The Department of Art Scholarship Committee has awarded the following awards and scholarships to students in the 2015-2016 academic year:
Anderson Ranch Scholarship
- Darby Taylor: $1,500 (with support from the Grahame Brook Snider Annual Photography Fund for $1,800); total award: $3,300
 - Sara Beard: $1,500 (with support from Windgate and the Grahame Brook Snider Annual Photography Fund for $1,500 and the Grahame Brook Snider Annual Photography Fund for $300); total award: $3,300
 
Beverly B. Gulmon Scholarship
2015
- Laura Leigh Hicks
 - DeMarques Nevels
 
Ferretti/Karnstedt Endowed Scholarship
- Kenan Simpkins (Photography Portfolio Concentration Award): $500
 - Katie Erikson (Photography Portfolio Concentration Award): $250
 - Samantha Sumrall (Photography Portfolio Concentration Award): $250
 - Claire Burgett (Fine Art Portfolio Concentration Award): $1,000
 
Grahame Brooke Snider Endowed Photography Travel Award
- Katie Erikson: $1,000
 
The M. Ashley DuBoise Endowed Photography Scholarship
2015
- Zachary Boozer
 
2016
- Kamau Bostic: $750
 - Samantha Sumrall: $750
 
Rome Travel Award
$1,200 each
- Randi Watson
 - Katherine Mitchell
 - Anna Katherine Erickson
 - Lorianna Livingston
 - Aubrey Pohl
 - Samantha McDougall
 
Penland Higher Education Partners Program Award
- Jillian Wilson: $1,332
 - Austin Grove: $2,414
 
Windgate Charitable Trust – Fine Art Portfolio Concentration Award
- Alex Cayson: $1,000
 - Claire Burgett: $500
 - Jordan Knight: $1,000
 
Donovan Dodd Award for Excellence in Ceramic Art
- Jillian Wilson
 
Undergraduate MSU-Noxubee National Wildlife Artist-In-Residence
- Kara VonKanel
 
Jefferson Clarke Wilson Memorial Award for Excellence in Photography
- Sydney Armer: $100