About the Scholarship
Business journalism is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the profession, with a recent study revealing that average starting annual salaries for practitioners is $74,000. Abelson was a prominent business journalist and writer of the influential “Up and Down Wall Street” column in Barron’s Magazine.
The recipient will receive the $10,000 financial award for the 2022-23 academic year.
Qualifications
To be eligible to apply, a student must:
- be at least a sophomore at the time of the application and be:
- Majoring in a School of Business program and minoring in a School of Communications program; or
- Majoring in a School of Communications program and minoring in a School of Business program; or
- Majoring in Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences and minoring in a School of Communications program; or
- Majoring in a School of Communications program and minoring in Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences.
- hold a 3.2 GPA in their major to be considered for the scholarship.