Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State2015-2016
This Annual Report provides a snapshot of the College. 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 Student-produced TV newscast named best in nation at 37th College Television Awards in Hollywood
1 Alumna earned a University-wide award: Mandy Murphy, Alumni Achievement Award
2 Students honored among nation's 50 Most Promising Multicultural Students by American Advertising Federation
2 Overall finish in Hearst Journalism Awards Program, often called the “Pulitzers of college journalism”
3 Students who traveled to Sierra Leone as part of the University's entrepreneurship and innovation major
3 Students who covered the Super Bowl as part of partnerships facilitated by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism
4 Student-produced television shows that won Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards
5 Alumni/friends honored with awards from Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications Alumni Society Board: Arianna Davis, Emerging Professional; Jayne Miller, Outstanding Alumni; Mimi Barash Coppersmith, Alumni Achievement; Jim Gardner, Douglas A. Anderson Communications Contributor; and John Affleck, Excellence in Teaching.
6 Alumni mentors returned to campus for inaugural Short Doc Workshop
8 Events in inaugural Digital Week, a combined effort between the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and the College of Information Sciences and Technology
8 Penn State entries—most from any school in the region—named winners in the SPJ Region 1 Mark of Excellence competition and advanced for national-level consideration
8 Consecutive years ComRadio students have covered the NFL Draft on location
9 Number of days students in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism spent covering the Penn State baseball team's historic trip to Cuba
10 Number of days for the Sundance Film Festival, which a group of Penn State film students visited for the fourth time in 2016
11 Consecutive years students have produced the webcast of the Penn State Homecoming Parade, the nation's largest such parade
12 Awards won by Penn State students in 2016 Keystone Press Awards
13 On- and off-campus alumni events, attracting 617 participants
15 Student-produced films screened during annual Blue and White Film Festival in State College
17 Erin McCarthy became the 17th Penn State student in the past 10 years to advance to the individual national championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program
19% World Campus enrollment increase from 2014-15
20 Years of existence for Penn State Washington Program, which facilitates coursework and internships in the nation's capital.
22% Percentage of students from underrepresented groups in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
27 Different countries where Penn State students completed an international experience in 2015-16
29 Communications-specific clubs and organizations for students
33 Papers presented by faculty members and graduate student at annual AEJMC Conference
39 Different countries that had an undergraduate student studying in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
42% Growth of Penn State Hollywood Program, which welcomed initial class of 12 students in 2016 and has already accepted 17 students for 2017.
47 Stories published by communications students Centre Daily Times during the spring semester as part of a partnership with Department of Journalism
60+ Papers and presentations by college faculty and researchers at National Communications Association Conference
68 Companies at “JobExpo.Comm,” the annual on-campus job fair
78 Companies at “Success in the City,” the New York City job fair conducted specifically for Penn State communications students
115 Course sections with 20 or fewer students offered during the academic year.
150 More than 150 PBS stations across the country, including all Top 30 markets, screened the documentary “A Wing and a Prayer,” produced by associate professor Boaz Dvir
230 Recruiters at two communications-specific job fairs, one on campus and the other in New York City
235 Students who completed an international experience through a Penn State program
489 For-credit internships completed by students in 2015-16
500 Capacity crowd again packed the State Theatre in State College for the Blue and White Film Festival, the annual showcase of student films
3,612 Miles to London, site of the Institute for Information Policy’s first international conference
3,923 Followers of @PSUCollegeComm on Twitter
5,500 Attendance at New Faces of an Ancient People Traditional American Indian Powwow
7,482 Members on Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications LinkedIn networking pages
26,185 Alumni, undergraduate and graduate combined
100,000 Combined viewers of three student-produced webcasts (Penn State Dance Marathon, Penn State Homecoming Parade, “The Importance of Being Earnest”)
457,614 Miles traveled by students completed “embedded” trips for international experiences