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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

SOJC students got a taste of the Colombian coffee industry during a winter break trip to Antioquia, Colombia, where they gathered content for a multimedia magazine called “The Coffee Chronicles.”
PRWeek published a behind-the-scenes look at the UO campaign honoring the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. UO worked with the Burson agency, which is led by SOJC alum and Hall of Achievement member Corey duBrowa.  
Whitney Phillips, the SOJC’s John L. Hulteng Endowed Chair in Media Ethics and Responsibility, told NPR that social posts from the Trump administration paint liberals as the “ultimate evil.”

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Latest News

SOJC students got a taste of the Colombian coffee industry during a winter break trip to Antioquia, Colombia, where they gathered content for a multimedia magazine called “The Coffee Chronicles.”

More News  »

$725K+
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

Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan26
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 26
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan27
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 27
Your Future in Communication (Panel + Networking Night)
Jan27
Your Future in Communication (Panel + Networking Night) Jan 27 Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall
UO American Marketing Association Week 4 Meeting
Jan27
UO American Marketing Association Week 4 Meeting Jan 27 Lillis Business Complex
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan28
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 28
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan29
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 29
Winter Career & Internship Expo
Jan29
Winter Career & Internship Expo Jan 29 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan30
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 30
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session
Jan30
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session Jan 30
Multimedia Journalism Master's Information Session
Feb4
Multimedia Journalism Master's Information Session Feb 4

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