Kansas State University A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication

Degrees offered

The school offers B.S. and B.A. degrees in Advertising and Public Relations, Communication Studies, Digital Innovation in Media, and News and Sports Media, along with minors, certificates, and advanced degrees. An online certificate in social media strategy is also offered.

Programs and emphasis

The school is home to the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media and hosts the Journalism Education Association, the only independent national scholastic journalism education organization for teachers and advisers. All academic programs are accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

History

Kansas State University offered printing classes as early as 1874 in the basement of Kedzie Hall, making it the first American university to offer a newspaper-printing program. In 1910, K-State became the second U.S. university to offer a journalism program, after the University of Missouri, when it hired Kansas City Star journalist Charles J. Dillon. The word "mass communications" was added to the school's name in 1971. In 1987, Carl Miller, a K-State alumnus and founding editor of the Wall Street Journal's Pacific coast edition, funded a gift that led to the school being named for his father, Kansas publisher Alexander Quintella (A.Q.) Miller Sr. In 2022, the school merged with the Department of Communication Studies to become the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication.

Key faculty and leadership

Heather Woods: Director of the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication, named to the role in 2024 after serving as interim director since November 2023; she helped facilitate the 2022 merger of the school and the communication studies department.

Student-run media

The Collegian newspaper and Manhappenin' magazine, produced by the Collegian Media Group, have both received national Pacemaker Award finalist recognition.

Location and contact info

Address
105 Kedzie Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506-1501
Website
https://www.k-state.edu/media-communication/