University of Texas at Austin, Documentary Center

As part of its primary commitment to support student work, and especially to create and foster opportunities for students to develop professional experience and contacts within their fields, the University of Texas Documentary Center offered four scholarships in its second year of operations. The scholarships are funded by the general operating budget of the UT Documentary Center. We congratulate the awardees and we look forward to expanding these opportunities so that more of our deserving students may benefit in the future.

Three of the scholarships will assist UT students in professional internships. Sergio Carvajal, RTF undergrad student, and Mattie Akers, RTF MFA student, will both be interning with ITVS in San Francisco. Ruth Fertig, RTF MFA student, will be interning with Faction Films in London.

One scholarship was awarded to Pat Michels, a student in the Professional Master’s Program in Journalism, to help fund his photojournalism project “Private Battles” (working title) which documents private contractors and their lives after they return from Iraq.

Look for updates and photos Fall 2008!

Go to Student Showcase.