Scripps College history

Accepted by the new college and began classes in 1927.

1936 The School of Journalism is created as part of the College of Commerce (now the College of Business) and is housed on the ground floor of Ewing Hall.

Discusses the founding of Mary B. Eyre Nursery School and her coming to Scripps in 1939 to head the Nursery School and then to offer college courses through it.

Details the early years of Scripps College, where she was a faculty member and the controversy culminating in President Ernest Jaqua’s resignation in 1941.

On 1943, she married Gregg Anderson, co-founder of the Anderson-Ritchie Press in Los Angeles.

In 1955, she married French R. Fogle, who later served on the faculty in English at Claremont Graduate School.

Beginning in 1964, she served on the Educational Policy Committee, for nine years its chairman.

Shirk joined the Scripps College Board and served in that position until 1966.

1968 The College of Communication is established.

1970 The schools of Radio-Television and Journalism move into the new $4.1 million Radio-Television Building.

Additional national recognition for the college includes five winners of the College Photographer of the Year award since 1978 and 25 Pulitzer Prizes won by its alums.

She was a founding member of the Ellen Browning Scripps Associates and received its award in 1980 for distinguished service to the college.

1982 The Scripps Howard Foundation provides a $1.5 million endowment, and the School of Journalism is renamed the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

1983 The School of Radio-Television becomes the School of Telecommunications, today one of the largest programs of its kind in the United States.

1984 The renovation of Carnegie Hall into Scripps Hall begins.

Following her absence from California she was named to the college board, and served until her retirement in 1985.

Five years later, it is designated a school, and in 1988 it becomes the J. Warren McClure School of Communication Systems Management to recognize the contributions of the Ohio University alumnus and former Gannett Co. executive.

2003 The School of Interpersonal Communication, which has been recognized with top 10 rankings for its organizational and health communication doctoral programs, changes its name to the School of Communication Studies.

2005 The Telecommunications Center changes its name to the WOUB Center for Public Media.

The youngest of the schools in the college and the first of its kind in the state, it is renamed the J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems in 2006.

2010 The Scripps College of Communication is named a Center of Excellence for Culture and Societal Transformation in the State of Ohio by the Ohio Board of Regents.

In 2014, the college began admitting transgender women.

Primary benefactor Barbara Geralds made a $1.1M commitment to the Storytelling Institute, which was approved by the Ohio University Board of Trustees on Friday, June 26, 2015.

2016 The Social Media Analytics Research Team (SMART) Lab opens in mid-May and has the ability to research and analyze the impact of social media on surrounding specific events or organizations.