Seven Students Receive SMAD Scholarships

Rustin Greene

By NANCY NUSSER
Posted by SMAD May 6, 2007

During its annual Dog Day celebration, the School of Media Arts and Design awarded scholarships for academic and professional accomplishment in media arts.

Senior Elmer David Stoops was awarded the $1,000 Madison Cinema Studies Scholarship; Paul Gleason won 1st place ($1,250) and Travis Hochswender won 2nd place ($750) in the Madison Screenwriting Scholarship competition; sophomore Lauren D. Meyer received the $1000 One Day/One University Scholarship for digital video studies; juniors Kelly Conniff, Kelly Fisher, and Stephanie Hardman were awarded $1,100 each through the Byrd-Mims Journalism Scholarship for their studies in journalism; and freshman Heather Phillips received the $500 Blanche-Garrett Scholarship for academic excellence, including high performance on SMAD admissions tests.

In addition to congratulating the winners, SMAD would like to thank sponsors of the awards; JMU alumnus and Hollywood screenwriter Don Rhymer; Harrisonburg’s Daily News Record; and SMAD faculty members Drs. George and Marilou Johnson. 

 
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