, and Judy Conkling, at right, co-chairs of the WPC Scholarship Committee.
Besides the monetary award, the scholarship recipient will receive a one-year membership in WPC and its affiliated state and national organizations, Kansas Professional Communicators and National Federation of Press Women (which is open to both men and women).
The winner will be announced in spring 2023.
Requirements for a complete application can be found on our Scholarships page. For questions or for more information, email wichitaprocom@gmail.com or contact WPC’s scholarship committee co-chair Wilma Moore-Black at wilma.black@wichita.edu.
“We have strong, supportive membership that believes in giving back to grow our own communicators,” Moore-Black said. “The entire membership has many opportunities to get involved in WPC individually and group projects.”
Funds for the scholarship come from donations and WPC events like the annual mixer featuring a silent auction.