Communication Studies Department

The 15th edition of SUNY Oswego’s Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit will examine the relationship between media professionals and news consumers with a program themed "Trust Transformed: Media and the Public, 15 Years Later," on Wednesday, Oct. 23.

SUNY Oswego will welcome one of its own into the classroom this fall as Al Roker, national weather anchor on NBC's TODAY and co-host of the 3rd hour of TODAY, will teach a broadcasting course entitled “Camera Ready: Developing Your On-Air Persona” (BRC 497).

Always among the biggest events locally, the Oswego and Plattsburgh men’s college hockey rivalry games scored big on a larger stage, as coverage by SUNY Oswego’s student-run WTOP-10 TV station earned two national awards recently.

Kristen C. Eichhorn, dean of graduate studies at SUNY Oswego, recently co-edited the third edition of a respected textbook, Routledge's "An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research," and now is poised to take over as lead editor for the fourth edition.

The two most recent SUNY Oswego connections to win prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student program awards add to a recent track record of success while reflecting campus efforts to expand diversity in studying abroad.

The 2019 SUNY Oswego President’s Award for Teaching Excellence will honor Jessica Reeher, chair of the communication studies department, who earned strong support from current and former students remarking on the lasting impact she has had on them as a teacher, advisor and role model.

Even as multiple Laker teams made the NCAA tournament this year, the teamwork of SUNY Oswego’s student media organizations may have reached all-star levels as well.

A mystery that captured the attention of a wide region before Ryan Zalduondo was born -- the disappearance of local teen Heidi Allen -- has turned into a WRVO podcasting series for the SUNY Oswego senior journalism major.

Quest will provide a showcase Wednesday, April 3, for hundreds of scholarly and creative pursuits, such as senior broadcasting and mass communication major Tahirah Abdo's presentation on femininity and the absence of people of color in the television show "Sex and the City," still popular on a variety of media.

SUNY Oswego professors Arvind Diddi and Murat Yasar have new standing to offer tips for successful online teaching: They recently began a year as Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassadors.