Arthur Wiese Scholarship

• Which collegeArthur Wiese Scholarship - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
• Who can applyThe Arthur Wiese Scholarship was established by Arthur E. F. Wiese, Jr., Entergy Corporation's vice president, corporate communications. His responsibilities with the Fortune 200 energy company include internal and external communications, media relations, community relations, advertising, opinion research, Internet communications, crisis planning and response, event planning, radio and television productions and (in the Northeastern states) local government relations.
• Who can applyBefore joining Entergy, Wiese was vice president, public affairs for the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, D.C., the primary trade association for the multinational oil industry. Prior to that he was a journalist, spending almost l0years as the Washington bureau chief for The Houston Post. In that capacity he was elected president of the National Press Club in Washington in 1979.
• Who can applyA native of Texas, Wiese holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism, government and history from Sam Houston State University, graduating summa cum laude in 1967, and a Master of Science degree in journalism and history from Southern Illinois University, also graduating summa cum laude in 1968. He was a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow in political history at the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1981 and completed the executive development program at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management in 1984. Arthur E. F. Wiese, Jr.
• Who can applyis establishing this fund to help the School of Journalism assist a graduate student( s) with a desire to have a career in business journalism, corporate communications, public relations or a related field, just as a similar fellowship allowed him to attend journalism graduate school at SIU Carbondale in 1967-68. Scholarship for graduate students who have a desire to have a career in business journalism, corporate communications, public relations, or a related field. Recipient must demonstrate financial need and exhibit high academic achievement.
• Who can applyArea of Interest College of Arts & Media, Journalism

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