Welcome to the Roy H. Park School of Communications, a learning community where critical thinking,
intellectual rigor, and professional practice combine to produce tomorrow's media leaders and creative
artists. Whether you're interested in photography, cinematography, television, audio production, print
journalism, organizational communication -- or all of the above -- the Park School offers you the
seamless blend of theoretical and performance-based learning that is the hallmark of excellence in
communications education.
The Park School is a place where teaching really matters. You'll get to know your faculty -- many on a
first-name basis -- because you'll spend time with them in the classroom, in the laboratory, in their
offices, and at Park events around campus. You'll find them to be extraordinary role models and
mentors, educators and professionals who are as intellectually engaged, passionate about ideas,
expansive in their world views, celebratory of difference and diversity, and committed to social
justice as they will encourage you to be.
Unlike many other undergraduate communications programs, Park is dedicated to the academic and
experiential learning of all of its students, all of the time -- and that means as soon as you arrive
on campus. From the moment you walk in the door of our state-of-the-art facilities on South Hill,
you'll be a full-fledged member of the Park learning community -- with all of the privileges and
challenges such membership entails. Interested in cinematography? You'll have hands-on access to the
most sophisticated analog and digital equipment in the industry. Want to be an investigative newspaper
reporter? The staff of the Ithacan will welcome you into its newsroom. Maybe you dream of
being the next Tom Brokaw (or Jon Stewart); the Park School's Emmy-winning Newswatch 16 is the
place to begin your career. Or perhaps you're interested in organizational communication and the ways
effective communicators shape and present their messages; Park's major in communication management and
design is one of the only undergraduate programs in the nation to offer you the opportunity to master
the theory and the practice of organizational communication and learning.
Finally, the Park community counts among its members some of the best and the brightest stars of the
communications industry. They believe in the Park School and the quality of the education they received
here. And they are willing -- in fact, eager -- to offer a helping hand, a word of advice, and that
all-important professional contact to their fellow Park alumni.
Great faculty. Unsurpassed technology. Immediate membership in a community of energetic learners and
producers. A network of high-powered alumni. And a community large enough to be challenging and small
enough to know your name.
That's the Park School at Ithaca College. It's the best of everything communications education has to
offer. We look forward to meeting you.
Dianne Lynch, Dean
