Student Gets Scholarship from Press Club

The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania has awarded a $5,000 scholarship to University of Pittsburgh at Bradford junior Alex Davis.

Davis, a public relations major from Emporium, will receive the award at the press club’s annual Golden Quill Awards Dinner May 3 in Pittsburgh.

Davis is the editor of The Source, Pitt-Bradford’s student newspaper, and has written for the Endeavor News of Cameron County, DuBois Tri-County Sunday, Potter Leader-Enterprise of Coudersport, The Bradford Era and Portraits magazine, the general interest magazine of Pitt-Bradford.

In addition, he has worked in the Pitt-Bradford Office of Communications and Marketing for three years.

In applying for the scholarship, Davis submitted writing samples from both his professional and college newspaper work as well as recommendations from professors.

“I’ve been dabbling in journalism for area newspapers since I was 15 years old and continued my love for the craft at Pitt-Bradford,” Davis said.

Tim Ziaukas, associate professor of public relations and academic adviser for The Source, said, “In my 15 years at Pitt-Bradford, I’ve not worked with a student who was more dedicated or more hard working than Alex. In addition to the scholarship, Alex, after two years as editor of The Source, has been named executive editor for the next academic year, a new position I don’t expect we will fill with any frequency. I’m happy that he will stick around and help us develop the next team to work for The Source.”