FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Dec. 3, 2007
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Dave Wellman, Director of
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Marshall student wins $5,000 scholarship in BEA competition
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Adam Cavalier, a Marshall University junior from Montgomery, W.Va., recently won a $5,000 scholarship in the Broadcast Education Association’s 2008-2009 competition.
Cavalier, production director with WMUL-FM, Marshall’s public radio station, was among 13 students from 12 different campuses who were awarded scholarships in the competition. The winners were selected by the BEA Scholarship Committee at its fall meeting in Washington, D.C., according to Pete Orlik, committee chair.
Cavalier won the Abe Voron Scholarship, which goes to a person who is planning a career in radio. Dr. Corley Dennison, dean of Marshall’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications, said Cavalier has a perfect 4.0 grade point average at MU.
“This scholarship is tremendous recognition of the hard work Adam has performed for the student media in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and for maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA,” Dennison said. “I can speak for all of the faculty members in congratulating Adam as the winner of the 2008-2009 Abe Voron Scholarship.”
Cavalier said he hopes to pursue a career doing radio play-by-play after he graduates from Marshall. He does a variety of sports broadcasts for WMUL-FM.
“Winning this scholarship is a true honor,” Cavalier said. “Getting the award only validates what I am doing to prepare myself for my future and what I am doing as a student of Marshall University and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications.”
To qualify for the scholarship, Cavalier submitted an essay and letters of recommendation from Dennison, Dr. Chuck Bailey, professor of Radio-Television Production and Management in the School of Journalism and faculty manager of WMUL-FM, and Dan Hollis, professor of broadcast journalism at Marshall.
BEA scholarships are awarded to outstanding students for study on campuses that are institutional members of the organization. The BEA is the professional association for professors, industry professionals, graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in teaching and research related to electronic media and multimedia enterprises. Currently, there are more than 1,600 individual and institutional members.
Official recognition of Cavalier’s award will take place during the annual meeting of the BEA, which runs April 17-19, 2008 in Las Vegas.
For more information, contact Cavalier at (304) 552-4519.
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