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What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Latest News

Oregonian Executive Editor and SOJC Hall of Achievement inductee Therese Bottomly will retire in August after 42 years at the state's largest newspaper. She graduated summa cum laude from the SOJC in 1983.
An SOJC study published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take action.
Damian Radcliffe, SOJC Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, talks with the Your News Biz newsletter about his research with the Agora Journalism Center and trends in local news production.

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Latest News

Oregonian Executive Editor and SOJC Hall of Achievement inductee Therese Bottomly will retire in August after 42 years at the state's largest newspaper. She graduated summa cum laude from the SOJC in 1983.

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$700K+
in student scholarships awarded each year
16
Pulitzer prizes won by faculty and alumni
21,000+
in the SOJC Alumni Network

Hands-On Learning, Real-World Experience

A student reporter interviews a person fly fishing while they both stand in a river

The hallmark of the SOJC experience is the professional practice students get in the field. From reporting trips around the globe, to internships with multinational media companies, to navigating the complexities of client work in student-run agencies, these real-life experiences will tip the scales in your favor when it's time to find a job.

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a student adjusts a video camera in the Allen Hall studio

In Allen Hall on the Eugene campus, the Experience Hub has everything you need to become a powerful content creator, including our cutting-edge immersive media lab, professional-quality podcast studio, social media analytics lab, a broadcast/photography studio and editing bays, and plenty of flexible spaces for creative collaboration.

Learn about the Experience Hub

Danny Pimentel instructs a student wearing a VR headset

The next media frontier is the immersive metasphere, from 360 video to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and extended reality (XR). We’re pioneering media-making and research, and exploring the ethics of these emerging technologies at the Oregon Reality (OR) Lab, our state-of-the-art immersive experience space at SOJC Portland.

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Events

UO Hockey Club Watch Party @ Rennie's Landing
Feb22
UO Hockey Club Watch Party @ Rennie's Landing Feb 22 Rennie's Landding
Book Publishing Workshop
Feb27
Book Publishing Workshop Feb 27 Ford Alumni Center
Higher Ed Virtual Career Fair - Early Career and Career Changers
Feb27
Higher Ed Virtual Career Fair - Early Career and Career Changers Feb 27
gradCONNECT: International GE Time Together
Feb28
gradCONNECT: International GE Time Together Feb 28 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Fifth Annual Climate Change Game Night
Feb28
Fifth Annual Climate Change Game Night Feb 28 Allen Hall Atrium
UO Educator Career Fair
Mar13
UO Educator Career Fair Mar 13 Ford Alumni Center
What is Research? (2025)
Apr3
What is Research? (2025) Apr 3 University of Oregon Portland
What is Research? (2025)
Apr4
What is Research? (2025) Apr 4 University of Oregon Portland
What is Research? (2025)
Apr5
What is Research? (2025) Apr 5 University of Oregon Portland
Mastering the Art of a Humanities & Social Science Poster
Apr7
Mastering the Art of a Humanities & Social Science Poster Apr 7

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