As the new Dean of Park, I warmly invite you to explore our exceptional environment for learning, creating, and making an impact on the world with today's powerful media tools. The Roy H. Park School of Communications has been in the communications education business for more than 70 years, not only adapting to, but also leading the changes in our remarkable field.
What's it like here?
- Our students are curious, collaborative, and creative. They love talking about, learning about, and making media and they take every opportunity to do so.
- Our professors are at the top of their games as scholars and professionals—but their passion is teaching excellence.
- The place literally vibrates with energy during the day, while exciting and interactive classes are in session, but also at nights and weekends, when students are busy with our co-curricular student media. They're producing over 20 different TV shows a week on ICTV, doing paid media gigs for external clients through Park Productions and our new Drone Squad, DJing shifts on WICB-FM and VIC radio, getting The Ithacan stories online and ready for weekly print publication, engaging in "Pitch it to Produce it" sessions to get funding for their content ideas through The Studio, and creating promotional materials and doing social media take-overs for Park events through Park Promotions.
As you walk through the halls, you’ll encounter professors and students engaged in lively discussions in classes and collaborating on creative projects; labs where advertising pitches, immersive games, and films are being developed for class projects and national competitions; distinguished alumni running mini-courses and critiquing student portfolios; and our advisors and professional development coordinator working one on one with students to plan their courses of study and internships (including for many, a semester or more at our New York City or Los Angeles programs or abroad)
