Area Specific Requirements

George Keeler
(909) 448-4762

Provide a letter of reference from someone familiar with your journalism work including television and radio reporting, anchoring, producing, podcasting, video and audio documentaries, and multimedia stories. Also submit  a one-page statement about your experience in one of the above areas, your role and contribution if part of a collaboration and how you plan to apply your skills in this area toward your career.  The letter and statement should be uploaded directly to your admission portal or emailed to admission@laverne.edu.

Upload an audio or video sample of your best work, not more than 10 minutes to YouTube, Vimeo, or the audio or video service of your choice and enter the URL in your application portal. If you would like to ensure your submission is seen only by the University of La Verne, please change your privacy settings accordingly before sharing the link.  For multimedia stories, provide the link to where your work is posted.

Students are expected to work toward completing the major in Journalism-Broadcast, Print/Online or Visual (multimedia).

Sean Bernard
(909) 448-4714

Please provide two written artifacts:

The first is a 500-1000 word statement that speaks to your interest in being both a writer and a creative writing major or minor at the University of La Verne. While this may address the following areas, it need not address all, and please feel free speak to other areas, as well: why the Creative Writing program appeals to you; works, writers, or instructors that have influenced you; reasons you are drawn to written works as a reader; reasons you are drawn to written works as a writer; your ambitions as a writer; and, perhaps most importantly, a discussion of your second artifact.

The second artifact is your creative writing sample. Please provide at least five pages in your strongest genre or genres (choosing between fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction). While you may provide up to twenty pages, and while you may provide work in more than one genre, please use discretion in sharing work that best captures your abilities and interests as a writer.

The statement and creative writing sample should be uploaded directly to your admission portal or emailed to admission@laverne.edu. When you attend the Performance Scholarship Day event on the La Verne Campus, Creative Writing faculty will meet with you to discuss your artifacts; as such, award applicants should make their best efforts to attend the event. If you are unable to attend, we will arrange a remote discussion.

To maintain eligibility, scholarship awardees will declare and pursue a major or minor in Creative Writing at the University of La Verne.

Grace Xia Zhao
(909) 448-4919

Perform two pieces of contrasting style from the classical, operatic, Broadway, and/or jazz repertoire.

Please upload your submission to YouTube, Vimeo, or the video service of your choice and upload to your application portal. If you would like to ensure your submission is seen only by the University of La Verne, please change your video’s privacy settings accordingly before sharing the link.

Students are expected to work toward completing the major or minor in Music.

Shannon Matthews
(909) 448-4629

Please click here for photography requirements.

Students are expected to work toward completing the major or minor in Photography.

Judy Holiday
(909) 448-4320

Applicants will participate in a La Verne Debate Team regular season practice. For further information please contact Judy Holiday.

Students are expected to work toward completing the major or minor in Rhetoric and Communication Studies. ​In addition to participating in regular Debate practice, students will also participate in at least 2 local/campus Debate events each year, attend at least 1 tournament each year, and contribute to e-board meetings.

Jon Leaver
(909) 448-4328

Please bring 10-20 examples of your artworks with you when you attend the Performance Scholarship Day Event on the main La Verne Campus.  Faculty from the Art Department will meet with you and review and discuss the actual pieces in the Art Studios.

To be eligible during your time here at the University of La Verne, you will be expected to declare and pursue a major in Studio Art.

If you are unable to attend the Performance Scholarship Day event on campus, we will set up a remote review and view your artworks digitally. In this case, images can be shared in numerous ways, and this can be discussed by phone when an Art Department Faculty member calls you or emails you to schedule the alternative review.

Sean Dillon
(909) 448-4554

If you are a performer, present two contrasting pieces (for example, humorous and dramatic or classical and contemporary).  If your emphasis is design, technology, or stage management, be prepared for a brief interview and portfolio presentation.

Please upload your submission to YouTube, Vimeo, or the file service of your choice to your application portal. If you would like to ensure your submission is seen only by the University of La Verne, please change your video’s privacy settings accordingly before sharing the link.

Students are expected to work toward completing the major in Theatre Arts.