July 7, 2020
McClure's first blog post of the year starts with Augustine Sekyere!
J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies
At their June 21, 2019 meeting the Ohio University Board of Trustees approved the creation of the J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies by combining the J. Warren McClure School of Information Telecommunication Systems and the Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab.
The McClure School continues to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in information and telecommunication systems, preparing students for careers in this fast-growing industry. Jobs in the information and telecommunication systems field are projected to grow by up to 30 percent by 2020. If you want a career working with technology, in a business setting, this is the place for you.
The GRID Lab was established in 2005 as a special initiative of the college. The lab conducts research and produces content largely centering on augmented, virtual and mixed reality. In the near future, new academic programs focusing on virtual reality and game design are being planned.
95%
Alumni of the ITS undergraduate degree who are either employed or in graduate school
$5 Million
External R&D contracts awarded to the GRID Lab
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State-of-the-art lab facilities for experimentation in IT, VR, and game design
100
Students enrolled in the Bachelor and Masters degree programs of the McClure School
Featured News
Alumna Spotlight - Kat Karney, BSC '09
July 2, 2020
Kat Karney, BSC '09, works as senior vendor manager for Progressive Insurance in Cleveland, Ohio.
Alumnus Spotlight - Khader Alshaar, BSC '16, MBA '20 (expected)
June 25, 2020
Khader Alshaar, BSC ’16, MBA ’20 (expected,) now works remotely from Cleveland as a senior professional services consultant for Epicor, which is based in Austin, Texas.
College offers new communication-related graduate certificates starting with Crisis Communication
June 15, 2020
Four new online graduate certificates are being launched, focused on crisis communication, media training and digital media project management. The certificates can be stacked toward the online master's degree in organizational communication. A crisis communication workshop, counting as a credit hour toward the certificate, will be held online on August 1, 2020.
McClure School Blog
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July 7, 2020
Abdul Basiet gives advice to McClure students and talks about the merger of the GRID lab!
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June 15, 2020
Charles Linscott appointed McClure School Undergraduate Director for fall semester.