{"id":39973,"date":"2018-10-08T11:31:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T15:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39973"},"modified":"2018-10-10T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T15:10:33","slug":"eastern-mennonite-university-scholarships-fund-first-year-photography-and-digital-media-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/eastern-mennonite-university-scholarships-fund-first-year-photography-and-digital-media-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Mennonite University scholarships support studies in photography and digital media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Five first-year students at Eastern Mennonite University have received renewable scholarships to study photography or digital media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/financial-aid\/departmental-scholarships\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Departmental scholarships<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at EMU are awarded to incoming students in specific academic and extracurricular programs, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/vaca\/photography\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">photography<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/vaca\/digital-media\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">digital media<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/vaca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">visual and communication arts (VACA) program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The scholarships of up to $3,000 can be renewed for four years and are in addition to their basic financial aid packages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scholarship awardees this year include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Asha Beck<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Linville, Virginia) has long been interested in environmentally sustainable and community-connecting architecture. She is at EMU to gain \u201ca wider perspective\u201d about how the designing of spaces and colors can impact individuals and communities, she said. In addition to the academics, though, she is eager for \u201cnew faith perspectives on life and academics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jeremy Blain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Meriden, Connecticut) took three years of classes as well as an independent study in photography in high school \u2013 and won an advanced photography award plus chaired an art show for two years. He came to EMU for its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/vaca\/conservation-photography\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conservation nature photography<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> offerings and has a long-term goal of working as a photographer for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Geographic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tyler Johnson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Roanoke, Virginia) practiced his photography skills while travelling through six countries last year, and took design classes at a community college. At EMU he\u2019s majoring in digital media and communication to prepare for a career in graphic design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eric Ocaranza<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Highland, Virginia) is an aspiring photojournalist and nature and sports photographer majoring in photography, an EMU program he said is \u201camazing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>McKenzie VanHandel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Cream Ridge, New Jersey) came to EMU for the small-school community and four-year photography major. She plans to be a travel photographer, perhaps working for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Geographic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Backpacker <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five first-year students at Eastern Mennonite University have received renewable scholarships to study photography or digital media. 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