Ithaca College

Roy H. Park School of Communications

Park Scholar Program

The Award

Class of 2010

Thanks to the generosity of the Park Foundation, Ithaca College's School of Communications has welcomed outstanding high school seniors as Park scholars since 1996.

Grants from the Park Foundation also provide funding for endowed professorships, a distinguished visitor series, and capital equipment for the Park School.

For more information contact
 Office of Admission
Ithaca College
100 Job Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850-7020
(607) 274-3124 or (800) 429-4274
admission@ithaca.edu

The Park Scholar Program offers much more than a scholarship; it creates a dynamic learning community that develops future communications leaders who engage critically, act globally, and perform ethically. Through a mixture of academic and service programming, scholars are challenged to take action and give back to their communities, and to use the power of mass communication to make a positive impact on the world.

Up to 20 merit-based scholarships, each covering the entire cost of attendance (tuition, room, and board) at Ithaca College, are awarded to outstanding high school seniors each year. Applicants are chosen from students majoring in cinema and photography; television-radio; journalism; integrated marketing communications; or communication management and design.

Once at Ithaca College, Park scholars are expected to

  • maintain a 3.5 GPA and full-time enrollment in the Park School

  • engage in community service

  • participate in Park scholar activities

  • be a model citizen and maintain good judicial standing.

In addition, first-year scholars are expected to live with and participate in the H.O.M.E. program, a residential learning committee that explores multicultural issues.

Park Scholar Awards are renewable for up to three years (for a total of four). In addition, the award includes stipends for living expenses, books, and a one-time computer purchase of $2,500.