Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State2017-2018
This Annual Report provides a snapshot of the Bellisario College of Communications. In this brief recap, you get a sense of our global reach, world-class faculty, alumni engagement and abundance of student resources. We are an unquestioned educational destination for mass communications students.
1 The 2017-18 academic year was our first full year as the Bellisario College
2 Graduate Students honored for their teaching
Arienne Ferchaud and Stephanie Orme awarded the Djung Yune Tchoi Graduate Teaching Award
2 Students selected for the highly competitive MLB.com internship program
2 Curley Center projects earned top-five finishes in the Hearst Program
Third Penn State finished third overall in the combined Hearst Program standings
During the past decade, Penn State has claimed three overall national championships.
4 Student-driven teams producing client video work for CommAgency
5 Students completed internship opportunities at the Super Bowl
6 Student Film Organization students visited Sundance Film Festival
7 Deans' Excellence Award Winners
Teaching: Anita Gabrosek Service: Frank Dardis Research and Creative Activity: Mary Beth Oliver Integrated Scholarship: Sascha Meinrath Outstanding Faculty Associate: Mike Dawson Staff: Tammy Falls, Stephanie Girouard
8 Majors Offered
Thanks to growth of online majors including digital journalism
8 Off-campus Events
New York; Philadelphia; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.
10 Consecutive years that CommRadio has broadcast from the NFL Draft on location
13 Consecutive years that communications students have produced the Homecoming parade webcast
13 Countries represented in the Class of 2018
15th Anniversary of the Curley Center
21 Years of expertise, service and research for the Institute for Information Policy
21.2 Percent of students from underrepresented groups
27 States represented in Class of 2018
28 Countries where students studied abroad
30+ Faculty and graduate students who participated and presented at the 100th annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
47 Journal articles produced by research faculty
58 Students who completed Sports Journalism Certificates with the Curley Center
72 Companies in attendance for the on-campus job fair, JobExpo.Comm
170 recruiters, 430 students
79 Companies in attendance for the New York City job fair, Success in the City
225 recruiters, 400 students
94 Countries reached by the annual THON webcast, driven by communications students
105 Faculty research presentations
265 Students completed an international experience
457 For-credit internships completed
882 Undergraduate degrees awarded
2,579 Enrollment in 2017-18
3,800 Internship sites available
16,509 Social media connections
LinkedIn 7,969 Twitter 5,007 Facebook 2,372 Instagram 1,161
19,000 Concurrent viewers of the annual Penn State Dance Marathon webcast (46 Live) in the event’s final hour