Scripps College of Communication Stories

Q&A with Dr. J.W. Smith

October 3, 2019 6 min

Dr. Smith will discuss his new book, “From the Back of the Bus to the Front of the Classroom: My Thirty Year Journey as a Black and Blind Professor,” at Little Professor Book Center, 65 S. Court St.

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Growing Community

June 8, 2019 3 min

For some, a lawn is just a lawn. For Cindy Code, it’s so much more.

In Honor Of

June 6, 2019 2 min

Jeff Reed, BSC ’06, solidifies his bond with Ohio University, establishing the Reed Family Scholarship for Excellence in Communications through the OHIO Match program, creating a lasting impact for students who share his passion for communications.

Alumnus Spotlight - Richard Gold, BSC '01

April 11, 2019 5 min

Meet OHIO Alumni Richard Gold

Waging War on Hunger

March 19, 2019 4 min

Alumna Roshelle Pate, aka the 'Food Soldier,' wages war on hunger by delivering thousands of food boxes in Athens during the pandemic, embodying her belief that access to fresh, healthy food is a right, not a charity.

On Being Heard

March 1, 2019 3 min

Ohio Today spoke with Dashiell about her career in journalism and about views on politics, life, and humanity. An excerpt of the interview follows.

People sit across a sidewalk in protest in 1970

Voices of change

October 30, 2018 4 min

College campuses surge with activism and dialogue when national issues of the day arise, and Ohio University is no exception. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, unrest regarding race, gender, and war shook the small college town in the Appalachian foothills.

Thomas Suddes, MA '02, CERT, PHD '09; Howard Wilkinson; and Trista Thurston, BSJ '16, serve as panelists for the conference's topic,

Daring to dialogue

May 14, 2018 3 min

A conference about peace typically invites panelists from war-torn countries or populations clashing overseas. This year, OHIO’s Baker Peace Conference (BPC)—a 30-year leader in international peacekeeping discourse—addressed divisions felt on our own soil, among communities separated by mere miles.

MDIA’s games and animation program ranked fifth in Ohio, rises to 23rd nationally

May 9, 2018 2 min

Animation Career Review released their 2018 Animation School Rankings and Ohio University’s School of Media Arts & Studies games and animation program rose nationally from 32 to 23 among public school

Storytelling in Classroom

November 1, 2016 7 min

Dr. Lynn Harter talks about the rich benefits both student and teacher experience when using storytelling in the classroom.

OHIO nurtures student ideas during annual innovation contests

August 5, 2016 5 min

Four Ohio University students—all from outside the U.S.— won the University’s internal Scripps Innovation Challenge Pitch Day in March and then the broader Scripps International Innovators Cup in April for their solution to the problem.

Students depart Dr. Eddith Dashiell’s communication law lecture in the Schoonover Auditorium on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. / photo by Margaret Sabec

Schoonover Auditorium offers the technology and space for a variety of events

February 5, 2016 3 min

ATHENS, Ohio —Since the first classes were held in Schoonover Auditorium during fall semester 2015, the versatile space has hosted film screenings and guest speakers, including Tom Sly of the E.W. Scr

Fellow commercial photography major, Kira Plumer is the designated model for the morning shoot in front of the newly installed

VisCom students excited to learn how to utilize new cyclorama wall

January 29, 2016 5 min

During winter break, the School of Visual Communication worked hard to complete their new cyclorama wall so it would be ready for students to use during spring semester.

Dr. Stephanie Tikkanen, assistant professor in the School of Communication Studies, demonstrates the AVfusion software as she observes a group conversation taking place in the new COMS Research Lab.

Students, Faculty study how we talk to one another in new COMS Research Lab

January 21, 2016 4 min

Being developed this semester is the School of Communication Studies COMS Research Lab, a space designed to study how individuals and small groups communicate verbally and non-verbally

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