Black Warrior Riverkeeper recently announced that Mykah Hughley, a junior at The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences, has received the 2026 Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation scholarship grant and will serve as a summer intern with the organization.

“I am so excited to work alongside Black Warrior Riverkeeper this summer,” Hughley said. “For so many years, I’ve dreamed of finally getting the chance to contribute my experience to a cause where I can make a concrete impact. I’m extremely grateful for this opportunity through C&IS, and I’m ready to serve as an intern who strives to protect our environment!”

At the University of Alabama, Hughley has participated in several campus organizations, including the Capstone Agency, The Crimson White and the Lambda Sigma Honors Society. She also will serve as the new vice president of publications with the Public Relations Student Society of America this fall.

Brooke McKeever, chair of the university’s Advertising and Public Relations Department, celebrated Hughley’s receipt of the award in a statement.

“I am excited for Mykah to hone her communication skills by working with Black Warrior Riverkeeper this summer,” McKeever said. “I also hope the work will cultivate a passion for helping nonprofit organizations, conservation and the environment. We are grateful for the generosity of the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation in supporting our students and making experiences like this possible.”

As a Munson intern, Hughley will help Black Warrior Riverkeeper advance its goals of protecting and restoring Alabama’s waterways while educating the public through cleanups, petitions and presentations.

“I have had the honor of working with a Munson intern from The University of Alabama’s nationally esteemed Department of Advertising and Public Relations every summer since 2013,” said Charles Scribner, Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s executive director. “The interns sharpen their considerable PR skills to enhance our outreach while gaining experience and connections in the nonprofit sector. Mykah has already impressed me with excellent questions and planning that will simultaneously benefit our clean water advocacy and her professional growth.”

Hughley is the latest student to receive the Munson Foundation internship since the foundation began supporting the University of Alabama’s Advertising and Public Relations Department with scholarships in 2008.