RSJ News
Endowment will promote internship experience for journalism students
01-03-2012
Reynolds School alumna Alicia Parlette, '04
The Alicia Parlette Endowed Scholarship for Aspiring Journalists will provide its first scholarship to Reynolds School in academic year ’12-’13. Parlette ’04 (journalism), died April 22, 2010, following a four-year battle with alveolar soft part sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. She was 28.
Parlette was named Outstanding Print Student in May 2003 and was graduated summa cum laude in 2004.
After earning a prestigious Hearst Fellowship, Parlette became a copy editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. Shortly after, she was diagnosed with cancer and shared her story with the newspaper’s readers.
Reader demand sparked the Chronicle to publish a 17-part series and it was among the newspaper’s most popular.
She began a blog about the odyssey of her disease, treatment, family and faith. Her story also was featured on NPR and ABC News.
She was honored at the 2005 Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer Program and received a 2005 Outstanding Emerging Journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
After her death, Parlette’s work was adapted and published a book titled “Alicia’s Story: Cancer, Despair, Hope and Faith,” by the San Francisco Chronicle Press.
Parlette was among the nearly two-dozen alumni award winners honored at the 2010 Homecoming Gala, Oct. 7, at the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom. She posthumously received the Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Year award from the Reynolds School.
Parlette’s wish to acknowledge the journalism school and the importance of internships in her professional development has led to the establishment of the Alicia Parlette Fund for Aspiring Journalists, which will provide support for students who pursue internships.
To learn more about supporting the Reynolds School of Journalism, contact Kristin Burgarello, director of development, at (775) 784-4471.
Contributions to the fund may be sent to the Alicia Parlette Fund for Aspiring Journalists at the Reynolds School of Journalism, Mail Stop 0310, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557.
Jweek 2012
Wolf Pack Week
Introduction to PR/AD
