The SIPA Endowment was established September 14, 1994. Its purpose is:
- to provide financial security for future annual convention costs.
- to support the SIPA Endowment speaker at the annual convention
- to offer scholarships to students and advisers to attend SIPA conventions and Carolina Journalism Institutes.
- to offer college scholarships to outstanding scholastic journalism students.
- to expose students and adviser to state-of-the-art instructors.
- to support publications and/or programs through technology grants.
Ways to Donate:
- Lifetime Membership – $500. Advantages of Lifetime Memberships: (1) they stay with advisers who change schools; (2) all publications under a lifetime member have free memberships; (3) all Lifetime Memberships fees go directly to the SIPA Endowment.
- Adviser Recognition – Current or former students may choose to donate money to honor their adviser (present or past).
- In Honor – Donations made in honor of living individuals or staffs who have made a difference
- In Memory – Donations made in memory of a loved one
SIPA Endowment Co-Chairs:
Co-Chairs: Karen Flowers (Irmo, S.C.) and Mary Inglis (West Palm Beach, Florida)
SIPA Lifetime Members:
- Diana Adams
- Yvonne Allen
- Robert Atwood
- Louisa Avery
- Nina Brook
- Vanessa Bump
- Phillip Caston
- A.J. Chambers
- Erin Coggins
- Brian Cole
- Sylvia Daughtry
- Lisa Dean
- Karen Flowers
- Marc Ginsberg
- Coni Grebel
- Steve Hanf
- Heather Hanks
- Erinn Harris
- Tara Hays
- Tressie Hays
- Ken Henderson
- Tim Johnson
- Valerie Kibler
- Steve Lindgren
- Dr. Grady Locklear
- Deanna Martin
- Deborah Mayer
- Chris McDonald
- Rik McNeill
- Amy Medlock-Greene
- Melonie Menefee
- Savannah Miller
- Lance Morrison
- Betty Morton
- Lori Oglesbee
- Betsy Owen
- Meghan Percival
- David Ragsdale
- Shawn Risener
- Martha Rothwell
- Al Scroggins
- Michelle Sisson
- Greg Spoon
- Larry Steinmetz
- Stephanie Stone
- Beth Ward
- Chris Waugaman
- David Webb
- Rae Weinstein
Adviser Recognition:
- Alberta Abercrombie
- Helen Browne
- Hope Carroll
- Lynne Collins
- Sylvia Daughtry
- Karen Flowers
- Mary Inglis
- Alice James
- Marianne King
- Dr. J. Grady Locklear
- Shirley Moravec
- Lori Oglesbee
- Betsy Owen
- Kay Phillips
- Herb Sirota
- Bruce Watterson
In Honor Of:
- Andy Bosman
- Lewis G. Brierley
- Catherine Bouknight Brown
- Sylvia Daughtry & Joe Brown
- Morris Dees
- Gary Dickey
- Karen Flowers
- Melanie Huynh-Duc & Northwest Horizons staff
- Irmo HS Stinger Staff (1999-2000)
- Pat Jackson
- Debbie Jacobs
- Sergio and Valentina Korol
- Susan Morton Leonard
- Chris McDonald
- Martha Rothwell
In Memory Of:
- Margery O. Anderson – mother of Derek & Andrew Anderson
- Joe Barron – uncle of Leslie Dennis
- Lucy Beckham – Wando HS principal & 2009 Dr. Kay Phillips Administrator of the Year
- Mary Jody Bible – mother of Donna Johnson, friend of SIPA
- Dr. Regis Louise Boyle – Walt Whitman HS adviser (Md.) & SIPA Board Member
- Billy Joe Breedlove – father of Chris McDonald
- Joe Brown – father of Beth Dickey
- Penney Burton – sister of Mary Inglis
- Betty B. Cain – grandmother of Alison Shuman
- Keith Conrad – father of Marilyn Chapman
- Walter Dennis – father of Joe Dennis
- Gary Dickey – journalist and husband of Beth Dickey
- Grace Ellis Douglass – mother of Kay Phillips
- Leland Douglass – father of Kay Phillips
- Faith Dutton – member of Legend, Wando HS yearbook
- DeDe Fitts – husband of Beth Fitts
- Richard Fitz – former adviser of The Haliscope
- Sandy Floore – mother of Chris Floore
- George and Helen Flowers – in-laws of Karen Flowers
- Debbie Garris – administrative assistant to the director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and friend of scholastic journalism
- Russ Gold – father of Christie Gold
- Ruth Kissiah Hall – mother of Martha Rothwell
- Beth Hammond – former adviser of The Laureate
- Mike Herring – husband of Martha Herring Anderson
- Elizabeth B. Hudson – mother of Karen Flowers
- James Nathan Hudson – father of Karen Flowers
- Patricia Jackson – former USC SJMC staff member and friend to Scholastic Journalism
- Clara Mae Jacobs – mother of Sylvia Daughtry–Brown
- Lawrence E. Jacobs – brother of Sylvia Daughtry-Brown
- Andy Kilpatrick – brother of Tamela Watkins
- Evelyn Glass Langston – mother of Beth Fitts
- Dorothy E. Leonard – mother of Sharon Diebel
- Mr. & Mrs. James Perry Locklear – parents of Dr. J. Grady Locklear
- Jason Lynes – Irmo HS The Stinger staff
- Marvin McClam – father of Erin McClam
- Logan McCombs – son of Stella McCombs
- Betty Morton – former adviser and board member
- Johnny Morton – husband of Betty Morton
- Kathleen Murphy – Freedom HS Revolution staff member
- Bonnie Neely – friend of Sylvia Daughtry-Brown
- Joseph W. Penton, Jr. – father of Valerie Kibler
- Mandy Puntney – daughter of Linda Puntney
- Renee Ragsdale – mother of David Ragsdale
- O.W. Tom Riegel – former SIPA director
- Edith Robertson – grandmother of Leslie Dennis
- Dr. Al Scroggins – former dean and SIPA director
- Ruth Dennis Sherman – grandmother of Leslie Dennis
- Flip Shulke – photographer and friend of SIPA
- Chuck Stone – University of North Carolina professor
- Shaunee Vazquez – friend of Beth Dickey
- Exene Walker – mother of Brenda Gorsuch
- Pert Wall – friend of Sylvia Daughtry-Brown
- Doris Whalen – mother of Rich Whalen
- Francis John Wuzzardo – father of Kevin Wuzzardo
- David S. Yoakley – father of Mary Inglis
- Madge Yoakley – mother of Mary Inglis
Each year, the Endowment Committee chooses someone who has made significant contributions to SIPA as the Endowment speaker. Here are previous Endowment speakers:
- 2025 – Aaron Manfull (Mo.)
- 2021 – Tammy Watkins (S.C.)
- 2020 – Lori Oglesbee-Petter (Texas)
- 2019 – Brenda Gorsuch (N.C.)
- 2018 – Beth Fitts (Miss.)
- 2017 – Mary Inglis (Fla.)
- 2016 – Bradley Wilson (Texas)
- 2015 – Mark Murray (Texas)
- 2014 – David Knight (S.C.)
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