Your gift counts! Every gift made to Communication Studies helps the department advance toward a higher level of teaching and research. Whether you give annually, establish an endowment, give to an existing scholarship, or make a one time donation to the department, there is a giving opportunity and method to match every interest, at every level. We are one of the fastest growing undergraduate majors at the University of North Texas. Over the past five years, the number of Communication Studies undergraduate majors has increased by over 70%! Help the department grow even more and cultivate the best and brightest students!

Debate Alumni W. M. DeMougeot Scholarship
The Debate Alumni W. M. DeMougeot Scholarship was established in honor of Dr. W. M. DeMougeot, who directed the UNT Debate Team throughout the 1950s and 1960s. It is awarded on a competitive basis to outstanding students who participate in the activities of the North Texas Debate Team.
The John S. Gossett Memorial Endowment
The John S. Gossett Memorial Endowment was established in memory of longtime chair of the Department of Communication Studies, Dr. John S. Gossett, who first came to UNT as Director of Debate. The John Gossett scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to students with at least a 3.0 GPA who participated in debate and speech in high school and who participate in the activities of the North Texas Debate Team.
Olive M. Johnson Speech Scholarship Endowment
The Olive M. Johnson Speech Scholarship Endowment was established in honor of Professor Olive M. Johnson, who lead the Department of Speech Arts as it was then known from 1932 to 1951. This scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to outstanding students who participate in the activities of the North Texas Debate Team.
The Curtis Loveless Scholarship
The Curtis Loveless Scholarship was established in honor of Attorney Curtis M. Loveless, an alum of UNT Debate.This scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to outstanding students who major in communication studies and participate in the activities of the North Texas Debate Team.
The Louis Stricklin Family Endowment Scholarship
The Louis Stricklin Family Endowment Scholarship was established by Cathy Krendl in honor of her father, Louis Stricklin, who always encouraged his children and grandchildren to pursue higher education.
Lesa Woody Memorial Endowment Fund
The Lesa Woody Memorial Scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to full-time students with an interest in performance who commit to assisting with all performances in the Black Box theatre.
Communication Studies Discretionary
Donations to the Communication Studies Discretionary fund support events such as the COMM Alumni Mentoring Program, which pairs students with department alumni as mentors, and COMM Day, an entire day of student presentations, panels, and performances.
Debate and Forensics Discretionary Fund
Donations to the Debate and Forensics Discretionary Fund help support the activities of the UNT Debate team as they participate in and travel to tournaments throughout the year.

If you are interesting in creating your own endowed scholarship please contact our Department Chair.

For more information on our scholarships, visit the Communication Studies Scholarships and Financial Aid page.

With a young, dynamic, and collegial faculty, the undergraduate and master's programs in Communication Studies are growing and changing dramatically. The faculty has been formidably enhanced in recent years, and we continue to build on our strong traditions in (a) Interpersonal, Digital, and Organizational, (b) Performance Studies, and (c) Communication, Culture, and Public Discourse. We have committed to our ongoing programmatic expansion by supporting a Student Learning Center, a dedicated Performance Space, a Communication and Social Influence Research Office, and a Computer Mediated Communication Research Laboratory. The faculty and graduate students, working independently, collaboratively, and as members of interdisciplinary research teams, have improved our publication rates as well as our presence at regional, national, and international conferences.

We are proud of our accomplishments and are constantly striving to improve our standing in the College, the University, and the larger Communication Studies discipline. Our goal is to build on this momentum and to cement our position as an outstanding undergraduate program in Communication Studies and as one of the premier terminal master's programs in the nation.

Donors play a key role in these efforts and can participate through a variety of giving opportunities. You can make an important difference in the life of the department by supporting scholarships for undergraduates and/or funding of department initiatives.

Thank you for your donations!