Alumni Profiles

As an associate strategy director at the New York-based ad agency Annex88, Chelsea Coleman influences some big-time campaigns.
Bilingual, tech savvy, and dynamic, Grace Hashiguchi landed a job with global PR firm Edelman San Francisco.
Multimedia journalist, digital editor, photographer, and SOJC alum Polly Irungu went from NPR to becoming the official photo editor for the Biden-Harris Administration’s Office of the Vice President.
Documentary filmmaker Sonia De La Cruz uses her keen eye and creative intellect to help bring about positive change in the home health care industry.
By day, Jules Walters was a city councilor for West Linn, Oregon. By night, she tackled her master’s degree in strategic communication.
Bryce Macher uses his media expertise gained in the Communication and Media Studies PhD program to improve brand strength and customer hospitality for international hotel giant Hilton.
The late Randy Shilts, SOJC alum, journalist, and author, was perhaps the most significant gay journalist of the 20th century.
At UO, Cameron Rogers covered Ducks football and basketball as an intern for CBS’s 247 Sports. He parlayed those narrative skills into a job as an e-commerce specialist for men's activewear.