Next Sunday through Wednesday (November 1-4), the School of Journalism will host a site team from the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. These five people will be visiting campus and Martin Hall to review our undergraduate journalism program for re-accreditation. This is a very important event for the SOJ.

Currently, only 114 journalism programs in the country are nationally accredited. The fact that we are among this select group is something you can point to with pride on your resume, job applications, and in interviews.

We spent the summer compiling a report for this review, and we are now preparing for the site team members to visit us.

The site team is comprised of 5 people, who are accomplished professors and professionals from around the country. They will be touring the building, visiting classes, and meeting with a number of people, including students. They may even pull you aside in the halls to ask you questions about our academic programs, student support services and facilities!

We’re proud of our school and our students, and we are confident we will receive positive evaluations.

If you have any questions about this visit, please feel free to talk to your professors. And if you are assisting us in some way with this effort—by attending our Sunday night “open house,” meeting with our visitors Monday evening, or serving as a student assistant—we appreciate and are grateful for your participation, which is critical to our success.