Julia Chapman
Eaton Rapids High School
Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Previous Scholarship Recipients
2016 Recipients
This is the Foundation’s ninth year of providing scholarships to talented high school and college students.
Once again, the Foundation received hundreds of applications from across the country. Along with their portfolio of work, recipients were chosen based on several criteria, including financial need, an essay, letters of reference and their school transcript.
The Foundation’s guest judges this year were Steve Bodinet, formerly of KTVK, Channel 3, Phoenix and Elise Wilson, of Aspen PRO Media, Arizona.
High School:
Five high school students each received a Nikon D3400 camera with lenses, carrying case and memory card.
Kali Duffy
New World School of the Arts
Miami, Florida
Hannah Jacobs
Arrowhead High School
Hartland, Wisconsin
Hailey Rose Viars
Loudon High School
Loudon, Tennessee
Sophia Wade
Cibola High School
Albuquerque, New Mexico
College:
Five college students each received a $2,500 scholarship, payable to their school. (Because of the many talented entries received, the Foundation decided to award an additional $1,500 Honorable Mention Award for still photography.)
Harrison Hill
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Benjamin Aijian
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Robert DiRienzo
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nora Faris
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Braxton Jones
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Mitchell Forbes
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona
Graduate Students:
Two graduate students each received a $2,500 scholarship, payable to their school. (The Foundation normally gives out one graduate student award per year, but due to the many talented entries received, decided to award an additional scholarship.)
Christina Lauren Myers
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Anna Spelman
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina