2:00–3:00 p.m.
Stand out in today’s rapidly evolving media landscape with a master's degree in Multimedia Storytelling.
Designed for working professionals with completion of 12-18 months, this Portland-based flexible program offers evening and weekend classes. You’ll get hands-on access to state-of-the-art gear and work with award-winning professionals and build a robust network to help you stand out in an ever-evolving field.
Join us for a virtual information session during which you will get to meet with the program director, learn more about the program, and have all your questions answered.
We will cover:
- Program overview
- Admissions process
- Resources and services
- Student work and success
- Q & A with program director
We look forward to meeting you and helping you take the next step in your professional journey!
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Use cutting-edge technologies to solve social, environmental, and business problems with a master's degree in immersive media communication.
In this first-of-its-kind, one-year, fully online graduate program, you’ll discover the power of virtual, augmented, and extended realities. Learn how to use these new technologies as ethical tools to solve social, environmental, and business problems, and get hands-on experience using immersive content to reach target audiences.
Join us for a virtual information session to meet with the program director, learn more about the program, and get all your questions answered.
We will cover:
- Program overview
- Admissions process
- Resources and services
- Student work and success
- Q&A with program director
3:00–4:00 p.m.
Lead transformative changes in the business, government, and nonprofit sectors with a master's degree in strategic communication.
Designed for working professionals to complete in 18-21 months, this Portland-based hyflex program offers evening and weekend classes. If you’re looking for more than just your next job, train with us to take a meaningful step in your career as an impactful communications professional.
Join us for a virtual information session to meet with the program director, learn more about the program, and get all your questions answered.
We will cover:
- Program overview
- Admissions process
- Resources and services
- Student work and success
- Q&A with program director
We look forward to meeting you and helping you take the next step in your professional journey!
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Help create the changes you hope to see in the world with a master's degree in advertising and brand responsibility.
In this first-of-its-kind one-year master’s program in Eugene, you’ll build transferable skills in creativity, critical thinking, strategy, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and data analysis, and you’ll use your creative and business skills in service of the social good.
Join us for a virtual information session to meet with the program director, learn more about the program, and get all your questions answered.
We will cover:
- Program overview
- Admissions process
- Resources and services
- Student work and success
- Q&A with program director
We look forward to meeting you and helping you take the next step in your professional journey!
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Join us for a special industry-connection night dedicated to helping YOU get career-ready for your future in Communication. Come to either or both events—Learn something new and meet employers and alumni you can add to your network!
4-5pm Industry Insights Panel
Hear stories and ask questions of industry leaders who have excelled in their careers as communications professionals. From backgrounds and experiences in advertising, public relations, journalism, and more! Learn about the skills and connections you can be developing today to thrive in the future.
PANELISTS
- Coming soon!
5-6pm Connect with Employers & Alumni
Grab a snack and rotate through casual small group chats with alumni, professionals, and employers to learn more about their companies, career paths, and get advice about how to find career-building opportunities and connections for your future in Communication.
COMPANIES
- Coming soon!
Both events are open to all majors and academic years. Snacks provided. Casual Dress. No RSVP is required. Bring your friends!
This event is part of Winter Career Readiness Week hosted by the University Career Center and the School of Journalism & Communications
Special thanks to our sponsors Enterprise Mobility for supporting Career Ready Ducks!
The University Career Center (UCC) strives to make Career Readiness Week inclusive and accessible for all. If you require accommodations, contact UCC Event Coordinator, Maggie Swing, mswing@uoregon.edu, 541-346-6016 preferably 5 business days in advance.
5:00 p.m.
What is Research? (2026) will explore various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event will consider frameworks of systematic and creative inquiry, including methods, designs, analyses, discoveries, collaborations, dissemination, ethics, integrity, diversity, media/technologies, and information environments.
This year delves into research in its many forms, including searching, critically investigating, and re-examining existing knowledge, as well as emerging functions and procedures in machine intelligence and computation. It will highlight pluralities of research pathways, examining time-honored approaches and new ways of knowing, precedents, issues, and futures. It considers challenges and possibilities that researchers face in today’s rapidly changing world, and ways to promote ethical, inclusive, and impactful research.
The event celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Communication and Media Studies Doctoral Program in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.
What is Research? (2026) will explore various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event will consider frameworks of systematic and creative inquiry, including methods, designs, analyses, discoveries, collaborations, dissemination, ethics, integrity, diversity, media/technologies, and information environments.
This year delves into research in its many forms, including searching, critically investigating, and re-examining existing knowledge, as well as emerging functions and procedures in machine intelligence and computation. It will highlight pluralities of research pathways, examining time-honored approaches and new ways of knowing, precedents, issues, and futures. It considers challenges and possibilities that researchers face in today’s rapidly changing world, and ways to promote ethical, inclusive, and impactful research.
The event celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Communication and Media Studies Doctoral Program in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.
What is Research? (2026) will explore various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event will consider frameworks of systematic and creative inquiry, including methods, designs, analyses, discoveries, collaborations, dissemination, ethics, integrity, diversity, media/technologies, and information environments.
This year delves into research in its many forms, including searching, critically investigating, and re-examining existing knowledge, as well as emerging functions and procedures in machine intelligence and computation. It will highlight pluralities of research pathways, examining time-honored approaches and new ways of knowing, precedents, issues, and futures. It considers challenges and possibilities that researchers face in today’s rapidly changing world, and ways to promote ethical, inclusive, and impactful research.
The event celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Communication and Media Studies Doctoral Program in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Join us in celebrating the Class of 2026!
For graduate RSVP requirements and day-of details, email sojcevents@uoregon.edu or call 541-346-2876