支持项目

Staying in contact is the most important way that you can support our program after graduation. If you have the ability to provide support in other ways, we are certainly grateful. Here are ways that our alumni have and continue to support our program.

  • Periodic or annual contributions to the school through the newbb电子平台 Foundation. 这些捐款是免税的. Such donations are used to support student and 教师 professional development and other activities central to our mission as a school.
  • 招聘实习生. Our undergraduate students gain critical knowledge and experience through internships. We are constantly looking for productive internship experiences for our majors.
  • 在课堂上做客. We value opportunities to have alumni come back and talk to current students about their experiences at OU as well as current trends in their professional field.
  • 合作研究项目. Our 教师 and students often do various types of research projects that involve meaningful partnerships with community organizations, 企业, 和其他实体. If you are interested in doing basic research we may be able to help!

这个列表当然不全面. If you have an idea for how you can support the school, 我们鼓励您与我们联系讨论.
If you would like to make a financial contribution to the school, the easiest way is to use the OU Foundation’s secure website. You should check the “College of Communication” and then indicate “传播研究学院” in the Special Instruction’s box.

命名的基金

我们有许多具名基金. These are important for supporting specific initiatives within the 传播研究学院. A full list of these funds will soon be available here. 我们最新的基金, 大卫·德斯库纳基金, supports a scholarship in honor of former interim Executive Vice President and Provost David Descutner, who served as a 教师 member at newbb电子平台 for more than two decades.

大卫·德斯库纳基金
传播学研究

A Letter from Dave Abram, 校友 咨询委员会 Chairperson

Greetings from yOUr 传播研究学院 (COMS) 校友 咨询委员会! 担任理事会主席是我的荣幸, and we have been very productive since we first convened during Communication Week in April 2018. 作为正式任命的团队, we have focused much of our work thus far on drafting bylaws and establishing Council member criteria in an effort to assure COMS alumni, 教师, and staff that the Council will be highly successful and productive for years to come. My fellow Council members and I look forward to serving you and hearing your ideas for how we can better serve the School and its alumni.

作为理事会成员, we have all committed to various types of philanthropic financial support of the School, a commitment that was meaningful to each individual council member. This concept is not new for volunteer organizations and is standard practice in the University community. Allow me to share with you how I have chosen to support COMS in a way that is meaningful to me.

虽然我没有博士. David Descutner是我在newbb电子平台时的一位教授, I have closely followed the significant contributions that he has made to 俄亥俄州, 尤其是在过去的二十年里. David’s love and support of 俄亥俄州 and his devotion to literally thousands of students under his caring leadership, 成为永恒的遗产. 事实上, David earned the highest student-driven honor at 俄亥俄州 when he was named a University Professor. I have personally marveled at his willingness to expand his service to 俄亥俄州 beyond the classroom walls. David has served selflessly in varied roles from Interim President to Interim Executive Vice President and Provost as well as Dean of University College and Associate Provost for 本科 Education. 鉴于他在这些角色中的服务, 我变得越来越负债累累, 虽然来自远方, to David for all the great work he accomplished in pursuit of a cause near and dear to my heart: making 俄亥俄州 better.

向博士致敬. Descutner and his devotion to 俄亥俄州, I spoke with him about establishing a scholarship in his honor. 在大卫热情慷慨的支持下, we have established 大卫·德斯库纳基金 传播学研究. This scholarship is a product of our shared experiences as students and our commitment to current COMS Bobcats. In our conversations leading up to the creation of this scholarship, David and I learned that we were both student athletes in college. We have carried this shared passion into the scholarship, which will support a COMS student athlete showing strong leadership and character both on and off the field. This endowed scholarship will forever stand in recognition of David’s devotion to the 传播研究学院 and his commitment to the broader University community, and I am honored to have played a part in its creation. If you too feel a deep gratitude to David for his service to 俄亥俄州, I would encourage you to contact 阿曼达培训, Senior Director of Development, to make a contribution to this worthy fund.

最后, 请允许我鼓励你向我伸出援手, 任何其他理事会成员, or COMS 教师 and staff if you feel you would like to serve as a volunteer member of the Council. 我们打算扩大会员人数, so if you feel you could add value to School and the Council’s mission, please contact us and we will include you in our candidate review process. 下次见 . . . 去newbb电子平台!