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.
Previous Speakers Archive
| Year | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Melanie Newman, MLB play-by-play broadcaster |
| Spring 2026 | Cynthia Round, brand strategist |
| Fall 2025 | Kinga Phillips, actress and journalist |
| Spring 2025 | Tracy Harlow, vice president of corporate communications, Walmart |
| Fall 2024 | Holly Rowe, sports telecaster, ESPN |
| Spring 2024 | Brian McGrory, former editor of the Boston Globe |
| Fall 2023 | Ashley Fox, sports journalist |
| Spring 2023 | Jacob Johnson, CEO of Getwit.com |
| Fall 2022 | Julie Banderas, FOX News Channel |