Some of the scholarships among the more than $100,000 awarded to students each year promote racial, ethnic and socio-economic diversity with the school.

Vivian Edmonds Scholarship
Quincy Sharpe Mills Scholarships
Alexander Morisey Scholarship
Erwin Potts Scholarship
Tom Wicker Scholarship
WTVD Endowment Scholarship

Quincy Sharpe Mills Scholarships
Amount: To be determined
Special consideration: Minority and disadvantaged students
Deadline: Feb. 1
Application: General application form

These scholarships were endowed by the late Mrs. Nancy Sharpe Mills in memory of her son, Quincy Sharpe Mills, a journalist killed in France in World War I. Preference is given to minority and disadvantaged students.

Erwin Potts Scholarship
Amount: To be determined
Special consideration: News-editorial journalism; Latino students
Deadline: Feb. 1
Application: General application form

This scholarship was made possible by an endowment from McClatchy Newspapers to honor the distinguished graduate of the school who was chair and CEO of McClatchy Newspapers and is a member of the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame. Preference is given to Latino students studying newspaper journalism.

Vivian Edmonds Scholarship
Amount: To be determined
Special consideration: Promote diversity
Deadline: Feb. 1
Application: General application form

These scholarships honor the publisher of The Carolina Times in Durham, who in 1988 became the first black honoree in the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame. It is for sophomores.

Alexander Morisey Scholarship
Amount: To be determined
Special consideration: Promote diversity
Deadline: Feb. 1
Application: General application form

These scholarships honor the memory of the black N.C. native who had an outstanding career in newspapers and public relations. They are for first-year students. Apply to Senior Associate Dean Dulcie Straughan by Aug. 15.

WTVD Endowment Scholarship
Amount: To be determined
Special consideration: Promote diversity; N.C. residents
Deadline: Feb. 1
Application: General application form

This scholarship honors the memory of three men — Jim Lane, Rick Sherrill and Bart Smith — who were killed in a helicopter crash in 1991 while on assignment for Durham television station WTVD. Preference is given to students from North Carolina with a B average.

Tom Wicker Scholarship
Amount: To be determined
Special consideration: News-editorial; minority and disadvantaged students
Deadline: March 1
Application: Contact the school's director of graduate studies.

This scholarship goes to a news-editorial graduate student, with preference to minority and disadvantaged students. Created by Tom Wicker, a School alumnus and former journalist with The New York Times.