Roy H. Park School of Communications

Roy H. Park School of Communications
Type Private
Established 1973 (school founded)
Parent institution
 Ithaca College
Dean Diane Gayeski
Academic staff
 53 (FT)
Students 1,630
Undergraduates 1,600
Postgraduates 30
Location Ithaca, NY, USA
Campus Small city
Website Website

The Roy H. Park School of Communications, internationally recognized as a leading undergraduate communications school, is one of five schools at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. The school is named after legendary media executive Roy H. Park, who lived in Ithaca and who served on the Board of Trustees at Ithaca College for many years.

Graduates have gone on to positions at major media outlets such as Disney, [ESPN]], CNN, NBC News, CBS, ABC, The New York Times, NPR as well as to careers in advertising, photography, new media, corporate training, and consulting. It is known for its blend of theory and practice, with immediate hands-on access to production equipment and instruction, contemporary courses in media analysis, economics, and management, and liberal arts education drawn from more than 50 majors across the College. As one of the first schools of communications in the US, it runs the first and longest-running student-operated TV cable channel (ICTV) and offers students access to studios and more than three million dollars of portable and lab equipment. It has been named a top film school and a top journalism school by publications such as the Hollywood Reporter and Newspro.

In addition to its extensive campus facilities in Ithaca, it runs the Pendleton Center in Los Angeles where students can study and engage in internships for a semester. Students also may study away at the College's center in London and through a newly established New York City program.

Diane Gayeski, an alumna of the school and a faculty member since 1979, currently serves as its dean.[1]

History

Ithaca College first began offering courses in radio in the 1930s and a degree program in 1947. With the advent of mass media, the focus began shifting to television and film. The Bachelor of Science in Cinema Studies and Photography was established in the late 1960s. In 1969, the communications programs were formally organized into a division within the college before becoming the present-day School of Communications in the 1973-74 academic year. It was renamed after Roy H. Park in 1989. Timeline

Academics

The Roy H. Park School offers the following academic programs:

Undergraduate

Graduate

Park Center for Independent Media

In 2008, the Park School launched the Park Center for Independent Media, directed by Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. It has been designated as a national center for the study of media outlets that create and distribute content outside traditional corporate systems and news organizations.

The center's mission is to engage media makers and students in conversation about career paths in independent media, and financially viable ways to create news and information for various kinds of geographic or issue-based communities. The center will assess the impact of independent media institutions on journalism, democracy and a participatory culture.

Rory Kennedy, award-winning documentary filmmaker, was the Center's inaugural speaker in January 2008. Kennedy is the co-founder/president of Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc. The Park Center for Independent Media also offers the Independent Media Internship Awards, which provides a $2,500 grant to each students who work as summer interns at specific independent media outlets.

The first annual Izzy Award for "special achievement in independent media" was presented on March 31, 2009, to blogger Glenn Greenwald and Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman. Roughly 800 people attended the award ceremony at Ithaca’s State Theatre – including I.F. "Izzy" Stone’s son Jeremy Stone.

Programs and Events

The Park School offers a wide range of programs and events each year, including:

Park Scholar Award

The Park Scholar Award is a four-year, full scholarship to Ithaca College given each year to a small number of students in the Roy H. Park School of Communications. The award, provided by the Park Foundation, recognizes students who excel in academics, leadership, and community service, and intend to use their careers in communications for social good.

Ithaca College Los Angeles Program

The Ithaca College Los Angeles Program, an extension of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, is an internship-based program that provides juniors and seniors with a major or minor in communications an opportunity to gain professional experience in their chosen fields while taking industry-related courses. Classes are taught by Los Angeles-based faculty and industry professionals at the James B. Pendleton Center, located minutes from Burbank and Hollywood. Internships are available in the fields of cinema, television, radio, new media, music, communication/management/design, advertising, public relations, and print/broadcast journalism.

Student Media

The Ithacan

The Ithacan is Ithaca College's official newspaper. The paper is written, edited and published by students. The Ithacan is available in print every Thursday morning and online.[4] The Ithacan and its staff have won many major collegiate journalism awards, most notably, the Associated Collegiate Press' National Pacemaker Awards (widely considered the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism) and many New York State Press Association awards.

ICTV

See main entry Ithaca College Television

Ithaca College Radio

Ithaca College is also home to two student-operated radio stations.

92 WICB

92 WICB is an FCC-licensed station that operates at 7500 Watts at 91.7 on the FM band. Programming is also streamed live from its website www.wicb.org and through the iHeart radio app. The majority of its programming falls under the modern rock category. While broadcasting modern rock, the station is run similarly to a commercial modern rock station, with the inclusion of playlists planned by the programming and music departments that include leeway for listener requests and DJ choices. The station was honored with the MTVU Woodie Award for Best College Radio Station. They were also named the Top Collegiate Radio Station by The Princeton Review.[5]

VIC Radio

VIC Radio, once known as 106-VIC, is an Internet radio station. The majority of VIC's programming falls under the indie pop, alternapop, and power pop genres. The playlists are planned by the Programming Department, with leeway for on-air talent favorites and listener requests. The station also hosts an annual 50 Hour Marathon, where two DJs stay awake for fifty hours straight to raise money for a local charity. The marathon, which is simulcast on 92 WICB and ICTV 16, typically involves events such as concerts, scavenger hunts, and remote broadcasts around Ithaca.

Notable Park School alumni

In 2014 for its 40th anniversary, the Park School created a list of 40 Alumni Who Shape the Communications Industry.

Notable Park School Former and Current Faculty

External links

References

  1. ↑ Diane Gayeski Named Dean of Communications School at Ithaca College - News Release - Ithaca College Office of Media Relations
  2. ↑ Past speakers' listing. School Web site. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  3. ↑ Featured speaker's listing. School Web site. Still listing '09 speaker when retrieved 2010-01-02.
  4. ↑ The Ithacan Online
  5. ↑ "Extracurriculars: Best College Radio Station". The Best 371 Colleges (The Princeton Review). Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  6. ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes - The 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners
  7. ↑ Ithaca College Grad Wins Pulitzer - News Release - Ithaca College Office of Media Relations

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