Ifill Scholarship Program

Established in 2018, the Ifill Scholarship program seeks to carry on Gwen Ifill’s legacy by helping turn the next generation’s potential into excellence. Ifill Scholarships support students from under-represented groups who are pursuing a degree within the Ifill School and demonstrate exceptional promise in the classroom.

Recipients

Each of these students is poised to do important work in the world. These scholarships help ensure they finish, and finish strong.

2022-2023 Academic year

2021-2022 Academic year

2020-2021 Academic year

  • Bridget Fong '21, communications major with a concentration in graphic design; studio arts minor
  • Lola Getz '21, English and women's and gender studies major
  • Shayla McJunkin '21, psychology and music performance major; business management minor

2019-2020 Academic year

  • Juliana Gamba '20, communications major; cinema and media studies minor
  • Autumn Ledgister-Cummins '20, Asian studies major; elementary education minor
  • Anna Zhang '20, studying history, sociology, and Asian studies

2018-2019 Inaugural year

  • Priscilla Wiltshire- Bland '21, Dix scholar, communications major, Africana studies minor
  • Alexandra Bohanan '19, arts administration major
Ifill Scholarship Recipients from left: Anna Zhang '20, Autumn Ledgister-Cummins '20 and Juliana Gamba '20

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