Donor Program You can participate in taking the School of Communication to its next higher level of excellence. Listed below are several initiatives we have undertaken. You can make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation to the ISU Foundation Accounts that support the School of Communication and specify how you would like that donation to be used. Your entire donation, i.e., 100% of each dollar, will be used for these programs - there are no administrative charges that will reduce your financial level of participation. When making a secure credit card contribution, be sure to designate the COMMUNICATION program (including account number) you are supporting in the area marked "Other." {Example will look like this --->} Click here to fill out the online form --->   Or, you may use this form to mail in your contribution. Call the School of Communication at 309-438-3671 with any questions. School of Communication Funding Opportunities Gifts to the School of Communication will help support the following funding priorities: Scholarships Undergraduate scholarships in mass communication, public relations, and organization communication Summer high school forensics workshop grants Howard C. Nelson Debate Fund (Acct #4486745) Can be used to support a debate tournament on the ISU Campus. Could award a scholarship to an outstanding ISU debater. Can be used to fund travel expense for the debate team. Edwards Medal Speech Contest Fund (Acct #4486190) This scholarship in Forensics is established by the descendants of Richard Edwards, a former President of ISU, to encourage academic excellence and participation in the Forensic Union at ISU. The principal balance is not to be disbursed. Realized capital gain shall be added to the principal. Qualifications: The student selected should have made a substantial contribution both as a participant and a leader, to the Forensic Program and/or ISU. The student selected should have completed the junior year at ISU. The student selected should have a GPA of 3.0 or above. should two students be of relatively equal strength in the above criteria, the committee shall be empowered to recommend that the money available be divided between them. Scott Scholarship Fund (Acct #4486255) In 1986, Judy Markowitz made a major financial commitment to ISU to establish a fund to assist students in the CAS, Dept. of Communication who major in public relations. Interest is to be used for tuition and the student must: be a junior or senior level student; be enrolled in the Dept. of Communication; be a public relations major; be in good academic standing; and be recommended by a member of the Dept. of Communication. Recipients will be selected by a committee chosen by the Chairperson of Communication. One student is to serve on the committee. The number of awards and amounts will depend on the interest earned in the fund. Awards: Outstanding Teacher, Researcher, and Service Awards The Communication Department faculty includes some of the world's best teachers, researchers, and service providers in the discipline; it is important that outstanding performance be reinforced and that incentives exist to retain our best faculty. Research: Communication Research Grant An important aspect of communication research is development of solutions to real problems in organizations. Funds could be allocated to a grant program to support applied communication research activity and reinforce a grant-oriented culture among departmental researchers. Travel & Development: Faculty/Student Travel to Conference Travel to conferences is needed to develop research and publication relationships and maintain awareness of trends in the discipline; our faculty members and graduate students are among the most professionally active at conventions compared to all other universities in this country and across the world; we seek to maintain our current national/international prominence and successful placement of graduate students in the best doctoral programs. Equipment/Technology Digitize TV-10: Our goal is to be 100% digitized by 2006, which is the FCC's date for implementation of digital broadcasting nationwide Digitize WZND, purchase FM license & transmitter Complete digitization of WGLT Update Fell Hall classrooms Printing Community Partnerships Initiative to establish a consortium or series of partnerships with government and business organizations; this center would position Illinois State University as a principal partner in local, state, and national development initiatives. Professional development school to enhance communication education in Illinois public schools.