Patti and Ken Moyes Speaker Series

The Patti and Ken Moyes Speaker Series brings in industry professionals each semester to interact with students. It supports the school’s three majors — multimedia journalism, strategic communications and sports media — and gives students a chance to interact with professionals currently working at the highest levels in the fields they study. Generously sponsored by Ken Moyes and his late wife, Patti, these professionals do more than simply speak to a large crowd of students. They spend a day interacting with students over meals and in other small interpersonal settings. Many continue contact with students they meet long after speaking at OSU. The event is held once each semester.

Upcoming Speakers

Spring 2025

The Patti and Ken Moyes Speaker Series presents:

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Tracy Harlow, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Walmart

March 26, 2025, 4 p.m.

Alumni Center

Admission is Free

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An OSU alumna and Walmart’s vice president of corporate communications, Tracy is an accredited business communicator with 30 years of corporate experience. She is responsible for overseeing external and internal communications strategies that support Walmart’s U.S. business and its 1.6 million associates, developing company narratives and protecting the company's reputation.