UIUC College of Media

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University of Illinois College of Media
Motto Leaders, Independent Thinkers, Innovators, Citizens
Established 1927 (School of Journalism); 1946 (Dept. of Advertising); 1948 (College)
Type Public
Dean Jan Slater (interim)
Students 1,077
Undergraduates 986
Postgraduates 91
Location Champaign, IL, USA
Affiliations University of Illinois
Website www.media.illinois.edu

The College of Media is a college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. The college name changed from College of Communications to the College of Media in 2008.

The College of Media offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Journalism (Broadcast or News-Editorial), Advertising, Media and Cinema Studies, and (jointly with the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Agricultural Communications. Graduate degrees are offered with Master of Science degrees in Journalism and Advertising. A Doctor in Philosophy in Communications and Media is also available.

The U of I College of Media is currently among the top three most selective colleges at the University of Illinois along with the UIUC College of Engineering and the UIUC College of Business with the median 50% of incoming freshman scoring between a 27-32 on the ACT.

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[edit] Facilities

The College of Media is primarily housed in Gregory Hall. The Richmond Journalism Teaching Studio is also used for broadcast classes. A degree from the College of Media stresses a strong liberal arts background so students typically take many different classes in different areas of campus such as Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Natural Science, and History.

[edit] College units

[edit] Campus Opportunities

The University of Illinois offers students opportunities to get a real sense of working in journalism while in school. The Urbana-Champaign area has Illini Media, which features the Daily Illini, WPGU Radio, the Illio Yearbook, Buzz, www.the217.com, and the Technograph, an engineering magazine that comes out four times a year. Richmond Studio also host UI-7 and WILL.

[edit] Television Stations

  • 12 WILL, PBS
  • UI-7, Cable-TV Service

[edit] Radio stations

[edit] Faculty and Staff

Department of Journalism

  • Katie Abrams, Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Chris Benson, Associate Professor and Associate Dean
  • Nancy Benson, Associate Professor
  • William Berry, Associate Professor
  • Ravi Bhatia, Interim Director of Broadcast Journalism Resources
  • Leon Dash, Swanlund Chair Professor
  • Matt Ehrlich, Professor
  • Jennifer Follis, Lecturer
  • Walt Harrington, Professor
  • Lynn Holley, Assistant Professor and Academic Programs Coordinator
  • Brant Houston, Knight Chair Professor in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting
  • Brian Johnson, Professor
  • Robin Kaler, Adjunct Lecturer
  • Jean McDonald, Visiting Lecturer
  • Rich Martin, Associate Professor and Head
  • Eric K. Meyer, Associate Professor
  • John Paul, Lecturer
  • Jay Rosenstein, Associate Professor
  • Bob Siebrecht, Teaching Associate and Interim Director of Program in Agricultural Communications
  • Mira Sotirovic, Associate Professor
  • Lex Tate, Visiting Lecturer
  • Sheri Chambers, Office Support Specialist

Department of Advertising

  • Katie Abrams, Visiting Assistant Professor
  • William Berry, Associate Professor and Acting Head
  • Jason Chambers, Associate Professor and Associate Head
  • Rhiannon Clifton, Program Director
  • Brittany Duff, Assistant Professor
  • Steve Hall, Lecturer and Director of Career Services
  • Chang Dae Ham, Lecturer
  • Michelle R. Nelson, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
  • Cele Otnes, Professor
  • Peter Sheldon, Lecturer
  • Jan Slater, Professor and Interim Dean
  • Patrick Vargas, Associate Professor
  • Janette Bradley Wright, Office Administrator

Department of Media and Cinema Studies

  • Anita Chan, Assistant Professor
  • C.L. Cole, Professor
  • Norman Denzin, Professor
  • Fernando Elichirigoity, Associate Professor
  • Ivy Glennon, Assistant Professor
  • James Hay, Professor
  • Ronald Jackson, Professor
  • Lilya Kaganovsky, Associate Professor
  • Cameron McCarthy, Professor
  • Isabel Molina, Associate Professor
  • Lisa Nakamura, Professor
  • John Nerone, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
  • Kent Ono, Professor
  • Sarah Projansky, Associate Professor and Associate Head
  • Ann Reisner, Associate Professor
  • Christian Sandvig, Associate Professor
  • Julie Turnock, Assistant Professor
  • Angharad N. Valdivia, Professor and Head
  • M. Denise Davis, Office Support Specialist

College Administration

  • Jan Slater, Interim Dean
  • Chris Benson, Associate Dean
  • Michelle Wellens, Assistant Dean for Advancement
  • Mary Susan Britt, Associate Director for Advancement
  • Megan Tucker Zwilling, Director of Student Services
  • Merissa Jones, Adviser
  • Heather Zike, Adviser
  • Robert D. Kessler, Director of Finance and Resource Planning
  • David L. Ivy, Account Technician
  • Greg Zike, Network Support Specialist
  • Cindy L. Curtis, Administrative Aide
  • Tara L. Derossett, Office Administrator
  • Nickie Dalton, Office Administrator
  • Michele Andrews, Office Manager
  • Kalee J. Ackerman, Office Support Associate
  • Susan Weiss, Office Support Specialist

WILL

  • Mark Leonard, General Manager
  • Elizabeth Weathers, Administrative Secretary, Division of Broadcasting
  • Kate Dobrovolny, Station Manager
  • Jay Pearce, Director of Created Content
  • Jake Schumacher, Director of Programming (WILL-AM and WILL-FM)
  • Jack Brighton, Director of Internet Development, WILL

[edit] Notable alumni

Students and alumi have worked for the Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox, WGN-TV, Fox TV, Universal Pictures, the Chicago Tribune,the Chicago Sun-Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Rolling Stone Magazine, CNN, WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago, the Champaign News-Gazette, the Associated Press, NBC 5 Chicago, WCIA, WPGU, Illini Media, UI-7, the Big Ten Network, the Chicago Rush, the Chicago Bandits, the Chicago Sky, the Chicago Wolves, the Chicago Storm, the Chicago Slaughter, the Chicago Shamrox, the Northwest Herald, KISS-FM, ESPN Rise (Magazine), and KMOV CBS St. Louis, the NFL Network, and WGN Radio 720.

Pulitzer Prize winners

Broadcasting and Journalism

Media

Reporting and Journalism

Literature

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