| 1909 |
The University of Colorado begins offering journalism instruction in the Department of English. |
| 1919 |
Journalism program granted Sigma Delta Chi (Society of Professional Journalists) charter. |
| 1922 |
University establishes the Department of Journalism in the College of Arts and Sciences with two instructors and 25 students. Undergraduate degree focuses primarily on newspaper reporting and editing with an emphasis on service to the press in Colorado. |
| 1922 |
Program holds the first annual Colorado state high school publications conference on the Boulder campus. The school hosts that event through 2001. |
| 1932 |
Journalism program granted accreditation. |
| 1934 |
Journalism receives charters for Sigma Theta Phi, now known as Association for Women in Communications, and the Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honors society. |
| 1937 |
Department becomes a college within the College of Arts and Sciences. |
| 1948 |
News-editorial sequence accredited by the new ACEJ, the American Council on Education in Journalism. Program begins offering courses in advertising and broadcast news. |
| 1954 |
College moves from Old Main basement to Hellems West. |
| 1955 |
Advertising formalized as a sequence and accredited for the first time. |
| 1962 |
Board of Regents authorizes a separate School of Journalism. Five faculty and a single staff member serve 50 students. |
| 1964 |
School temporarily moves to basement of Hellems Hall. |
| 1964 |
First bachelor of science degree in journalism awarded to Jack Dryden. |
| 1964 |
School introduces a master's program with three emphases: broadcast and print, interdisciplinary professional news skills for both marketing communication and mass communication research. |
| 1965 |
First MA awarded to Joanne Arnold. School moves to Macky west wing. Basement classrooms, darkroom and other offices added. Undergraduate enrollment at 141. |
| 1966 |
Broadcast news becomes a sequence. |
| 1970 |
Undergraduate enrollment reaches 401. |
| 1976 |
Reporting lab equipped with electric typewriters. |
| 1981 |
Broadcast production and management added as a sequence when aspects of broadcast instruction existing elsewhere on campus are folded into the school. |
| 1986 |
Part of school moves temporarily to basement of McKenna Hall while Macky undergoes asbestos abatement and containment. Part of the second floor in Macky's east wing obtained for dean's office and reception. |
| 1986 |
Renamed the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Faculty grows to 15 with a staff of four and a student population of 390, including 50 master's students. Labs equipped with computers. |
| 1989 |
School adds offices in Norlin Library and expands into more rooms in Macky. |
| 1989 |
School inaugurates PhD program in the advanced interdisciplinary aspects of media studies and communications research. |
| 1992 |
First integrated marketing communications courses offered. |
| 1993 |
School creates Center for Environmental Journalism and adds media studies sequence. |
| 1993 |
First PhD awarded to Jim Redmond. |
| 1993 |
Mass communication research master's revised. |
| 1996 |
School continues to expand into more offices in Macky. |
| 1997 |
Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism moves to CU. |
2000 |
As it celebrates the beginning of its 10th decade at the university, the program remains one of only two accredited journalism and mass communication programs in Colorado and is the only one to offer a full range of undergraduate and graduate degrees. Program serves more than 800 students with 300 in prejournalism, 400 undergraduate students, about 125 in the master's program, and 30 in the PhD program. |
| July 2000 |
School of Journalism and Mass Communication bids farewell to Macky Auditorium; sets up shop in the Armory. |
| 2001 |
First endowed chair, The James de Castro chair in global media studies, is created. |
| 2001 |
School accepts sophomores into sequences increasing admitted student body to more than 600 undergraduate students. It also serves more than 600 prejournalism students. Graduate students number about 125. |
| 2004 |
Professor Bella Mody named first holder of The James
de Castro chair in global media studies. |
| 2006 |
Center for Media, Religion and Culture created. |
| 2006 |
Advertising a2b certificate program for non-advertising majors, premiers as a Maymester program. |
| 2007 |
Bylines Briefly, a monthly emailed newsletter, is launched. |
| Paul S. Voakes |
July 2003 to present |
| Stewart M. Hoover, interim dean |
March 2002 to June 2003 |
| Del Brinkman, dean |
January 2001 to March 2002 |
| Stewart M. Hoover, interim dean |
July 1999 to January 2001 |
| Willard D. Rowland, Jr., dean |
August 1987 to June 1999 |
| Joanne E. Arnold, acting dean |
January 1987 to August 1987 |
| Russell Shain, dean |
1977 to December 1986 |
| Mort Stern, dean |
July 1974 to 1977 |
| Don S. Somerville, acting dean |
September 1973 to June 1974 |
| James E. Brinton, dean |
July 1966 to June 1973 |
| Floyd K. Baskette, acting dean |
June 1965 to June 1966 |
| Charles T. Duncan, dean |
July 1962 to December 1964 |
| Floyd K. Baskette, acting director |
1962 |
| A. Gayle Waldrop, director |
1949 to 1962 |
| Ralph Crosman, director |
1937 to 1948 |
| Ralph Crosman, head |
1922 to 1937 |
