John and Coral Swofford Scholarship

John and Coral have established this endowment to assist students in the College of Media and Communication. Mr. Swofford graduated from Arkansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio/Television in May of 1981. Since graduation, he has had the opportunity to work in broadcasting, education, corporate communications, advertising and many other diverse aspects of the industry. He began his career in broadcasting prior to graduation by working at KAIT-TV in Jonesboro as a tape loader/engineer and changed jobs to became an ENG/editor at the station. It was an interesting time as the industry was transitioning from film to videotape as a medium for capturing news stories.