CCFA Scholarships
The College of Communication and Fine Arts offers a variety of scholarships to students. Most scholarships are within the Tiger
Scholarship Manager, but some talent or audition-based scholarships must be accessed
through the individual departments. For more information about these type of scholarships
contact the following:
Gary Golightly, Department of Art
Mary Wilson, Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music
Jacob Allen, Department of Theatre & Dance
The annual application deadline is Feb. 2 of each calendar year.
To apply, go to the Tiger Scholarship Manager website.
Architecture
The Department of Architecture offers the following scholarships and awards:
- The Professor Sherry Bryan-Hagge Endowed Scholarship
- The J. Carson Looney Endowed Scholarship in Design Excellence
- The H. Frank Ricks Endowed Scholarship in Design Excellence
- The LRK Architects Endowed Scholarship
- The Van Walton Memorial Scholarship
- The CSI Memphis Dempsie Morrison, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
- The James Weaver Memorial Scholarship
- The Tau Sigma Delta Medal
- The AIA Henry Adams Medal and Certificate
- The Alpha Rho Chi Medal
- The Architectural Research Centers Consortium Jonathan King Medal
- The AIA Memphis Scholarship
- The AIA Chattanooga Scholarship
Please contact the Department of Architecture for more information about these scholarships and awards.
Art
The Department of Art offers the following scholarships and awards:
- The Maude and Thomas Littlejohn Memorial Scholarship
- The Bobick Family Art Education Scholarship
- The Donald and Mary Vaughn Art Scholarship
- The Art Directors Club of Memphis Scholarship
- The Dana D. Johnson Art Scholarship
- The Frances Falls Austin Memorial Scholarship
- The Mary Margaret Ross Art Alumni Scholarship
- Talent-based Scholarships in Visual Arts
- The Ad Fed Communigraphics Scholarship
- The Memphis-Germantown Art League / Dr. Leona Boyland Award
- The J.W. Brittan Egyptology Scholarship
- The Craig R. Garrett Memorial Scholarship for Photography
Please contact CCFA Interim Dean Ryan Fisher for more information about these scholarships.
A portfolio review is required for some scholarships. Please submit your portfolios
to the Department of Art office in ACB Room 200 ONLY on February 12, between 8:30
AM – 4:00 PM. The day to retrieve portfolios is February 28.
- Communication & Film
The Department of Communication & Film offers the following scholarships and awards:
- The George Klein Scholarship
- The Memphis Radio Group Scholarship
- The Elvis Presley Scholarship
- The WREG-TV Scholarship
Please contact CCFA for more information about these scholarships.
- Journalism and Strategic Media
The Department of Journalism and Strategic Media offers the following scholarships
and awards:
- The Frank Ahlgren Scholarship
- The John DeCleux Scholarship
- Paul R. Coppock Scholarship
- Billy M. Jones Scholarship
- The John Paul Jones Journalism Scholarship
- Kathy Krieger Award
- The Memphis Gridiron Show Inc. Scholarship
- The Joe and Lila Norton Journalism Scholarship
- The Eleanor B. O'Neill Scholarship
- Variety Club Robert Johnson Scholarship
- Ken Sossaman Memorial Fund
- Laura Norton-Dye Memorial Scholarship
- The Olin F. Morris Fellowship
- McDaniel Scholarship Fund in Journalism
- Marge Thrasher White Scholarship
- UofM Journalism Alumni Enrichment Fund
- Michael David Greene Memorial Scholarship
- Journalism Alumni Scholarship
Please contact Ryan Fisher for more information about these scholarships.
- Music
The Scheidt School of Music offers the following scholarships and awards:
- The Douglas C. Lemmon Memorial Scholarship
- The Robert Kelley Memorial Scholarship
- The Sidney J. McKay Fellowship (Band)
- The Joe D'Gerolamo Memorial Scholarship (Jazz)
- The Elba Gandy Memorial Scholarship
- The Herbert Herman Memorial Scholarship (Piano)
- The Jim Green and Tag Hedges Green Graduate Fellowship in Music
- The Jerry Lee Lewis Endowed Scholarship
- The Ethel T. Maxwell Voice Scholarship
- The John G. Hughes Music Scholarship (Organ)
- The Berl Olswanger Scholarship
- The Lubrani Clarinet Award
- The Smith Music Composition Award
- The Sam Phillips Scholarship
- The Elvis Presley Endowed Scholarship
- The Santi Family Legacy Scholarship
- James and Christopher Gholson Scholarship
- Dr. Barbara D. Mashburn Choral Scholarship
- Dr. Charles Schulz Scholarship
- The Charlie Rich Scholarship
- The Clement Santi Memorial Music Scholarship
- The Larry O. Jordan Scholarship
- The Sun Trust Scholarship
- The Charles Riecker Memorial
Please contact Ryan Fisher for more information about these scholarships.
- Theatre & Dance
The Department of Theatre & Dance offers the following awards and scholarships:
- The Wampler Family Scholarship
- The R.P. Tracks Award
- The Hohenberg Award
- Talent-based Tuition Scholarships
- The Joanna Helming Alumni Scholarship
- The Clement Santi Memorial Theatre Scholarship
- The Cybill Shepherd Scholarship
- The Elvis Presley Scholarship
Please contact Ryan Fisher for more information about these scholarships.