ISABELLE STEWART IS NAMED AS FOX WEATHER’S FOURTH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK – May 8, 2025 – Isabelle Stewart has been named FOX Weather’s, FOX News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television (“FAST”) weather service, fourth annual scholarship recipient in partnership with Mississippi State University, announced its president Sharri Berg. As part of the scholarship, FOX Weather meteorologist Steve Bender will serve as a mentor to Stewart effective immediately and she will intern with FOX Weather beginning in 2026.
In making the announcement Berg said, “We are beyond proud to play a role in fostering the next generation of meteorologists. Like Haley Meier, Sadie Morris and Mark Kimoto, Isabelle is a rising star in the STEM field and we are excited to welcome her to America’s Weather Team.”
In receiving the scholarship, Stewart said, “Being chosen as the recipient of the FOX Weather Scholarship is such a dream come true. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to be mentored by such wise and inspirational professionals, and I am eager to grow my knowledge of meteorology. This internship is such an honor, and I am so excited for what is to come.”
Stewart is a sophomore at Mississippi State University studying Geosciences with a concentration in Professional Meteorology and an emphasis in Broadcast Meteorology and a minor in Communications. She is a member of Mississippi State University’s Chapter of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society where she was named member of the year in 2024. Stewart has also assisted at the Birmingham, Alabama NBC-affiliate WVTM-TV studios shadowing chief meteorologist Jason Simpson. In 2023, Stewart graduated from Winfield High School and is from North Fayette, Alabama.
Created in November 2021 as part of a long-term partnership between FOX Weather and Mississippi State to support students pursuing a career in meteorology, the scholarship offers financial aid, mentorship and the opportunity to serve as an intern for FOX Weather. The recipient is preferred to be an undergraduate with a proven academic achievement record of a 3.0 GPA or higher. Inaugural recipient Haley Meier joined FOX Weather as an on-air meteorologist upon graduation in 2023 and last year’s recipient Sadie Morris will serve as an intern summer 2025, working in the network’s New York headquarters with FOX Weather meteorologist Jane Minar serving as her mentor. Mark Kimoto, the second annual scholarship recipient, interned with FOX Weather in the summer of 2024.
FOX Weather is a 24/7 free ad-supported television service (FAST) operated by FOX News Media. The service builds upon FOX News Channel’s expansive news gathering units & FOX Television Stations’ (FTS) added resources with a combined 120 meteorologists for a comprehensive suite of weather products featuring local, regional, and national reporting, in addition to live programming. Utilizing multiple radar systems, including an immersive mobile 3D radar, FOX Weather offers users an innovative approach to forecasting, including coverage surrounding all weather patterns, from immediate to long-term. Available at foxweather.com and through the FOX Weather app for iOS and Android, FOX Weather is on internet-connected TVs via the FOX News app, Samsung TV Plus, The Roku Channel, Fire TV Channels, Vizio WatchFree+, Xumo Play, TCLtv+, LG Channels, Plex, Tubi, Pluto TV, YouTube.com, Sling Freestream, DIRECTV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Fubo, Cox Communications, Verizon Fios, Spectrum, Optimum, DISH Network, Audacy and Tune-In. FOX Weather is also accessible across FTS’s full Diginet footprint, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, Washington, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Minneapolis, Detroit, Orlando, Milwaukee, and Austin.
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