Fall 2022

Letter from the Director

OSU is reimagining its General Education (GE) requirements, which describe the courses that every student must complete to graduate, no matter what degree…

Ohio State Offers Students The Best in Sports Comm Training

When Casey Smith (Journalism, ‘24) declared his education at Ohio State, he was “deathly afraid to get behind the camera." Now, as The LanternTV sports…

Donor Spotlight

After getting her master’s degree in journalism in 1979, Susan Henderson started as a reporter at the Columbus Dispatch and climbed the corporate…

Teaching Spotlight

In spring 2023, Dr. Melissa Foster will be teaching a new class that fulfills the Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World general education requirement,…

Researcher Spotlight

Associate Professor Matthew Grizzard leads the Grizzard Entertainment Media Lab within the School of Communication, a group that researches how humans…

Graduate Spotlight

After completing his undergraduate degree at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, Jorge Cruz Ibarra decided to move his life to America, and pursue…

Undergrad Spotlight

Despite starting their college career in the midst of the pandemic, sisters Lena Wu (Communication Analysis & Engagement, ‘23) and LeVana Wu (…

Alumni Spotlight

Alumnus Trevor Thompkins (Strategic Communication, ‘16) changed the trajectory of his career when he was introduced to Ohio State’s EcoCAR, eventually…

Illene Zeldin Obituary

The Ohio State University School of Communication mourns the loss of alumna Ilene S. Zeldin (Journalism ‘78), a member of the school’s Advancement Board and…