Alaska Professional Communicators offers scholarship

Alaska Professional Communicators offers scholarship

It’s open to Alaska residents.

  • JUNEAU EMPIRE
  • Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:21am
  • News

A $1,500 scholarship is being offered to Alaska residents who are college or university students planning a career in the communications field.

Alaska Professional Communicators, the Alaska Chapter of the National Federation of Press Women, is offering the scholarship.

To apply, a student must be enrolled at a four-year college. Applications must be submitted by April 4. Candidates are selected on the basis of promise in their chosen field, need for the scholarship and scholastic achievement.

For more information, contact Connie Huff at 550-8464 or chuff@alaskapublic.org, or visit akprocom.org.

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