Jonathan D. Treisman Family Scholarship

Selection statement of purpose
Scholarships within the college are awarded to provide financial support based on need, academic achievement, and/or other specified criteria as determined by the fund agreement for Donor/Gift Funded scholarships or the awarding department for Institutional/Departmental scholarships.
The donor sets the criteria for recipient selection (i.e., financial need, field of study). Scholarships are awarded for one academic year. Institutional funded scholarship selection criteria will be determined prior to review and selection of applicants and will be documented annually.
Jonathan Treisman (Comm ’92) has spent 15+ years driving Marketing Strategy, Partnerships and Content Development at some of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies including NBCUniversal, AEG Global Partnerships and the Walt Disney Company, where Jonathan rose through the ranks from an intern to Vice President of Development. Jonathan currently serves as the Senior Director and head of Strategic Partnerships at the Television Academy/Emmy Awards where he curates a unique selection of corporate partners for the primetime Emmy Awards, Governors Ball and Red-Carpet arrivals, among several Television Academy events annually. Earlier in his career, Jonathan also served as the Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed Warner Bros. film, “Pay it Forward,” which inspired him to create the Jonathan D. Treisman Family Scholarship Fund for CMCI students.
Undergraduate scholarship will be awarded in accordance with established procedures for need-based scholarships. Scholarships will be awarded for one academic year and are renewable based on criteria established by the University.
Selection Criteria
Applications are reviewed holistically, and selection criteria may include, but is not limited to, academic record, leadership experience, extracurricular involvement, community service, employment, essays, and in some cases, financial need as determined by the FAFSA/CASFA.
Essays: Quality of writing and content are weighed heavily.
Financial Need: The FAFSA and the Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (“CASFA”) are the mechanisms approved for calculating financial need for need-based scholarship awarding.