| Committee Update:
The Cavalier Daily Alumni Association has awarded the following
scholarships for the summer of 2005:
Kris Pierson Memorial Photography Award: To Laura Michael, 3rd year, photo
editor. Laura will be spending four weeks in Egypt photographing the lives
of children in rural and urban poverty.
John Herring Scholarship Award: To Maggie Bowden, 3rd year, opinion editor.
Maggie will be working at Creative Direct, Inc., a political communications
firm.
CDAA/VPA Scholarship for Community Journalism: To Douglas Melchior, 3rd
year, photographer. Doug will be working for three specialty publications of
the Virginian-Pilot.
Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
Spring 2005
As the CDAA marks the 10th year of our highly successful internship
scholarship program, this year’s competition attracted a group of
exceptionally qualified candidates.
The Scholarship Committee met by conference call and email in March and
April. The committee unanimously agreed to award the following internship
scholarships:
* Natasha Altamirano, a third-year College student and news editor, received
the Herring Scholarship, which will help pay her expenses while she works an
unpaid internship at the Daily News Record in Harrisonburg.
* Rebecca Davis, a third-year College student and former associate photo
editor who is studying abroad in France this semester, received the Pierson
Scholarship. The scholarship will help offset the cost of a two-week summer
workshop she is attending in Colorado on communicating through photography.
This workshop will provide valuable skills that Rebecca will bring back to
the CD in the fall.
* Rebecca Piedel, a third-year College student and associate sports editor,
received the CDAA/VPA Internship Scholarship. Rebecca will work at the
Fredericksburg Freelance-Star.
Cavalier Daily Managing Editor Kara Rowland deserves commendation for her
very helpful cooperation throughout the selection process. She gathered the
necessary materials quickly and efficiently, and provided valuable insights
during the committee’s deliberations.
Over the past 10 years, the CDAA has awarded more than $30,000 in internship
scholarships to help Cavalier Daily staff members acquire valuable
journalism skills.
Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
Spring 2004
The summer of 2003 was very successful
for the CDAA’s scholarship program. Both recipients had outstanding
internships with their respective media outlets.
- Herring recipient Josh Goodman spent
the summer working for Governing.com, where his work included a series
examining digital surveillance and online privacy.
- CDAA/VPA recipient Becky Krystal
worked for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Her work ranged from stories about
the tragic death of a Chesterfield County police officer to a feature
about a Vietnam veteran awaiting a heart transplant.
- The committee was unable to award a
Pierson scholarship for the summer of 2003 because there were no
applicants.
Responses continue to trickle in from the
committee’s survey of past scholarship recipients. Although we are still
awaiting responses from a majority of the recipients, one thing is clear –
the staff would like more information about the benefits of the scholarship
program. To that end, the committee is working with ME Chris Wilson to
provide more information and generate greater interest in the program.
As requested, the committee has researched
the issue of payroll taxes for scholarship recipients. Because we provide
the money in a lump sum – either directly to the recipient or through the
host media organization – the CDAA is not responsible for these taxes.
If the recipient is paid a salary from
the host organization, then the organization is responsible. If the
recipient is paid in a lump sum, then he or she is responsible for the
taxes. The situation is comparable to free-lance work.
In either case, the recipient is not an
employee of the CDAA. The VPA follows the same approach in its summer
scholarship program.
The only outstanding issue that the Board
must address at the Fall meeting is the size of the CDAA/VPA scholarship for
the summer of 2004. As you might recall, last year the Board voted to
increase the size of the scholarship from $3,000 to $4,000 on a one-time
basis for the summer of 2003. This was possible because the scholarship was
not awarded for 2002. Maintaining this increase for an additional year would
depend on the available funding.
Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
Fall 2003
Following up on the March strategic
planning session and the outcome of this past summer’s internship
scholarship program, the Scholarship Committee is pursuing short-term and
long-term changes to the application process. These changes will help ensure
that the program will attract a greater number of applicants, and will
maximize summer employment opportunities for the recipients. The application
forms for all three internships are being reviewed and modified to make the
programs’ requirements clearer.
Two key issues raised during the CDAA strategic planning session were the
need to maintain communication with past scholarship recipients and the
importance of evaluating the program to ensure it continues to serve the
needs of the current staff. To address these issues, the committee will
draft a survey that will be sent to all prior recipients. This survey will
help the committee determine how effectively the scholarship program has
helped recipients and the CD staff as a whole in terms of journalistic
training and career preparation.
Finally, as part of the committee’s efforts to maximize the potential of the
scholarship program, members have discussed the importance of working
directly with the CD staff to stimulate interest in the program and to
address any concerns that might arise. CDAA Vice President and scholarship
committee member Lisa Guernsey has volunteered to fulfill this role
and traveled to Charlottesville in October to meet with students.
There also has been discussion about expanding the committee’s size and
including at least one member who lives in or around Charlottesville. If you
are interested in participating, or know of anyone who might be interested,
please contact me at gtrevor@panynj.gov.
— Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
The Scholarship Committee met by
teleconference in April to consider numerous qualified candidates for the
Herring, Pierson and CDAA/VPA scholarships.
After a detailed discussion, the
committee voted to award the following scholarships:
The $1,000 Herring Scholarship: to
John McArdle, a rising fourth-year student who is spending the summer as
a writing intern at Roll Call, Capitol Hill’s biweekly newspaper.
The $1,000 Pierson Memorial
Photography Scholarship: to Brady Wolfe, a rising fourth-year student
who will work this summer as a photography intern at the Daily Progress in
Charlottesville.
The $3,500 CDAA/VPA internship: to
rising third-year student Laura Parcells. The CDAA is currently
working with Parcells and the VPA to find a mutually agreeable position.
Thanks to the generosity of Cavalier
Daily and College Topics alumni, since 1995 the scholarship program has
awarded 19 scholarships, totaling more than $22,000.
In addition, the committee plans to
contact past scholarship recipients to solicit suggestions to improve the
program. We also welcome input from alumni. You can contact the committee
through the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association, or please feel free to
contact me directly at (212) 435-4177 (w), (732) 843-6803 (h), or
gtrevor@earthlink.net.
— Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
April 2002
I am very pleased to report that all four of
this past summer’s recipients of financial support from the Scholarship
Committee—beneficiaries of the highest level of monetary support in the
program’s five-year history—successfully completed a wide range of internships.
Compared to previous summers, the most significant
change was the awarding of the first Cavalier Daily Alumni Association/Virginia Press
Association Internship for Community Journalism—a 10-week, $300-a-week internship
that will continue to be fully funded by a CDAA endowment. Cavalier Daily News Editor Katie
Dalton, the first recipient, performed so capably that her employer, The Daily
Progress, has given her a standing offer to return there.
The summer’s recipients of two $1,000 Herring
scholarships had very positive experiences with their internships in New York. Arts &
Entertainment Editor Doug Strassler worked in the publishing industry, while Sports
Editor James Reedy worked for the late Sport Magazine and its reincarnation, FHM
Sport. Also, Photography Editor Daniel Lopez, recipient of the $1,000 Pierson
photography scholarship, compiled an impressive portfolio while traveling through Texas
this past summer.
Since the scholarship program began in 1995, the
Cavalier Daily Alumni Association has awarded 15 scholarships worth more than $15,000 to
highly qualified Cavalier Daily staff members pursuing journalism careers. The Cavalier
Daily Alumni Association will continue to work with the Cavalier Daily staff, as well as
the Virginia Press Association, to further improve the scholarship program, making it even
more responsive to the needs of CD staffers.
— Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
November 2000
The Scholarship Committee met April 7 at the Virginia
Press Association’s offices to award the CDAA/VPA Internship for Community
Journalism. The new 10-week, $300-a-week internship is funded by a CDAA endowment that has
reached $68,000—thanks to overwhelming support from our alumni.
This summer’s scholarship was awarded to Katie
Dalton, a second-year student and Cavalier Daily news editor, who will intern at
Charlottesville’s Daily Progress, her first choice paper.
The committee also awarded two $1,000 Herring
internship scholarships for this summer. James Reedy, a third-year
student and CD sports editor, will intern at Sport Magazine in New York. Doug
Strassler, a third-year student and CD arts and entertainment editor, is
competing for internships at features and entertainment publications in New York.
Daniel Lopez, a third-year student and
CD photography editor, received the $1,000 Pierson photography scholarship. He will work
for the Smithsonian Institution’s Botany Department, producing photos of the
department’s collection. He also will travel to Hidalgo County, Texas, to document
living conditions among the poor.
— Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
April 2000
The Scholarship Committee is excited to announce that,
in conjunction with the Virginia Press Association, the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association
will offer an annual, fully funded internship with a VPA member paper to a qualified
Cavalier Daily staff member beginning in the summer of 2000. This project has been a goal
of the CDAA for five years. (For details, see VPA/CDAA.)
Application information is now available online. The
deadline is January 3, 2000.
In addition, based on donations and pledges resulting
from our ongoing fund-raising efforts, the committee is pleased to report that the CDAA
has met its initial goal to raise at least $40,000 to fund a permanent endowment for
internships and scholarships. Future donations earmarked for the endowment will be used to
fund additional internships and scholarships.
Three Cavalier Daily staff members were the recipients
of the most recent Herring, Pierson and CDAA scholarships. For information on how they
spent their summers and what they learned, see Internships.
Since this program began in 1995, the CDAA has awarded
nearly $10,000 in scholarships to highly qualified Cavalier Daily staff members pursuing
journalism careers. These staff members have used this money to defray living costs and
other expenses while working as summer interns and in other media-related jobs. As part of
this program, the recipients are expected to return to The Cavalier Daily and pass along
their newfound knowledge to their fellow staffers. This program is one of the most
successful ways that the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association is fulfilling its core mission
to provide journalistic educational opportunities to the Cavalier Daily staff.
—Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
September 1999
Since it was founded in 1983, the Cavalier Daily Alumni
Association has helped enhance the educational opportunities of Cavalier Daily staff
members and other University students—by sponsoring guest speakers and workshops on
all aspects of journalism.
For the past four years, the CDAA has expanded our
educational mission with a more direct form of support—$1,000 and $500 scholarships
awarded to CD writers, photographers and editors who have received unpaid or low-paid
summer internships.
As of this summer, the CDAA will have awarded nearly
$10,000 in scholarships to deserving students for internships in print journalism,
broadcasting, photography and other communications positions.
This summer, in addition to the $1,000 Herring
Scholarship and the $1,000 Pierson Scholarship, the CDAA plans to award a new
scholarship—the "Cavalier Daily Alumni Association Award," a $1,000 stipend
that will go to a qualified CD staff member working in Virginia. The CDAA plans to award
all three scholarships at the board’s spring meeting; winners will be announced in
the September edition of College Topics.
Also, the Cavalier Daily Alumni Association has begun
looking into the creation of a permanent scholarship endowment. This would allow the
organization to continue awarding its existing scholarships for the foreseeable future and
to create additional awards. One option under serious discussion is the possible creation
of a permanent internship slot at a Virginia newspaper, which would be guaranteed to a
Cavalier Daily staff member each summer.
If you have any comments or suggestions, or if you
would like to make a donation toward a scholarship endowment, please contact me at
732-843-6803 (home) or at gtrevor@earthlink.net.
—Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
April 1999
At a meeting on Saturday, Apr. 18, the Scholarship
Committee selected the recipients of this year’s Herring and Pierson scholarships. (See
May 1998 issue of College Topics for more
information.) Based on the number of highly qualified applicants for the awards,
during the CDAA Board meeting the following day, the committee recommended the
establishment of an additional $1,000 scholarship to begin in the spring of 1999. The
Board unanimously approved the recommendation.
The committee plans to meet in the fall to determine
terms of the award. If you have any input on this or any other scholarship-related issue,
please feel free to contact me at 732-843-6803.
—Greg Trevor
Scholarship Chairman
May 1998 |
