Randy A. Daniels Scholarship for Excellence in Communication

The Randy A. Daniels Scholarship for Excellence in Communication was established by Randy A. Daniels, a 1973 graduate of the Radio-Television Department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

From April 2001 – 2006, Randy Daniels was the New York State Secretary of State appointed by Governor George E. Pataki. From December 1999 to April 2001, Daniels was Senior Vice President of Canyon Johnson Urban Fund, L.L.P., a real estate equity fund based in Beverly Hills, California. From 1995 to 1999 Daniels served under Governor Pataki as Senior Vice President and Deputy Commissioner of Economic Revitalization at the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC).

In 1997 Governor Pataki nominated Daniels to the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees. Daniels was Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1988-92, Director of Communications for the New York City Council President’s Office from 1986-88, and was an adjunct journalism professor at both the City College of New York and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

He was Managing Director of Jacaranda Nigeria Limited – a television training program for Nigerian television from 1982-84, National Correspondent for CBS News based in New York City from 1980-82, Foreign Correspondent for CBS News in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1977-80, Correspondent for CBS News in Chicago from 1972-1977, and Reporter for WVON Radio in Chicago from 1970-72.

• Scholarship for a high achieving student majoring in Radio, Television, & Digital Media.
• Recipient must have demonstrated financial need, as determined by the SIU Financial Aid Office.