Holzapfel from Chapel Hill, North Carolina shares how his ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Engagement Scholarship and experience in the School of Communications have fueled his passion for a career in sports broadcasting.
Matt Holzapfel ’19, a broadcast journalism major from Chapel Hill, N.C., credits his ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Engagment scholarship for bringing him to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and giving him access to outstanding facilities in the School of Communications and professional experience through internships.
This video is the third in a series that celebrates the transformative impact of endowed scholarships at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. Deepening funding for scholarships is one of the university’s top institutional priorities, including ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Engagement Scholarships, and scholarships for the university’s six Fellows programs, the Odyssey Program, the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Experiences and Phoenix athletics.
Engagement Scholarships are designed to attract students who are eager to take advantage of the university’s nationally recognized engaged learning programs. These scholarships are a powerful tool in the university’s recruitment strategy because they enable admitted students to enroll at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ as their first-choice school.