DECATUR, Ill. – College Sports Communicators (CSC), an organization that supports collegiate communications and public relations professionals, recently announced that Millikin University and Morgan Vogels ’18, Millikin’s Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communication, was the recipient of the Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grant.
CSC recently shared its newest class of scholarship and grant winners for the 2025-26 academic year, as the organization gave more than $50,000 to deserving students and schools in the coming year.
The 2025-26 Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grants, each worth $17,500, were awarded to Millikin and Crown College, located in Saint Bonifacius, Minn.
The Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grants, which have been awarded since 1999, provide funds for athletic communications offices to hire a graduate intern on a one-year basis, hoping the program's success can help the school demonstrate the need for future full-time assistance.
Phil Langan was a College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame member who worked at Ithaca, Princeton, and Brown. He served CSC as Secretary-Treasurer and Digest Editor from 1972 to 1977. Langan passed away in November 2009.
Vogels leads the media efforts under Vice President for Athletics and Community Engagement Lori Kerans at Millikin University and coordinates media services for 22 NCAA Division III sports.
“The world of athletic communications has changed drastically in the past five years. In addition to the standard statistical and game management responsibilities, the increase in importance of photo and video content has prompted Division III athletic communication staffs across the country to grow,” Vogels said. “We are so thankful to the College Sports Communicators for awarding us the funding to grow our staff. Our focus as athletic communicators is the student-athlete experience, and having more hands on deck will improve the student-athlete experience in many ways.”
Vogels graduated from Millikin in December 2018 with a double major in Communication and English-Writing and was a member of the Big Blue Women’s Basketball team.
“The addition of a graduate assistant position will not only impact our student-athletes, but it’s also an exciting opportunity to foster the growth of young, aspiring athletic communicators,” she said. “As someone who was once in the position of having an interest in joining the world of Division III athletics, it’s an exciting opportunity for me to pay forward the knowledge I have gained from working for (Millikin’s Associate Athletic Director) Bryan Marshall, who has been a mainstay in the profession for many years.”
The scholarship and grant winners will be recognized during CSC’s annual convention at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Florida, June 8-11. Since presenting the first graduate scholarship in 1981, CSC has provided more than $1 million in grants to students working in athletic communication offices at member institutions and conferences.
About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators was founded in 1957 and is a 4,400+ member national association for strategic, creative, and digital communicators across intercollegiate athletics in the United States and Canada. From its founding in 1957 until the 2022 name change, the organization was known as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The organization is the second-oldest management association in all of intercollegiate athletics.
