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Program Info

Program Info
21st century skills
At The University of Findlay, you'll work side-by-side with faculty mentors for communication cross-training in real-world, rich-media settings. Choose to major in:
    Journalism
    Digital Media
    Public Relations
    Health Communication
    Organizational Communication


Real-world learning
You will be at the center of the action—getting hands-on experience through in ternships, working with Findlay Media Network and student organizations, including the nationally aw ard-winning PRSSA chapter; the Pulse, and learn from professionals--not teaching assistants. Faculty members are experts in their fields and they practice what they teach, cumulatively bringing to the classroom over 150 years of experience in journalism, public relations, advertising, management, telecommunications and scholarship.
 


Faculty have worked with some of the nation's top media
(such as the New York Times and national morning television programs), traveled and taught around the world, competed nationally in oratory, been publishe d in leading academic journals, worked at daily newspapers, and written for national and regional magazines. They are active scholars and practitioners engaging students in and out of the classroom.

Exciting career options
Choose from public relations, journalism, broadcasting, corporate communications, management or the rapidly growing field of health communication. Today’s most successful leaders have mastered communication, which is why communication tops the list of skills most important to employers.

UF’s communication graduates have an outstanding placement record in a wide range of careers. Here is a sample:
  • Assistant account executive at Hart Associates
  • Director of marketing & public relations at Lima Memorial Health System
  • Director of media relations at the University of Toledo
  • Faculty at Kansas State University and Rock Valley Community College
  • Communication Director for Greater Findlay Inc.
  • Research positions at major graduate schools
  • Director of the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Director of communications at Whirlpool Corporation
  • Public relations director for State Farm Insurance
  • News photographer at WCMH-TV in Columbus
  • English teacher at Vanlue High School
  • Assistant vice president of marketing at JJ Gumburg
  • Executive producer for the Ohio News Network
  • General assignment reporter at the Fostoria Times-Review
  • Director of communications at the Findlay Police Department
  • Promotions director for CD-101 radio in Columbus, Ohio
  • Fund-raising and promotions for American Red Cross
  • Communication director, Lakeland Eye Surgeons, Cleveland Clinic
  • Advertising and marketing for Rowmark, Inc. in Findlay, Inc.
  • Public relations coordinator for Community Foundation, Findlay, Ohio
  • Strategic communication for community organizations, sports teams, financial institutions and social service agencies.
  • Director, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Hardin County, Ohio
  • Director of Travel and Tourism, Hardin County, Ohio