California State University, NorthridgeCalifornia State University, Northridge
October 31, 1996
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The scholarship, which will be awarded annually, was announced earlier this week at the Media Access Awards, which recognizes and encourages portrayals that transcend stereotypic language and images of people with disabilities.
The Loreen Arbus Scholarship will be awarded each year to a CSUN student filmmaker with a disability.
Judy Marlane, chair of the R-TV-F Department, said she was honored by Arbus' gesture.
"I feel indebted to Loreen Arbus for her generosity and insight into the special needs of students with disabilities who are working to fulfill their dreams in the world of television and film," Marlane said.
Arbus said she created the scholarship in recognition of the university's efforts to educate and break down barriers for disabled filmmakers in the entertainment industry.
Arbus' work includes ABC's "Good Morning America," "Morris the Cat Presents: A Salute to America's Pets" for ABC and "Case Closed" for the USA Network. In 1982, she became the first woman in the United States to head programming for a network, having helped launch Cable Health Network/Lifetime.