Student Profiles
Student profile: How a brain tumor changed Zac Neel’s life for the better
SOJC students and UO athletes collaborated on this video about Zac Neel for the school's annual Sports Media Workshop.
Story and video by Ryan Lund
In UO School of Journalism and Communication student Zac Neel’s junior year, everything changed for him. During the fall term of 2015, the sports journalism major began to feel increasingly dizzy. Neel was unable to stand up or perform even some basic functions. Within a few weeks, doctors found a tumor the size of a lime growing beside his brain stem.
Graduate student profile: Bethany Howe, student, teacher, transgender activist
Story by Aaron Weintraub
Student profile: Kylee O’Connor was born to be a sports reporter
Story and photos by Aaron Weintraub
Kylee O’Connor’s planner appears to defy logic. In the beginning, she tried to color-code all of her responsibilities, but she didn’t have the time to keep up with that.