Service Programming

The Park Scholar Program nurtures students whose intellectual and professional aspirations embrace a commitment to the world around them. Scholars commit to service here in Ithaca and worldwide, spending their breaks and other free time helping build communities and taking pride in their efforts and accomplishments.

By using what they learn in classrooms and production studios to solve real-life problems all over the world, Park scholars become actively contributing global citizens and community members. What's more, scholars gain a better understanding of

• different mass communications media (including new media technologies) and their cultural impact on society
  

• diverse theories that attempt to explain mass media's social impact
  

• and how mass media has portrayed different cultural, ethnic, and social groups.