Medill Admissions

Staff

Medill Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid Staff

We encourage you to contact Medill's the Office of Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid if you have any questions about the graduate admissions process, financial aid, visiting Medill, admissions interviews or other such issues. Although any member of our staff will be happy to help you, in order to better serve our prospective students, each staff member serves as the primary contact for particular types of questions:

Graduate Programs, Application and Admission Requirements, Admissions Events:
 
Jacqueline Francis
Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid
Office: Fisk 104C
Phone: (847) 491-5042
Email: jacqueline-francis@northwestern.edu
Kelley Curtin
Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid
Office: Fisk 104D
Phone: (847) 491-5906
Email: k-curtin@northwestern.edu
 
Contact Jackie or Kelley with questions about our graduate program curricula, application or admission requirements, attending information sessions, using the online application system, admission interviews or emails you have received from Medill.
  
Ward Belford
Program Assistant, Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid
Office: Fisk 104
Phone: (847) 491-2052
Email: w-belford@northwestern.edu
 
 
Contact Ward if you have general questions about the status of your application file, the required format for application materials, international student applications or forms required for admitted students.
 
Financial Aid, Procedures for Admitted Students, Student Accounts, Visiting Medill:
 
Julie Collins
Associate Director, Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid
Office: Fisk 104B
Phone: (847) 491-5359
Email: collinsj@northwestern.edu
Jason Nemo
Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid
Office: Fisk 104A
Phone: (847) 491-5891
Email: j-nemo@northwestern.edu
 
Contact Julie or Jason if you are a current or admitted student and you have questions about financial aid, including the types of aid available, how to apply for financial aid, financial aid forms or application materials, the processing of student loans or loan documents, entrance or exit interviews, or understanding your student account. Also contact Jason if you are an admitted or prospective graduate student and you have questions about visiting Medill (other than for your interview or an information session), activating your net ID or email account or submitting your Who's Who information.
 
Jacqueline Jackson
Program Assistant, Graduate Admissions & Financial Aid
Work Study
Office: Fisk 104
Phone: (847) 491-5228
Email: jackie-j@northwestern.edu
 
  
Contact Jackie if you have general questions about financial aid or work study programs.
 
Recommendations, Deferrals, Admission decisions, other concerns not listed above:
 
Anne Penway
Director, Graduate Admissions and Financial Aid
Office: Fisk 104E
Phone: (847) 467-1238
Email: a-penway@northwestern.edu
 
  
Contact Anne if you are a prospective or admitted student, recommender, career services officer or faculty member with further questions on any of the above listed topics or for admission or financial aid questions not listed above.

Office of Graduate Admissions
Medill School of Journalism
1845 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
(847) 491-5228 or (847) 491-2052
(847) 467-7342 FAX

Other useful phone numbers for prospective students:

International Office 847-491-5613
Bursar's Office 847-491-5343
Parking-Chicago 312-503-8129
Parking-Evanston 847-491-3319