Real World Experience

Through its internship program, the Media & Communications program places students at newspapers, magazines, television outlets, and radio stations where they apply techniques and concepts learned in the classroom in the real-world media environment.

With the College's proximity to Long Island's commercial centers and metropolitan New York City, students have the advantage of identifying the experience that best suits their talents and goals. Here's just a short list of some of the places where Old Westbury Media & Communications students have recently interned:

• ABC News, New York, N.Y.
• Anton Community Newspapers, Mineola, N.Y.
• Automobile Club of New York, Garden City, N.Y.
• Fox News Channel, New York, N.Y.
• MTV, New York, N.Y.
• MWW Group, New York, N.Y.
• New York Mets, Flushing, N.Y.
• News 12 Long Island, Bethpage, N.Y.
• Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
• Sony Music Distribution, New York, N.Y.
• Suffolk Life Newspapers, Riverhead, N.Y.
• USA Network, New York, N.Y.

For more information on internships available to American Studies and Media & Communications majors, contact Professor Karl Grossman, Academic Village B-321, (516) 876-3107, grossmank@oldwestbury.edu.

Did You Know?

Maryann De Leo, a 1977 graduate of the Media & Communications program within the American Studies Department, was honored with an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category at the 76th Annual Academy Awards for her work as producer and director of "Chernobyl Heart," a film about the effects of radiation on the children of Belarus, Russia, 16 years after the infamous nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl.

35 Old Westbury students gave up their traditional Spring Break rituals in 2006 and instead volunteered their time and effort in New Orleans to aid recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Women's volleyball coach, Marjahna Vickers, was named the 2005-06 College Female Coach of the Year by the Nassau County Sports Commission after leading the Lady Panthers to 21 wins and the most successful season in the program's history.