1922
The University’s first journalism class is offered in the Department of English, taught by 鶹ӳ alumna and Reno reporter Laura Ambler.
1923
Alfred Higginbotham, known as Higgy, joined the English department faculty as the first full-time journalism professor.
1924
Eleven students graduate from the University with the first journalism degrees.
1945
The Department of Journalism is established by the University, recognizing Higgy’s efforts to build the major.
1970
The department is nationally accredited for the first time by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications; we have been continuously accredited ever since.
1983
Media magnate Donald W. Reynolds makes a major gift to the department to hire four distinguished professionals as Reynolds Visiting Professors, beginning a relationship of more than three decades of generous support through the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
1984
The Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of 鶹ӳ (today NSHE) promotes the department to the status of a freestanding school by creating the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism and Center for Advanced Media Studies.
1992
The Reynolds School’s new building is opened, with the funding support of the Reynolds Foundation, the State of 鶹ӳ and individual donors.
2003
A team of Reynolds School students wins the National Student Advertising Competition championship.
2011
The Reynolds School building undergoes an $8 million renovation and technology upgrade, bringing our facilities to the leading edge of journalism education.
2018
The Reynolds School is awarded the Online News Association’s Grand Prize for Innovation in Journalism Education.
2018
The University’s public radio station, KUNR, is brought under the oversight of the Reynolds School.
2019
The Reynolds School is honored with the Equity and Diversity Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
2022
The Reynolds School marks its centennial with a campus celebration and the production of a documentary film on the program’s history.
2024
Al Stavitsky, the School’s longest-serving dean, steps down after 12 years in the role and is succeeded by Gi Woong Yun, the previous RSJ associate dean, selected in a national search.