2019 Communication Awards Banquet
The Department of Communication's 63rd annual Awards Banquet was held at the Little America Hotel on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The reception and ceremony honored distinguished community award winners as well as student scholarship recipients.
| Quintus C. Wilson Alumni Achievement Award |
Rebecca Chavez-Houck Legislator, Nonprofit Executive, Advocate, Journalist Joseph M. Sargetakis President, University of Utah Alumni Association Lori Teranishi Founder and Principal of iQ 360, Inc. |
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| Service to Journalism Award | Robert Gehrke Political Reporter and Columnist, The Salt Lake Tribune | |||||||||||||||
| Distinguished Service Award | Fred Esplin Former Vice President for Advancement, University of Utah | |||||||||||||||
| Kappa Tau Alpha Top Scholar Award | Anthony Scoma | |||||||||||||||
| Kappa Tau Alpha Initiates |
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| Malcolm O. Sillars Award for Excellence in Debate |
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| John and Sonia Lingos Foundation Endowed Scholarship | Madeline Dunn | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew F. Wahlquist Endowed Scholarship for Debate | Benjamin Jensen | |||||||||||||||
| John R. Park Debate Society Scholarship |
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| John R. Park Debate Society Forensics Diversity Scholarship | Phillip Geiser | |||||||||||||||
| Salt Lake Tribune Scholarship & Wharton Family Endowed Communication Scholarship | Grace Osusky | |||||||||||||||
| Deseret News Scholarship | Seung Yeob Shin | |||||||||||||||
| KSL Scholarship |
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| Deseret Book Scholarship | Spencer Gregory | |||||||||||||||
| Deseret Digital Media Scholarship | Bryce VomBaur | |||||||||||||||
| University of Utah Merit Scholarship |
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| Department of Communication First-Year Scholarship | Alyssa Hill | |||||||||||||||
| Anthony G. Tashkoff and Meredith G. Tashkoff Scholarship | Victoria Staten | |||||||||||||||
| Lauren McCluskey Memorial Scholarship | Elizabeth Cravens | |||||||||||||||
| Edna Anderson-Taylor Endowed Scholarship |
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| Royal L. Garff Endowed Scholarship |
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| Joseph F. Smith Endowed Scholarship & DeAnn Evans Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
Kaitlyn Workman | |||||||||||||||
| B. Floyd Farr Prize in Broadcasting |
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| Jay W. and Sharlene B. Glasmann Family Endowed Scholarship |
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| Parry D. and Margaret C. Sorensen Endowed Scholarship |
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| M. Neff Smart Endowed Scholarship | Samantha Mora | |||||||||||||||
| Milton C. Hollstein Endowed Scholarship |
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| Robert K. Avery Endowed Scholarship | Ryan Larson | |||||||||||||||
| Louise Degn Scholarship & Richard Nelson Matthews Scholarship |
Andrea Jimenez-Flores | |||||||||||||||
| Craig Denton Endowed Scholarship | Annette Condon | |||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth M. Haglund Award |
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| Ida Mae Hanks Endowed Scholarship |
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| Herb Jepko Scholarship | Bennett Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Debra “Dee” NaQuin Shafer Scholarship | Taisia Auston | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Finlayson Endowed Fund | 2019-20 Transfer Student Success Cohort |
