Media

The Steve Gruber Show on October 1, 2019: Discussing rail infrastructure and my column in The Detroit News, “Investing in railways helps fix roads.“

91.7 WVXU Cincinnati Public Radio (NPR) on September 11, 2019: An interview with Michael Monks of Cincinnati Edition in which I advocated for the humanities and history major alongside Miami English Professor Tim Melley.

The Steve Gruber Show on July 10, 2019: Discussing my column in The Detroit News, “Infrastructure is the key to 2020 presidential election.” (Video available on America’s Voice.)

USA Today feature of 2019 commencement speakers on June 15, 2019: “Jacob A. Bruggeman, chair of the Dean’s Student Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Miami University: ‘Ours is a society not too concerned with the past. History has become a pastime — though it remains a major for super cool people like me. What matters most to most people is the next big thing, and we’ve constructed our communities and personalities around the anticipation of whatever that thing is. […] Dwelling in the past is not reading dusty scrolls. … Dwelling in the past is not nostalgia. […] To dwell in the past is to make it into our home, to interpret and reinterpret it for us — to help us live better here and now, and in the future.'”

Miami University College of Education, Health and Society on April 11, 2019: “Miami University announces the launch of an official new podcast, Major Insight, which explores what college students can achieve when ambition meets opportunity […] Hosted by Miami honors student Jacob Bruggeman, each episode gives listeners an insightful look into how students are navigating 21st century academic life. Bruggeman’s interviews highlight the personal journeys of each guest, as well as their contributions to a variety of fields.”

Campus Reform on September 19, 2018:
“[Jacob] add[ed] that ‘just as Miami must aspire to being a campus that promotes free and open inquiry, it must also be a campus that works to accept and welcome individuals from backgrounds or demographics that, historically, haven’t been very present on Miami’s campus.'”

Miami University Campus News on September 12, 2018: Mentioned as one of one of twelve Miami students recipients of the 2018 Provost’s Student Academic Achievement Award (PSAAA).

Miami University’s Instagram on July 11, 2018:
“Student. Researcher. Powerhouse. Jacob Bruggeman `19 uses a humanistic approach to address the most critical problems facing society.” 

Miami University’s Campus News on May 17, 2018, for an honorable mention in the spring semester #MiamiOH_Poem competition.

Miami University Campus News on March 8, 2018:
“Juniors Jacob Bruggeman, a history and political science double major from Brunswick, and Miranda Woods, an architecture major from Washington, D.C., have each been awarded Miami’s Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Prize for the 2018-2019 academic year.”

Dayton Daily News on July 9, 2017:
“For 20-year-old Jacob Bruggeman, a junior at Miami University in Oxford, he believes winning for Democrats means changing perspectives, or at least softening them, by engaging more with residents.”

cleveland.com on June 2, 2017:
“Miami University student Jacob Bruggeman was one of 15 students nationwide to receive a 2017 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award. Bruggeman, from Brunswick, is earning a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History, Political Science.”
(Reappearing in In brunswickpost.com on June 24, 2017.)

The Miami Student on October 31, 2017:
“Though the mission of the Janus Forum is to ‘discuss opposing views freely and passionately,’ the nearly 90 minute discussion moderated by junior Jacob Bruggeman in Wilks Theater was mostly an agreement: The national debt is too big, and we should focus on its reduction.”

CAS News on May 9, 2017:
“‘In his two years at Miami University, Jacob has become a powerhouse among history students,’ noted Wietse de Boer, chair and professor of history. ‘His intellectual curiosity, energy, and initiative appear to be boundless. He is keen on taking advantage of every opportunity that Miami has to offer.'”