Students Receive Knight and Sauvageot Scholarships

Akron, Ohio, May 2, 2008 -- University of Akron students Vincent Dorsey of Massillon and Madelin Reinersmann of Hartville received scholarships at the recent Akron Press Club scholarship luncheon.

Dorsey, the son of Russell and Celeste Dorsey, received the John S. Knight Scholarship. He is a sports reporter for The Buchtelite, UA's student newspaper, and a student editor for UA's College of Fine and Applied Arts. He also has written for the Akron Aeros and helped edit the UA School of Communication's alumni magazine.

Reinersmann received the Ludel B. Sauvageot Scholarship. She operates a freelance photography business and is a photographer for The Suburbanite newspaper. She was named a “Student to Watch” by UA's Akron magazine and the 2008 Outstanding Woman in Higher Education by the Women's History Project of the Akron area.

The John S. Knight Memorial Journalism Fund awards scholarships annually to outstanding students studying journalism, communications and public relations. Knight, who died in 1981, was an award-winning journalist, publisher and editor of the Akron Beacon Journal and a founder of Knight Ridder.

The Ludel Sauvageot scholarship goes to an outstanding student majoring in public relations. Sauvageot was a renowned and respected public relations professional for more than 65 years.

She was an award-winning journalist, author and educator. In 1946, she established the first hospital public relations department in Ohio at Akron General Medical Center and was the first director of the department. Sauvageot died in April 1996.

For more information visit www.akronpressclub.org.

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