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Robust news organizations like ours generate civic good that informs, improves and inspires communities. For those invested in OU and Norman, OU Daily uniquely has:

Free daily journalism online and premium print products all year.
The largest newsgathering staff in Oklahoma’s third-largest city.
Veteran professionals advising students from one of the nation’s top journalism colleges.
A legacy as a launching pad for media professionals.

Whether in a one-time or recurring pledge, we appreciate your support.

Scholarships

These scholarships supplement student experiences beyond volunteer and paid staff positions:

Becky Willis Memorial Scholarship for News Leadership (OU Foundation fund 0043554)

Amount: $1,000 each fall, spring
Purpose: Established in memory of Becky Willis, the spouse of longtime Daily adviser Jack Willis.
Eligibility: Awarded to the Daily's news managing editor.

Contribute to the Becky Willis fund

Stacy Wehrenberg Memorial Scholarship (endowed, OU Foundation fund 0042660)

Amount: $1,000 annually
Purpose: Established in memory of Stacy (Thrailkill) Wehrenberg, who for 25 years was Student Media's buisness office manager.
Eligibility: An individual who demonstrates success amid adversity and is a full-time, regularly enrolled OU student; works for Student Media; faces an adversity in their lives, such as a life-threatening disease, disabilities, financial need, sudden loss of a parent, family crisis, recurring health-related issues.

Contribute to the Stacy Wehrenberg fund

Zelbert Moore-Guinnevere Hodges honorary support fund (not endowed)

Amount: $500 annually
Purpose: Established to help further systematic change from the composition of the Daily staff to the trust its coverage must continue to earn with historically marginalized communities. It honors the legacies of the first Black students to work for OU Student Media.
Eligibility: A person with experience in or a special committment to working with marginalized communities who aspires to a career in media, with a priority given to applicants for whom it can make a financial difference in their ability to work on our staff.

Contribute to the staff development fund

R.A. Hall Editor-in-Chief Scholarship (endowed, OU Regents fund 6163000)

Amount: $1,300 each fall, spring and summer
Purpose: Financially support the most-demanding role on the Daily staff.
Eligibility: Awarded to the Daily's editor-in-chief.
Note: We are not actively seeking gifts to this endowed fund.

Gaylord College Memorial Scholarship for Oklahoma Daily Students Fund (endowed, OU Foundation fund 0040767)

Amount: $3,300 in total
Purpose: From 1978 to 1997, four scholarships memorialized Louise B. Moore, C.T. House, Maria Kay Fotopoulos and Jeannett Baumert Turner. Those are now consolidated into this single fund.
Eligibility: Full-time, enrolled students in Gaylord College who work for the Daily and have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average.
Note: We are not actively seeking gifts to this endowed fund.

Travel and equipment

We send students where stories of pressing interest to our communities demand to be told as well as to training opportunities that enrich their skill sets. Your support to the Student Media Staff Development fund helps finance:

Airfare and gas reimbursements
Accommodations and conference registrations

Media is a rapidly evolving field, and with it comes continual needs to upgrade equipment we want every student to have access to independent of personal privileges. Your support to the Student Media Staff Development fund helps finance:

Photo/video/audio equipment repairs/upgrades
Software licenses for photo/video editing

Contribute to the staff development fund