Class of 2020 Commencement events to be held Sept. 17-19
Syracuse University will host a Commencement ceremony—delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic—and other celebratory events for the Class of 2020 during the weekend of Sept. 17–19.
Commencement will be held Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. at the Stadium. This University-wide ceremony, where Syracuse University Chancellor and President Kent Syverud will formally confer degrees, is for all undergraduate, graduate and doctoral candidates. Doors open at 8 a.m.
Following Commencement, all 2020 Newhouse graduates and their families are invited to join Dean Mark J. Lodato and the faculty and staff for a celebratory reception. The event will include a dean’s welcome, recognition of participating graduates and an opportunity to reconnect with faculty. A precise time and location will be announced soon; stay tuned for details.
For more information about Commencement activities for the Class of 2020, see the event listing.
The Power of Being Native and the Strength of the Syracuse University Community With Lorna Rose ’11, G’21 (Podcast)
Despite growing up on Cayuga ancestral lands, one of the six nations that make up the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of Native Americans in New York, Lorna Rose ’11, G’21 never really identified with her Native heritage.
She was raised Italian American and always thought of her Italian roots when it came to her cultural heritage. But that perspective changed with the sudden passing of her older sister in 2020.
That loss sent Rose down a path that would lead to a spiritual reawakening, cultivating an affinity for both her Native culture and her Native heritage. From the depths of sadness, Rose immersed herself in her Cayuga culture, reacclimating and reacquainting herself with her Native roots. In the process, she rediscovered pride in belonging to the Cayuga Nation, the People of the Great Swamp.
“Being there with my sister’s kids and realizing they just lost their closest connection to their Native heritage, as one of their aunts it’s my job, my obligation and my responsibility to step up and reconnect with my heritage. Once I did, it was almost a visceral transformation. My body just felt so much more comfortable,” says Rose, who earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and a master’s degree in communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
“I started to overcome a lot of the mental health issues I’ve been battling, building and growing my connection and my awareness of my connection to who I am as a Native woman, and reconnecting with my family and getting back into that community that I’d been removed from so long, being raised away from it. It was really life-changing,” Rose says.
Newhouse Impact: Research and Creative Activity Roundup
A roundup of recent research and creative activity by Newhouse students, faculty and staff, along with accolades and other highlights.
Fall 2023 Newhouse Impact Symposium
The Fall Newhouse Impact Symposium, sponsored by the Newhouse School’s Office of Research and Creative Activity, takes place Friday, Dec. 1! The symposium will showcase and celebrate the school’s wide range of student and faculty research and creative activities in an effort to create awareness and encourage communications and collaboration at Newhouse and across campus. For more information, visit the Newhouse events page.
Newhouse Impact Podcast
The Newhouse Impact podcast is a collaboration of the Newhouse School and WAER 88.3 to showcase research and creative work. On this episode, host Kevin Kloss chatted with Dan Pacheco, a professor of practice of magazine, news and digital journalism and the Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation at the Newhouse School.
Pacheco is the author of the book “Experimenting with Emerging Media Platforms.” Kloss and Pacheco discussed topics including wearable tech and future professional uses of artificial intelligence. Below is part of their conversation; to listen to the show, please visit the Newhouse Impact episode page.
Q: What was the motivation behind you deciding to write this?
Pacheco
The book really came out of a lot of things. First, it encapsulates a lot of what I’ve done in my career, even before I was a professor. I’ve been teaching at Newhouse for about 11 years now, which is amazing to me. I’ve never done anything this long before. But, before that, I did a lot of stuff in “new media,” which was when a new technology called the Internet showed up and you could actually use it. And it was just there. There was no textbook to tell you how to get started, you had to learn everything yourself. A lot of us did that and it really paid off.
So, then I came here, as a professor and the Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation. My job is to help students be prepared, to always be 10-20% ahead of change and ready to adopt. That was the second impetus for the book. It encapsulates what I teach, but also what I believe in. I want all our students who go into media careers to be changemakers.
Q: You did a lot of work for the book in summer 2022. Focusing in on that time, how hard was it to write a book about new developments and platforms in media? How much of a challenge is it to write about emerging media knowing that your work is not going to be consumed in the moment?
Pacheco
That’s always the challenge, even with teaching. The book does get into some currently emerging technologies, which have since changed. (Particularly with AI.) I did address that topic as well.
Along similar lines, I have a class called “Emerging Media Platforms” that I’ve been teaching for about the last six years, which has the same problem. But a process has emerged from this, from having hundreds of students go through the course. Basically, one approaches the problem through field-testing. The subtitle of my book is “Field-Testing the Future,” and that really is what you’re doing.
To use this process, you first find a problem. A small, but significant problem that involves a target audience. One that can be solved in a new way in a short amount of time with little to no money. For example, determining how to help a museum use augmented reality to reach people during a pandemic. (We actually had a lot of innovation like this during the pandemic because of how removed everyone was from one other.)
You then put things together. You create something really cool, but really focused. You have a target audience, and you get some data. In the startup world, which I came out of, they call this a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) approach. The book “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries also gets into this, though it’s focused on information media storytelling.
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Recent accolades, highlights and notes
Roy Gutterman participated in a conference on criminal trials, the first amendment, and the media.
Shaina Holmes was the VFX supervisor for the film “Creeping Death,” and was also the producer for the Official CDR animated explainer video in collaboration with Syracuse University’s Center for Disability Resources.
Holmes worked on a documentary last summer with Newhouse students called “The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli,” which premiered in May 2023 on PBS stations and streaming.
Makana Chock weighed in on the best Christmas movies.
Newhouse School Video Wall Wins EdScoop 50 University IT Innovation of the Year Award
The Newhouse School has been honored with an EdScoop 50 University IT Innovation of the Year Award for the dynamic digital video display that lines the south wall of the Newhouse I lobby.
EdScoop lauded Samsung’s “The Wall” display, which debuted in fall 2022, for providing a “vibrant canvas for storytelling.” Using a combination of graphics, photos and text, the display welcomes prospective students and visitors with a presentation that conveys the Newhouse School mission and highlights student experiences, awards and accomplishments.
Newhouse partnered with design firm Gensler and audio-visual provider Fusion Digital to support Samsung on the custom installation of five vertical MicroLED screen that work together to create the cohesive video wall.
Built into a wall featuring wood slats, the display captures the attention of prospective students and their families when they begin tours of the three-building Newhouse complex in the Newhouse I lobby outside the school’s Visitors Center.
The video wall elevates the tour experience and allows “future applicants to visualize themselves at the University while serving as a powerful reaffirmation to current Syracuse students of their decision to attend the school,” EdScoop said in announcing the award.
EdScoop’s Innovation of the Year honors are awarded to projects that use a “cutting-edge higher education approach to making operations more efficient or improving the student experience that embraces innovation.”
Anchor, Intern, Executive Producer: Newhouse Junior Makes Most of Opportunities
One of Jake Morel’s most cherished moments from his MSNBC internship was meeting Academy Award-nominated film director, Christopher Nolan.
Nolan didn’t just spend a couple minutes with him. He was gracious enough to allow Morel, a junior, to spend extended time with him, talking and walking around 30 Rockefeller Plaza, MSNBC’s home in midtown Manhattan.
This memorable experience was no chance encounter either, but a result of Morel’s hard work and determination to carve out a place for himself in the broadcast journalism industry.
“I’m a big fan of [Nolan], but the people that came on these shows I worked on every day are super accomplished. Just being around smart people every day I feel forced me to be smarter. That was always the goal,” Morel said.
Morel is a double major studying broadcast and digital journalism at Newhouse and political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Going into college, Morel wanted a place where he could learn about both journalism and politics.
“The goal in coming to Newhouse has always been to teach myself to do a profession that gives back and does something good for the world,” he said. “I wanted to learn whatever I can from everybody and anybody that would offer it to me.”
In two years, Morel has learned a lot, taking advantage of every opportunity. He’s gone from having no television experience out of high school to covering President Joe Biden during a visit to Syracuse and working at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Morel was a production intern at the iconic Big Apple address in the summer of 2023, using his connections from a previous internship at 13-WREX, a local NBC station, to secure this opportunity. At MSNBC, he assisted on the shows “Deadline: White House” and “The Beat with Ari Melber,” and did everything from conducting research for the anchors and helping edit videos, to making graphics and more.
He even got the chance to produce a full “The Beat with Ari Melber” segment that focused on one of former President Donald Trump’s indictments.
But what made his experience so valuable was the plethora of connections he made and getting the chance to learn from veteran journalists like Melber, Katy Tur and Ali Vitali.
“Working in 30 Rock is just unmatched because you get to walk by and meet all these people all the time,” he said. “What I tried to do is anytime I saw someone famous or successful, I would introduce myself.”
Besides Nolan, Morel got to meet other MSNBC personalities like civil rights activist Al Sharpton, or notable guests like hip-hop artists Jeezy and Chance the Rapper.
Morel not only impressed his summer employer, but his Newhouse professors, too.
Edecio Martinez, a BDJ professor of practice, recalled when Morel, as a first-year student in 2021, composed a long email presenting why he should be able to enroll in a Public Affairs Reporting (BDJ 530) course mainly designed for juniors and seniors. Impressed by his initiative, Martinez allowed Morel to enroll.
“Jake exemplifies the kind of student who fully embraces the opportunities provided by the Newhouse School,” Martinez said. “His proactive approach shows that he doesn’t merely seize opportunities, he creates them.”
Morel keeps creating opportunities for himself. Back in Syracuse, he continues his intern work remotely for “The Beat with Ari Melber.” Morel also anchors two shows on the student-run CitrusTV, where he anchors “News Live at 6” and the political analysis show “Talking Points.” He serves as executive producer for the economic news show “Market Shares” and leads promotions and recruiting for the station.
“I’ve had such a great experience here that I like being able to give back and show what that experience can be to them,” Morel said.
Max Gifford is a sophomore in the broadcast and digital journalism program at the Newhouse School.
Inaugural Weiss Lecture Series Speaker Rex Briggs Exudes Optimism for Future of AI
Communicators should experiment with artificial intelligence so that they can better understand the emerging technology and incorporate AI responsibly into marketing plans or other messaging, an award-winning researcher and author said.
Rex Briggs expressed so much optimism during a recent talk at the Newhouse School about the potential responsible uses of AI that he even bought a subscription to one AI system, GPT-4, for his sons so that they can test the system on their own.
Briggs sought to ignite curiosity about generative AI as the guest of the inaugural Jim Weiss Lecture Series on Nov. 9 at the Newhouse School. Briggs is the author of the forthcoming book, “The AI Conundrum,” which the publisher, The MIT Press, describes as exploring how biases and imprecision can lead to disastrous results for business and government entities that rely on the power of AI.
The lecture, which organizers plan to hold each year, and event are named after Jim Weiss ’87, founder and CEO of Real Chemistry, a global health innovation company. Together with his wife, Audra Weiss ’89, Weiss also founded the Newhouse School’s Weiss Center and sponsors the Real Chemistry Emerging Insights Lab.
“We should be embracing AI as much as possible,” said Briggs, as Weiss watched in the audience in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium during an opening presentation. Weiss later joined Briggs on stage for a question-and-answer session.
The two speakers created a comfortable environment in which students were able to ask burning questions about AI, and they empowered the students to start discussing, questioning and exploring AI from all angles.
“Everyone is talking about AI but few people really know what it is or how it works,” advertising professor and co-director of the Weiss Center, Beth Egan, said. “There are many misconceptions about what it can and cannot do. In order for AI to benefit—not harm—society, people need to gain a better understanding of what is happening when you work with generative AI tools such as ChatGPT.”
Briggs began his presentation with a game that demonstrated how audience members recognized a photo of reality star Kim Kardashian upside down, but AI could only recognize the same photo right-side up. Briggs showed the crowd that when presented with the upside down photo, AI’s response changed from “person” to “coal.” His main point: AI learns differently from humans.
“Our human variabilities are so strong that we can feel the inside of our pocket and identify it without looking at it,” Briggs said.
Weiss shared Briggs’ optimism about the potential positives for AI, including the capabilities to share important healthcare messaging with the public. Weiss shared that Real Chemistry is currently working on an AI-generated visual depicting the experiences of blood cancer patients.
“[AI] can help with human suffering and bring people together rather than push them apart,” Weiss said.
Briggs added that he has seen AI contribute to COVID-19 vaccination efforts by helping communicators understand how people are motivated by different forms of messaging.
“[AI] creates capabilities we didn’t have before,” Briggs said.
Through this lecture, Weiss and Briggs candidly acknowledged the limitations of AI while addressing the potential for mass productivity gains and audience understanding that has never been achieved before.
“We need to be ahead of how AI really works and how to build in safeguards,” Weiss said. “We need to understand what is and isn’t a risky bet to use AI responsibly.”
Julia Sassoon is a senior public relations major at the Newhouse School.
Public Relations Senior Helps Expand and Diversify Newhouse Social Media
Newhouse student Giana DiTolla was called into a meeting with the dean.
Was the senior nervous? Yes. Was she in trouble? Not in the slightest.
In fact, DiTolla, a public relations major, impressed Newhouse Dean Mark J. Lodato during her presentation in the spring about analytics for the school’s social media accounts. It’s rare for a student to provide that kind of detailed report to the dean.
The experience also shows the impact that DiTolla has had on Newhouse, especially as one of the leaders of the school’s student social media team.
“Dean Lodato was appreciative of my findings and the time I took to compile it all,” said DiTolla, who is on schedule to graduate in December. “I was incredibly nervous, but luckily my bosses were there to support me.”
She practiced and worked closely with faculty and staff who work with the student social media team, as well as Danielle Noriega, a Newhouse NYC faculty member who specializes in social media analytics.
During her presentation, DiTolla shared impressively researched information about the best performing content, year-over-year growth and diversity of student takeover demographics.
Throughout her time at Syracuse University, DiTolla’s leadership and organizational skills have shined at the Newhouse School.
She arrived at Syracuse after having grown up on the West Coast, itching for a new experience after high school. When choosing a university, her main priority was finding a school in the east with a strong public relations program.
“My grandma told me I’d work in PR before I even knew I was going to do it because I’m a people person and always wanted to talk with everyone,” she said. “My parents said that I was talking like an adult since I learned to speak.”
During DiTolla’s first year at the University, Newhouse NYC director Cheryl Brody Franklin and Newhouse director of admission Julie Walas asked her to post a takeover on the Newhouse Instagram page. Since then, DiTolla has transformed into a social media strategist, content creator and leader to her fellow students, helping to expand the school’s presence onto TikTok and greatly diversifying the type of content being posted.
“Giana is so easy to work with, and it’s why we have loved having her be part of the team since day one. She is the first student member of our student team, so she’s someone all the students look up to and respect. She’s professional, kind and organized,” Brody Franklin said.
DiTolla credits Newhouse social media’s growing success to an increase in stories featuring students from diverse backgrounds and organizations.
“We have a more targeted direction in terms of what we want our content to be and what types of stories we tell to show what the Newhouse school has to offer,” she said. “We have students and alumni in very cool spaces. There’s someone doing something cool every day.”
DiTolla aims to inspire prospective students who are viewing Newhouse through social media and ensure an easier college research process for those who may not be able to visit campus easily. She hopes to show current students the opportunities that are available to them by highlighting the involvement of their peers.
The Newhouse social media team increases in size every year, requiring DiTolla to buckle down on organization. She’s developed more concrete systems to manage the various roles of the team, created promo images, pitched ideas and organized detailed content calendars to schedule social posts, while also overseeing asset collection for Instagram takeovers.
“More and more people want to get involved with the Newhouse social media team to get their name out there and to start building a network within Newhouse,” DiTolla said.
She attributes her passion for communications to her PRL 214 course, Writing for News and Public Relations in a Digital Age. A class where, among many portfolio projects, she analyzed ice cream company Ben and Jerry’s’ corporate social advocacy efforts.
“She creatively assessed the relevance of committing to a controversial stance in a given political climate and recognized a company’s ability to raise awareness about societal issues,” said Erika Schneider, an assistant professor of public relations who taught the course. “Her ideas started conversations about PR ethics that are still relevant years later.”
In addition to Newhouse, DiTolla works in social media for two other campus organizations: Jerk Magazine and K-pop dance group Cuse Krew. She serves as the co-cultural chair of Asian Students in America and belongs to the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility student group working at the Syracuse Abroad office.
After graduation, she hopes to land a full-time role in social media, content strategy or creation, confident with what the Newhouse School has taught her.
“I’m so much better than when I came in,” DiTolla said. “I feel ready to go into the workforce because I understand the general structure of companies and I have a grasp of what I may do in the real world because of client work I’ve done in classes.”
Julia Sassoon is a senior public relations major at the Newhouse School.
Newhouse Advertising Senior Phoebe Gullingsrud Launches Digital Marketing Agency
Not even halfway through her senior year, and Phoebe Gullingsrud has her career plans in place after she earns her advertising degree from the Newhouse School.
Gullingsrud launched POV Brand Management this fall, what she describes as an innovative digital marketing agency that specializes in the Gen Z audience. A dual major in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises at the Whitman School of Management, Gullingsrud is the agency’s founder and CEO.
She has big ideas. POV offers multiple services to clients including social media management, strategic advising, content shoots, paid-ads and email marketing.
“POV” stands for “point of view,” and the agency has already had clients in the tourism, hospitality and health and wellness fields.
“The basis of what we do is help brands think of the message they want to send from the point of view of consumers to elevate impact,” Gullingsrud said. “The phrase ‘point of view’ has been a guiding principle of how we do our work.”
Gullingsrud said she was inspired in high school after joining DECA. In its mission statement, the international business organization states that it “prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.”
“I experienced an ‘aha!’ moment when I was able to uncover a business problem and strategically solve it utilizing an innovative approach to marketing through digital,” she said.
“Fast forward to my freshman year at Syracuse University, I was sitting in my business and communications classes and my brain was racing with ideas on how my learning could be applied to help real businesses.”
Gullingsrud initially started an agency called POV Marketing Co., which was in business from May 2021 to September 2023. The agency was relaunched Oct. 1, 2023 as POV Brand Management. The decision to relaunch the business stemmed from a desire to apply the knowledge and experience the team had accumulated at POV Marketing Co. to elevate the business from a side project to a sustainable venture that would ultimately lead them into their post-grad life.
The POV team also consists of chief creative officer Fiona Connolly, chief strategic implementation officer Whitney Krayer and director of public relations Heather McClure, who are all Syracuse University students. Other members—who found the agency through referrals or LinkedIn—are chief financial and operations officer Lauren Diaz (Boston College); chief strategy officer Melissa Garcia (University of Rhode Island); and integrated marketing specialist Sona Cyriac (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
“The team is the biggest asset I’ve built,” Gullingsrud said. “Having such a strong group of women who have the same vision of the potential of the business makes me feel really inspired for what our future might hold.”
They also hope to work with more brands focused on Generation Z, or those born from around 1997 to 2012.
“[The POV team] are all a part of Gen Z which, unlike most traditional marketing agencies, allows us to lead with cutting-edge digitally driven strategies,” Gullingsrud said.
“We understand the digital scope because we are a team of digital natives, and we can bridge traditional business objectives to digital strategies.”
She is setting an example for other entrepreneurial-minded students. The agency recently launched the podcast “POV: You’re Trending,” in which they share insights and advice for entrepreneurial-minded and digitally savvy listeners looking to use digital to pursue nontraditional careers.
The team plans to devote their full-time careers to the agency after graduating-working remotely for now until a physical headquarters is established-and look forward to using their curiosity, innovative strategies and digital marketing skills to continue growing their client base.
“After doing this business for two years in college, I realized that a lot of my generation doesn’t want to follow the conventional post-college career path of working a 9-5 in the corporate world,” Gullingsrud said. “A lot of people are more entrepreneurial and want to have more of a piece in the puzzle.”
Julia Sassoon is a senior public relations major at the Newhouse School.
Newhouse Television, Radio and Film Master’s Alumnus Honored for Documentary Featuring Star Syracuse Volleyball Player
A short documentary film about a star Syracuse volleyball player directed by Tien Tran G’ 23 won a 2023 Clio Sports Gold Award for best Student Film.
“Home” was the documentary directorial debut for Tran. The film followed outside hitter Polina Shemanova G’ 23, a two-time All-America Honorable Mention from St. Petersburg, Russia, and how she struggled with the definition of “home” as she balanced her life at Syracuse with her family life back in Russia.
Organizers have described the film as a “reflective and visual journey that transcends sports.”
Clio Sports honors the best in sports advertising and marketing around the world. “Home” will be eligible for a prestigious Grand Clios Award at the Clio Sports Awards ceremony on Dec. 6 in New York City.
Tran, a graduate of the television, radio and film (TRF) master’s program in the sports media and communications track, followed a similar path to graduate study at Newhouse as Shemanova, a graduate of the broadcast and digital journalism program who is now an assistant coach at Syracuse.
Tran and Shemanova finished their graduate studies in August. Tran is from Hanoi, Vietnam, where he is currently working as a freelancer.
“As someone who was living away from my home country, I personally relate a lot with Polina and that was one of reasons why I wanted to share her story,” Tran said.
Tran started the film in a sports documentary course taught by Jordan Kligerman, a visiting TRF assistant teaching professor with the Newhouse Sports Media Center. He produced and finished the project this past spring with 44 Films, a partnership between the Sports Media Center and the Syracuse University Department of Athletics.
Tran, who has a bachelor’s degree in communication and media studies from Manhattan College, said he was always interested in different types of storytelling, but hadn’t tried sports documentary until taking Kligerman’s class.
“I’ve always had different stories and concepts that I wanted to try, but never truly had a platform or the help I needed to bring those ideas to life,” Tran said. “This is why Professor Kligerman’s course, 44Films and the Sports Media Center office were so important in the process of making this film.”
“Home” also won the Award of Excellence in the Sports Competition category in the Broadcaster Educators Association’s Creative Competition.
Industry Experts Weigh In on Disney’s Acquisition of Comcast’s Stake in Hulu
As growing pains continue to plague the streaming industry, Disney is preparing to buy out Comcast’s stake in Hulu for at least $8.6 billion. It’s the latest sign of volatility in the space and a move that competitors are closely watching.
J. Christopher Hamilton is a Syracuse University professor with a background as a media executive and entertainment attorney. He took time to answer some questions about Disney’s plans and the potential implications for the industry.
What is the overall assessment from industry insiders about Disney buying out Comcast’s stake in Hulu?
“Overall, industry insiders think the Disney acquisition of Comcast’s stake in Hulu was an inevitable move that has the potential to benefit the future of Disney streaming. Disney previously announced that they want Hulu content to be on Disney + and the intention to create a “one app experience” combining the two. But like other streaming companies, Disney has been struggling with investor confidence and streaming profitability. Furthermore, streaming is a sinking ship these days and combining the two streaming services or trying to create bundle packages may not appeal to either of the services’ current audiences.”
How might other media companies/streamers respond to the move?
“Disney has been the market leader in streaming among the other legacy media companies. Netflix is even watching Disney’s revenue from ad-supported content to compare it to the potential variability of its AVOD offering, as well as trying to model a broader content offering (sports and gaming) based on Disney’s success.”
Newhouse Welcomes Back Alumnus David Oh, Returning as 12th New Full-Time Faculty Member in 2023-24
David Oh, an alumnus of the Ph.D. and master’s programs at Newhouse, will return to his alma mater in the spring as an associate professor of communications. He will teach classes in media and diversity and cultural theory.
Oh arrives from Ramapo College of New Jersey, where he taught courses on media, audiences and identity, as well as research methods. Oh’s research focuses on topics including Asian American representations in popular and digital culture and Asian American identities and media.
He is the author of “Whitewashing the Movies: Asian Erasure and White Subjectivity in U.S. Film Culture” (2022) and “Second- Generation Korean Americans and Transnational Media: Diasporic Identifications,” along with over 30 journal articles and other works.
Oh was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea in 2017-18. He earned a Ph.D. in mass communications from Newhouse in 2007 and a master’s in broadcast journalism (now the broadcast and digital journalism program) in 2000. Oh also holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Baylor University and a certificate of completion in Korean Language from Yonsei University.
Newhouse welcomed 11 new full-time faculty members in the Fall 2023 semester.