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Get Involved at Gaylord College!
There’s something here for everyone and it is never too soon or too late to get started!
The Gaylord College has more than a dozen different student organizations and co-curricular activities for our five JMC majors. Freshmen and transfer students are encouraged to join during your first semester at OU. Graduate students are also encouraged to join.
Student clubs meet to discuss industry trends, have invited guest speakers, network with professionals and take field trips to large national media hubs like Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. And, there is almost always free food at the meetings!
Student Clubs/Organizations
Ad Club
An advertising society for students interested in media, strategic planning, and creative careers.
Faculty Sponsors: David Tarpenning and Daniel Ng
Advertising/Public Relations Agency - More Information
Gaylord College offers advertising and public relations students the opportunity to work with real clients while still in school.
Faculty Sponsors: David Tarpenning and Robert "Pritch" Pritchard, APR
Asian American Journalists Association Interest Group
Faculty Adviser: Doyle Yoon
Gaylord Ambassadors
A student organization designed to assist the Gaylord College in recruiting, outreach, and external efforts of the college.
Graduate Students Interest Group
Faculty Sponsor: Meta G. Carstarphen
Kappa Tau Alpha (KTA)
Kappa Tau Alpha is a national college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in undergraduate journalism and mass communication. Membership is a mark of high distinction and honor. Membership is by invitation only and is based solely on scholarship and character.
Faculty Sponsor: Peter Gade
Magazine Interest Group
A student organization affiliated with the national organization, Ed2010,"a community of young magazine editors and magazine-editor-wannabes,"as it describes itself. The group sponsors trips to visit consumer, B2Band public relations magazine offices to talk with editors and others on staff. A trip to New York City, magazine central in the U.S., is an annual event. It also sponsors guest speakers on a variety of magazine-related subjects and helps students find magazine internships.Membership includes being part of MIG-L, the group's list serv.
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
An organization for black students who aspire to careers in all fields of mass communication.
Faculty Sponsor: Kathleen Johnson or John Schmeltzer
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
An organization for Hispanic/Latino students who aspire to careers in all fields of mass communication.
Faculty Sponsor: Ray Chavez
Native American Journalists Association
A student organization that promotes careers in journalism among Native Americans.
Faculty Sponsor: Julie Jones
Oklahoma College Broadcasters (OCB)
Designed for students in Broadcasting and Electronic Media.
Faculty Sponsors: Ken Fischer
Professional Writing Student Association
Designed for students in the Professional Writing programs.
Faculty Sponsor: Deborah Chester
Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
Created for persons interested in public relations as a career.
Faculty Sponsor: Robert "Pritch" Pritchard, APR
Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi
Created for students aspiring to a news career.
Faculty Sponsor: Judy Gibbs Robinson
Student Film Production Club
The Student Film Production club works to promote student productions,educate its members, and develop their skills in the field of video production. Although sponsored by the Film and Video Studies (FVS) program, the club is open to all OU students and provides its members a place to develop production projects and meet other like-minded people. In addition to holding regularly scheduled meetings and special events,the club also maintains an informational web page (click on the “film club” link from the FVS web page), and a web forum page.
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Katrina G. Boyd
Co-Curricular Activities/Practicums
Afghan 101
This ground-breaking project is a partnership with Visiting Correspondent Mike Boettcher, ABC News and the Gaylord College. Students work with Boettcher, who is embedded in Afghanistan, via weekly Skype sessions. Professor John Schmeltzer leads the students in the classroom to also produce multimedia stories using front-line footage as well as create stories of their own featuring the families of the 101st Airborne Army unit.
Faculty Adviser: John Schmeltzer and Mike Boettcher
Always Oklahoma!
Always Oklahoma! is a morning-style television magazine produced by students.
Faculty Adviser: Scott Hodgson
FPU The Series
This new web series features puppets as the main characters as well as live actors from the drama department. Students have the opportunity to rotate through all of the different technical and creative positions to produce this unique show.
Faculty Adviser: Kyle Bergersen
Gaylord Hall Productions
Students interested in creating corporate videos and documentaries will be interested in this program. Students will work with Professor Scott Hodgson on various video productions for real clients.
Faculty Adviser: Scott Hodgson
KGOU/NPR Radio
Students can work as producers or on-air talent at this National Public Radio station located in Copeland Hall.
Faculty Adviser: Karen Holp
Lindsey + Asp Advertising/Public Relations Agency
Gaylord College offers advertising and public relations students the opportunity to work with real clients while still in school.
Faculty Advisers: David Tarpenning and Robert "Pritch" Pritchard, APR
OU Nightly newscast
This award-winning student newscast is produced nightly throughout the semester and broadcast on OUTV and on Cox Cable Channel 7.
Faculty Adviser: Bob Dickey and Ken Fischer
OUr Sports Pad TV magazine
Students can participate in this weekly student-run television sports magazine either behind the scenes or as on-screen talent.
Faculty Adviser: Ken Fischer
Oklahoma Daily Newspaper and Website
The award-winning student-run newspaper provides students experience in all phases of contemporary newspaper production including reporting, layout, ad sales, editing and online content development.
Faculty Sponsor: Judy Gibbs Robinson
Routes webzine
Routes is an online magazine where students produce feature-length articles and multimedia content about stories that are of interest to Oklahomans.
Faculty Adviser: John Schmeltzer
The Set TV music magazine
The Set is a syndicated television music magazine that can be seen statewide on Cox Cable's OnDemand system.
Faculty Adviser: Lynn Franklin
Sooner Yearbook and Student Media Publications
Ranked one of the top yearbooks nationwide, Sooner focuses on capturing the year that was with storytelling packages of text, photos and design. From in-depth profiles on the faculty you’ll remember forever and inspection of the trends you may want to forget to stats about our famed sports teams and the latest campus news and events. This group also produces several magazine inserts for the OU Daily each year.
Faculty Sponsor: Lori Brooks
The Wire radio station
Students interested in radio and television programming.
Faculty Sponsor: Lynn Franklin