Deadline Extended to “Until Filled”
Cherokee Nation Education Corporation Scholarship Application - PDF
John Shurr Journalism Award – Available to Cherokee Nation tribal citizens who are currently enrolled as an undergraduate or a graduate student at any accredited higher education institution with a major in journalism or mass communications. Scholarship amount is $1,000 per semester or $2,000 per academic year. Student must write an essay on his/her journalism career goals, provide samples of their published writing, and maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average to continue second semester. Student will apply for an 8-week , expense paid, summer internship with The Cherokee Phoenix newspaper in Tahlequah , Oklahoma .
Additional Instructions to Applicants:
Applicants for the John Shurr Journalism Award are required to write a one-page, single spaced essay that discusses:
- How your background and interests make you want to be a modern-day journalist storyteller,
- What you hope to learn in college about journalism,
- What you want to accomplish with a career in the news business, and
- How your Cherokee heritage will come into play for these issues.
Applicants should also enclose two (2) samples of your writing especially something you have written for a student newspaper or any newspaper.
Please send all other information as required in the CNEC Scholarship Application form (you are not required to write the CNEC Scholarship Application essay). Mail to:
Dr. Shelley Butler-Allen ,
Cherokee Nation Education Corporation
PO Box 948
Tahlequah , OK 74465
If you are selected for the John Shurr Journalism Award, you will be expected to arrange with Bryan Pollard , Editor, The Cherokee Phoenix , a 8-week summer internship between June - August, 2009.
If you have questions about the application process, please contact Margaret Raymond,
918-453-5420 or email Margaret-raymond@cherokee.org .
The Cherokee Nation Education Corporation is a tribally chartered non-profit corporation and is recognized by the IRS as a 501©3 corporation. Contributions are tax deductible for the year in which they are made.