Internship Awards | CoJMC

College of Journalism & Mass Communications Internship Awards

Advertising & Public Relations Journalism Sports Media and Communications

Internships are a key to professional success upon graduation. Internship awards provide students with funding to help offset the cost of pursuing unpaid or low-paid internships.

The internship award application has closed for summer 2023.

Confirmation of the internship will be required before the award is provided. The award money will be applied into your UNL student account. If you have an outstanding balance at UNL the money will automatically deduct from your UNL bill. If you do not have a balance with UNL, then the award will be refunded to you as either a check or direct deposit to the account linked to your MyRed.

Advertising & Public Relations

$1,000Deb Fiddelke Fund

The Deb Fiddelke Scholarship Fund supports students pursuing unpaid or underpaid internships in the advertising and public relations field.

Summer 2023 application is closed

$1,000Kris Malkoski Fund

The Kris Malkoski Scholarship Fund supports advertising and public relations majors pursuing unpaid or underpaid internships.

Summer 2023 application is closed

$1,000J. Steve Davis Jump Start Fund

The J. Steve Davis Jump Start Fund supports students pursuing advertising internships in large metropolitan markets outside of Nebraska.

Summer 2023 application is closed

Journalism

$1,000Rural Journalism Fellowship Award

The Rural Journalism Fellowship award is available to students who have a journalism or broadcasting internship during Summer 2023. The requirements to be eligible for this award are you must be completing at least 50% or more of reporting in a rural community outside of Lincoln or Omaha Nebraska area.

Summer 2023 application is closed

Sports Media and Communications

$1,000Dana and Lynn Roper Fund

The Dana and Lynn Roper Fund supports students pursuing sports media and communications majors pursuing unpaid or underpaid internships.

Summer 2023 application is closed

Contact your undergraduate advisor with questions

Anne McConkey
Academic Advisor
402-472-3034
anne.mcconkey@unl.edu

Bridgett Grant
Academic Advisor
402-472-3042
bgrant2@unl.edu

Karez Hassan
Academic Advisor
402-472-9853
karezhassan@unl.edu