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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

KLCC interviewed students taking the SOJC’s Fundamentals of Reporting class for the Eugene radio show On the Record. They shared their perceptions of the media and its coverage of the 2024 election.
Robert Apiyo ’24, who earned a PhD in communication and media studies, was interviewed by Voyage Tampa. He is now an assistant professor at the University of Tampa, Florida.
SOJC professors Jesse Abdenour and Autumn Shafer conducted research to find out how to convince parents to take concussions seriously. They discovered it was all about telling compelling stories.

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Latest News

KLCC interviewed students taking the SOJC’s Fundamentals of Reporting class for the Eugene radio show On the Record. They shared their perceptions of the media and its coverage of the 2024 election.

More News  »

$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.

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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

Graduate Writing Webinar: Every Semester Needs a Plan
Jan9
Graduate Writing Webinar: Every Semester Needs a Plan Jan 9
gradCONNECT: Disabled and Neurodivergent Graduate Student Time Together
Jan21
gradCONNECT: Disabled and Neurodivergent Graduate Student Time Together Jan 21 Susan Campbell Hall
BE Fearless: Jackie Gutierrez
Jan21
BE Fearless: Jackie Gutierrez Jan 21 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Winter Career & Internship Expo
Jan30
Winter Career & Internship Expo Jan 30 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
gradCONNECT: Night at the Museum
Mar10
gradCONNECT: Night at the Museum Mar 10 Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Spring Career & Internship Expo
Apr17
Spring Career & Internship Expo Apr 17 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Take Back The Night
Apr24
Take Back The Night Apr 24 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)

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