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3CI CONNECT • Spring 2013

As we welcome in the New Year, I am pleased to share with you the first issue of our new magazine, CI Connect.

It is our goal to reinforce the connection with our alumni and friends. By celebrating our past successes and sharing with you our major plans for the future, we hope to strengthen our supportive relationship. I could not be more

proud of our achievements this past year as they are a direct reflection of our storied past and an indication of our promising future.

CI is recognized as one of the two fastest growing colleges at the University of Kentucky, excelling not only in enrollment and retention, but in overall student success. We continue to make improvements to our curriculum guaranteed to change the landscape of education.

In 2012, we changed our name to the College of Communication and Information. The new, shorter name more accurately reflects all of the disciplines at the college level and reduces redundancy in the names of our units. We welcomed the Debate program back to our college and helped facilitate their continued record of achievement on a state and national level.

The Division of Instructional Communication continued to play an extremely important role in the UK core curriculum delivering cutting-edge education in integrated communication skills. It also provided Communication program visibility and experience to all students across UK’s campus.

Our Communication students continued their record of achievement through undergraduate research and creative pursuits inside and outside of the classroom. Students welcomed the addition of courses with real-life application and opportunities to gain career-oriented insight through apprenticeship offerings.

Students from the School of Journalism and Telecommunications continued to attain top national rankings from the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and numerous state and regional American Advertising Federation competitions. This past summer, several Integrated Strategic Communication students traveled to Cape Town, South Africa where they used their classroom knowledge to develop professional branding and advertising campaigns that were implemented by two South African child welfare agencies.

Our School of Library and Information Science recently expanded its program to include an online undergraduate minor in information science. Not only do they continue to pave the way in distance learning, their enrollment is at its highest level and spans across 30 states.

Our Graduate Program in Communication maintained its top national rankings and continued to recruit some of the best scholars from around the country. Our students take after their faculty mentors—continually excelling in research productivity. At the recent National Communication Association conference, the college experienced record attendance, with 20 M.A. and Ph.D. students presenting research, and three student top-paper distinction awards.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of our students and programs. Your contributions of time, financial support and internship opportunities help our students to thrive in the classroom and beyond graduation.

Please feel free to contact me any time to discuss your ideas for our college. We hope you understand that staying connected to our alumni and friends is very important to the success of our college. Because of you, we are able to say we are one of the best colleges at this university.

H. Dan O’Hair

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sChOOl Of JOUrnAlIsm And TeleCOmmUnICATIOns

School of Journalism and Telecommunications alumni, students and faculty have been engaged in a number of activities during the past year. A few highlights:

•FiveIntegratedStrategicCommunicationgraduates working in Louisville talked with current students about career opportunities in that city. Six Journalism graduates visited campus to discuss the need for journalists to be able to report across media platforms. Both groups spoke as part of the Richard G. Wilson Alumni Speakers Symposium series.

•Theschool’sstudentsfinished10thintheHearst News Writing Competition. This included two top five performances in spot news. The competition is open to students in programs accredited by the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Journalism student aaron Smith won the first David Dick “What a Great Story!” Storytelling Award.

•Studentsfromtheschool’swebdesignandconvergence courses participated in the annual crisis simulation with UK’s Patterson School of International Diplomacy and Commerce. The JAT students ran two multimedia web sites covering the unfolding events in a simulation scenario of terrorist attacks in the U.S. and Mexico.

•Inadditiontoopportunitieswithstudentmediaoutlets, the school’s students report online at bluecoastlive. wordpress.com, report and produce a daily live television newscast through the UK Student News Network, and provide the morning news and the weekly “Campus Voices” public affairs program on WRFL.

•Sixmembersoftheschool’sfacultyvisited southern Africa during the past year for activities related to the school’s on-going partnerships with media entities in Botswana and Zambia.

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•TheDepartmentofCommunicationremainsproudoftheir award-winning faculty, and welcomes the addition of two new members: dr. Matthew Savage and dr. patric Spence.

•dr. donald W. helme received the 2012 Kentucky Communication Associations’ Graduate Mentor Award. In addition, dr. derek Lane received a Faculty Partner Award, recognizing a member of the UK faculty who has demonstrated significant support for the Division of Student Affairs, the division’s programs and services, and the overall quality of campus life. dr. Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles not only received an Interprofessional Education Collaborative Development Award from MedEdPortal and the American Association of Medical Colleges, she was also awarded the Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award for the Applied Communication Division of NCA.

•Communicationfacultyremainengagedingrant-funded research. drs. timothy L. Sellnow, Shari Veil, and Brandi Frisby are currently seeking to identify effective strategies for collaborating with traditional and social media to share crisis messages. The project is sponsored by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence and is just one example of many outstanding faculty collaborations.

•After37yearsofservicetotheUniversityofKentucky, one of the Department of Communication’s most respected and beloved professors, dr. philip palmgreen, has retired. In honor of his dedication to the program and his commitment to teaching, the college has established the Philip Palmgreen Fellowship, to be awarded to a graduate student who focuses on health communication research and shows a commitment to excellence in the program.

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•TheSchoolofLibraryandInformationScience welcomed two new faculty members Fall 2012. Shannon Oltmann joined the faculty as a tenure-track assistant professor. She received her Ph.D. in Information Science with a minor in Political Science from Indiana University. Jamey herdelin joined the faculty as a one-year visiting assistant professor to oversee the School Library Media program. She is working on her Ph.D. in Education and Social Change at Bellarmine University. Also during Fall 2012, donald case announced his plans to begin phased retirement 2013–2014.


•TheUniversityofKentuckySLISwasinvitedto participate in 2012 alternative spring break programs at the Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine. A total of seven students were selected to participate. The alternative spring break programs pair each student with a practicing librarian at the host institution. Students spend the week of spring break working on a particular project and becoming more familiar with the host institution. The week concludes with a celebration where students showcase the work they have accomplished. UK SLIS will expand its alternative spring break program in 2013 to include the National Archives as well as the Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine.

•InFall2012,theUK Alumni News magazine featured SLIS as being only one of two online master’s programs offered at the university. Beyond notable success with UK’s Distance Learning programs, enrollment in the School of Library and Information Science continues to grow, with students located in over 30 states across the country.

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•TheGraduatePrograminCommunicationcontinuesto celebrate a long-standing tradition of recruiting excellent graduate students and giving them ample research opportunities. In the previous academic year, graduate students presented a combined 44 competitive papers at regional, national, and international conferences. In the same time period, 50% of graduate students published at least one article in a refereed journal, and nearly half are currently involved in funded research.

•FivedoctoralstudentswerealsoawardedFellowships by the UK Graduate School in the current academic year. Lisanne grant received a Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship for recruiting excellent students who contribute to UK’s compelling interest in diversity. Matthew pavalek was recently awarded an endowed gift from the Lexington Herald-Leader for the study of journalism in an applied setting. Elizabeth petrun and robert Zuercher were awarded Fellowships based on their exceptional performance on the Graduate Records Examination. Petrun received the Kentucky Opportunity Fellowship and Zuercher was awarded the Graduate School Academic Year Fellowship. Finally, Sarah Vos received the Daniel R. Reedy Quality Achievement Fellowship given to aid in the recruitment of outstanding applicants. The fact that these students were selected through a university-wide competition is further evidence of the outstanding students our graduate program attracts.

•Wecontinuetoenhancethecurriculuminthegraduate program to address changes in our discipline. This fall, the graduate faculty in the college approved a certificate in Instructional Communication. The certificate supports the study of instructional messages in all settings—ranging from risk communication to classroom teaching. The graduate faculty are currently exploring the opportunity to add courses that address a growing interest among our graduate students in Information Communication Technology.

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•TheDivisionofInstructionalCommunication, the newest unit in the College, is proud to have served more than 2,100 first year students Fall 2012 in its integrated multimodal composition and communication courses as part of the new UKCore.

•Thedivisionalsowelcomedfivenewfacultymembers Fall 2012. patric Spence joined the faculty as a tenure-track associate professor to oversee the new Strategic Business and Professional Communication course sequence designed for students majoring in the College of Business and Economics, as well as three new full-time lecturers to teach in that program (carla Bevins, Joanne cattafesta, and rachel price). Schyler Simpson joined the faculty as a jointly appointed lecturer and undergraduate advisor for the college.

•Thedivisioncontinuestocollaboratewithpartnersacross the college, university, and state to recruit and retain the best and brightest undergraduates in a number of ways. For example, students can earn course credit as tutors in the MC3 Lab under the tutelage of its director, dr. Jeff Vancleave. They can also earn course credit for serving as instructional communication apprentices assisting faculty members who teach large courses across the college.

•Wearealsoproudoftheimportantroleourcompetitive forensics (debate and speech) program plays in recruiting, retaining, and graduating highly competent communicators. The program has expanded its scope beyond competitive debate to also offer an all-star individual events speech team. And by hosting the Kentucky High School Speech League state tournaments each spring, nearly 1,000 of the brightest high school students across Kentucky spend several days on campus getting excited about coming to UK for college.

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Lois Mai chan Enrichment Fund

The Lois Mai Chan Enrichment Fund was established this year by Dr. Deanna Marcum to honor Dr. Lois Mai Chan for her hard work and dedication to the University of Kentucky.

“I wanted to do something for the school. I’m now

in the final stages of my career and I realize that education made a difference, and I decided that any money I can contribute will go toward education,” Marcum said. Marcum completed her degree at the University of Kentucky in 1971.

Dr. Jeff Huber, director of the School of Library and Information Science, said Marcum is an amazing person.

“She is the former Associate Librarian for Library Services in the Library of Congress. She supervised about 3,500

employees in that capacity,” Huber said. “And Lois was one of her instructors, so Lois has given many people a foundation from which to build their careers.”

Marcum said Chan was a big influence, so she wanted to recognize her with the fund. “She was my cataloging professor. I thought she was a fantastic teacher, and I kept up with her my entire career. She was such a modest teacher, and that’s why I wanted to highlight what a difference she made. I see her as a kind of anchor for the school,” Marcum said.

Chan taught at UK for over 40 years, and “has an incredibly rich history of supporting students,” Huber said. “She is one of the world’s leaders in how information is organized, so by creating this fund it simply extends what she’s been doing for many, many years.”

The fund will likely turn into a scholarship for students, but Marcum said the money could be used for anything that the school needed, such as travel expenses or presentations. This spring, Chan also had a room dedicated to her in the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center to celebrate all she did at UK. Chan retired in December 2011.

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In 2012, several new funds were established in the College of Communication and Information, proving once again that our donors are overwhelmingly generous. The variety of gifts received are helping to make each school more competitive by educating students with the best professors, quality research and unique opportunities. The College of Communication and Information has already seen the positive effects of these unique donations.

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douglas a. and carole a. Boyd professorship

Douglas A. and Carole A. Boyd’s generous contribution has secured a Professorship in Communication. From Dr. Douglas A. Boyd’s experience as dean of the college from 1987–1998 and his twelve-years as a professor of communication, he saw a lot of things he could do to help. Originally, Boyd and his wife Carole looked into creating a study abroad scholarship, but as they saw more opportunities for abroad students being created, they decided on something more permanent.

“Carole and I wanted to do something of a lasting nature for the department and college. We created the endowment in the late spring of 2011, thinking that at some point in 2012 there would be sufficient money to make an award. This is what happened with the recent announcement (of the professorship),” Boyd said.

Professor nancy Grant Harrington is the first recipient of the award. Boyd said she wears the “Triple Crown.” “She’s an excellent researcher, an excellent teacher and excellent in service,” Boyd said. “Given nancy’s history of being a productive researcher, we hope funds will help with data collection, analysis and attending conferences”.

irwin Warren Endowed Lecture Series

The new Irwin Warren Endowed Lecture Series will benefit the School of Journalism and Telecommunications this spring. The school currently has the Bowling Lecture for

public relations and the Creason Lecture for journalism. The Irwin Warren Lecture Series will focus on advertising.

Donor Pat D. Mutchler has been working closely with Dr. Beth Barnes, director of the school, to set-up a speaker for the spring. Barnes said the series will do great things for the department.

“It’s beneficial for students because it will help them see what direction their career might take. But it’s just as beneficial for faculty because they’ll have an opportunity to talk with this person and connect with what’s going on in the industry,” Barnes said.

The speaker will be on campus for a full day in the spring. He or she will be able to visit students in classrooms and have discussions with faculty. Mutchler said the reason he decided to create the lecture was “pretty simple: I decided to do something to give back to UK.” He said that he worked closely with Barnes and they decided on the lecture series because it would expose students to speakers they wouldn’t normally have access to.

“My hope is that it brings both ideas and people in advertising to UK, and that it helps students develop a deeper understanding of advertising,” Mutchler said.

Irwin Warren was a prominent figure in the advertising industry. He was the senior creative director at McCann Erikson, the largest advertising agency in the world, when he retired in 2006, according to The New York Times.

“Irwin was someone I knew and worked with for about 20 years. He passed recently and I regard him as a good friend. I wanted to find a way to recognize him,” Mutchler said.

The speaker for the spring could not yet be revealed, but it will be someone with a lot of prominence in the advertising industry.

John r. “Jack” guthrie Editor’s Scholarship in honor of J.a. Mccauley and Lewis donohew

The John R. “Jack” Guthrie Editor’s Scholarship in Honor of Professor J.A. McCauley and Dr. Lewis Donohew provides the Kentucky Kernel editor with a full tuition scholarship. Guthrie established the scholarship

because “being editor of the Kernel is more than a full-time job. Most other students have to work part-time to completely fund a college education, and that is impossible when you are serving as Kernel editor,” Guthrie said in The Alum News released in October this year. Guthrie was the Kernel editor during the 1962–63 school year, and eventually used his skills to create Guthrie/Mayes Public Relations in Louisville.

The scholarship is dedicated in honor of two of Guthrie’s mentors. Guthrie said he knew J.A McCauley because

“‘Mr. Mac’ was a professor in the j-school during my

tournament of champions charitable Fund and the J.W. patterson tournament of champions policy debate Scholarship Fund

Cyrus Kiani established the Tournament of Champions Charitable Fund to support the Tournament of Champions (TOC) Debate Tournament held annually at the University of Kentucky.

According to the TOC website, the tournament offers “high quality competition and judging for Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, Congressional, and Public Forum debate.”

The fund can provide support for costs such as meals or fee expenses. It can also be used for scholarships awarded to champions as well as speakers in the different divisions of the event.

“Paul Skiermont and I decided to establish the fund so that we could provide scholarships to the top performing debaters at the Tournament of Champions. Paul and I both debated in high school at the national level,” Kiani said. “The Tournament of Champions was always

regarded as the most competitive debate tournament of the year. It is the equivalent of entry into the nCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament each year in March. Only the best high school debaters from across the country qualified to participate.”

The J.W. Patterson Tournament of Champions Policy Debate Scholarship Fund was established to award the J.W. Patterson Policy Debate Scholarship to the Policy Debate Champion and to the Second Place Policy Debate Team.

The donor wished to remain anonymous, but their contribution is still recognized as extremely charitable.

The College of Communication and Information remains extremely grateful for the support received by alumni and friends of the college. The generosity of these gifts continues to provide students and faculty with opportunities to succeed while at the University of Kentucky.

Donors have reported that they hope their contributions will encourage others to give back to the college and its various programs.

three years as a journalism major and was an outstanding teacher.” He was also the faculty adviser to Sigma Delta Chi (Society of Professional Journalists) when Guthrie was president of the group his senior year.

“He was very perceptive, low-key and a person everybody respected both inside the classroom and out. He didn’t say a whole lot, but when he did, you listened,” Guthrie said. Lewis Donohew was the Kernel faculty adviser when Guthrie was editor. Guthrie said, “Donohew was a genuine human being who cared about his students and was very meaningful in my college life. He gave me great direction and advice my senior year.”

The first recipient of the scholarship is Becca Clemons, the current editor of the Kernel. “Being chosen as editor of the Kernel was already an honor, but being the recipient of this scholarship makes it even better,” Clemons said in the article.

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The College of Communication and Information appreciates the support shown to our students, faculty and programs through gifts from our alumni and friends. This alphabetical list recognizes contributors to our programs from January 1, 2012 to november 1, 2012.

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Mr. William R. GrantMrs. Dorothy F. GreenDr. nancy L. GreenMrs. Betty GreenwoodMs. Karen GreeverMs. Antoinette P. GreiderMs. Virginia GronMs. Debra GuessMr. & Mrs. John R. “Jack” GuthrieH. W. Wilson FoundationDr. John W. HaasMrs. Carolyn M. HackworthMr. Vernon P. HackworthMrs. Mildred E. HaddixMr. Lawrence W. HagerMs. Carolyn Theresa HainesMrs. Sharon HainesMs. Barbara HaleMs. Gracie HaleMr. Jon A. HaleMrs. Joy B. HaleyMr. Aaron O. HallMr. & Mrs. John R. HallMrs. Elizabeth HamesMr. Omer HamlinMrs. Susan HammerMr. Evan HammondsMs. Lisa HamrickDr. Elizabeth S. HansenMr. nicholas HantleMrs. Jamie HantonMrs. Marion HargroveMr. James HarperDr. nancy G. & Troy HarringtonMr. Charles K. HarrisMs. Anna HaysMr. Kyle Patrick HeavrinMr. Andrew Tod HeckamanMs. Kathy F. HelmbockMr. John D. HenryMrs. Carol M. HensleyMr. William Ken HeraldMrs. Regina HermanMs. Judith HerrickMs. Alisha Ann HewlettMs. Susan Snyder HightMrs. Mary HiltonMrs. Vicki HinkelMrs. Christina HisleMs. Leslie HoekzemaMiss Ashley Ann HolderMr. David HoltMr. Michael HorlanderMr. & Mrs. W. James HostMrs. Kimberlee HuffmanMs. Hannah HugginsMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey T. HuletteMrs. Jacqueline HuntMr. Gilbert HurwoodIBM Corporation

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The Blackburn Scholarship was made possible by the generous gift of the Blackburn family honoring Hallie Day Blackburn. Mrs. Blackburn was a native Kentuckian and a graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she worked in the library while a student. In 1929, Mrs. Blackburn graduated from the library school at Pratt Institute, where she earned a master’s degree. Thereafter, for a number of

years, Mrs. Blackburn worked for the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. She retired from KDLA in 1977 as a State Library Supervisor with responsibility for forty counties in central, eastern, and southeastern Kentucky. Mrs. Blackburn’s family created the Scholarship “to improve public libraries in Kentucky by providing financial aid for persons interested in becoming professional public librarians.”

This year marks 25 years of giving by the Blackburn family. To date, over $35,000 has been awarded to students interested in public librarianship. Zachary Upton is the 2012–2013 recipient. He currently works for the Boyle County Public Library as the I.T. Coordinator as he finishes up his master’s degree in library science.

“I look forward to the program expanding my knowl-edge of information technology and information science, especially as it is applied in a library setting,” said Upton. After graduating he hopes to continue in a similar role that satisfies his appreciation of history within an I.T. field.

Left: Zachary Upton 2012–2013 recipient of Blackburn scholarship

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James Allison (’64) is the associate vice president for college relations at Georgetown College in Kentucky.

Carla J. Stoffle (’69), dean of libraries at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, is the 2012 recipient of the Joseph W. Lippincott Award of the American Library Association.

Mary Housel (’79) was named city librarian of the Santa Maria Main Public Library.

Ted Zorn (‘81/’87) was named head of the Massey University College of Business at the University of New Zealand.

Glenn G. Davis (’82) is an account executive for WDRB/WMYO-TV sales department in Louisville.

P. LeJane Carson (’85) is a partner at Carson Stoga Communications in Chicago, IL.

David Altom (’85) is deputy public affairs officer at the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs.

Jon Carloftis (’86) was featured in the June edition of Southern Living magazine and identified as “The Rooftop Vegetable Man.”

Ramona Reynolds (’87) is the director of pastoral education at Florida Hospital in Orlando, FL.

Patricia Van Skaik (’88) is manager of the Genealogy and Local History Department at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Dean Costner (’89) is the ATL director of operations with PLS Financial, Inc. in Houston.

Greg Jacob (’89) is the policy director for Service Women’s Action Network in New York.

Greg Edwards (’91) has been appointed deputy director of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Ruth Dalton (’92) is the associate director of stewardship and development for the Catholic Diocese of Savannah, GA.

Julie Wilson (’92) is the owner/publisher/EIC of Story Magazine in Lexington.

Nick Comer (’93) is the external affairs manager at East Kentucky Power Cooperative in Lexington.

Elizabeth Orndorff (’93) is a Danville, KY.-based playwright. Her play, “Jerry Peavler and the Great Debate” had its world premiere at the West Hill Community Theatre in Danville, KY.

Ty Halpin (’96) is the associate director of playing rules at the NCAA in Indianapolis, IN.

Janna McMahan (’96) is an author and has just completed her fourth novel, Anonymity. She lives in Columbia, SC.

Heather Bennett Orne (’97) is assistant director of public affairs for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.

Benita Conley Gardner (’99) is dean of libraries at Eastern Kentucky University.

Amy Wagner Southard (’99) is the development director for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure of Greater Cincinnati.

Trevor Steinhauser (’01) is the vice president at Steinhauser, Inc., based in Newport, KY.

Matthew Hager (’02) is communications coordinator at Parrish Medical Center in Viera, FL.

Jeremy Jarvi (’02) is director of investments at Greater Louisville, Inc– the Metro Chamber of Commerce and in July was elected to the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors as the CI representative.

Scott Tomlin (’02) is the basketball communications manager for the Dallas Mavericks.

Diana Mendiondo Bozzuto (’03) is a business service officer at BB&T in Lexington.

Ashley Steimel (’04) is the meetings and events coordinator at Yum! Brands in Louisville.

Townsend Miller (’09) is the assistant development director for the Salvation Army in Lexington.

Laura Beth Daws (’10) is an assistant professor of Communication at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, GA.

Megan Pulskamp (’10) is a marketing program manager for NetGain Technologies in Lexington.

Kyle Heavrin (’11) is the communications coordinator for the Meade County RECC in Brandenburg, KY.

Paul W. Roberts (’11) has been named dean of library services at Oklahoma Baptist University.

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If you would like to update us on your career, please email us at [email protected] or use the electronic form on our web page https://ci.uky.edu/ci/alumni-update.

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The Innovation network for Entrepreneurial Thinking, better known as inET, is the University of Kentucky’s new academic initiative to prepare students to solve real world problems and succeed in an entrepreneurial world. The College of Communication and Information developed inET as a unique interdisciplinary program in leadership and entrepreneurship for all University of Kentucky students.

inET provides undergraduate entrepreneurship education and meaningful experience beyond the textbook. Students learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to their courses of study. They are offered a continuum of learning opportunities to develop entrepreneurial skills and gain experience through inET programs.

inET also connects students to other students with entrepreneurial interests, and to a network of innovators and entrepreneurial mentors, both at the University of Kentucky and in the local entrepreneurial community.

Creating ineT

In July 2011, Dan O’Hair, dean of the College of Communication and Information, published a report based on data collected by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on entrepreneurship and the commercialization of university research titled Collective Genius: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Commercialization of University Research.

Following the publication of the report, Dean O’Hair created the Innovation network for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the University of Kentucky to be a university-wide, cross-disciplinary, academic initiative.

“The mission of inET is to cultivate an environment where entrepreneurship is a way of thinking for all students in colleges across campus,” said O’Hair. “Entrepreneurial thinking transforms creativity into action and ideas into innovations, products and services. nurturing networks and partnerships is critical to our success.”

This past year, O’Hair led a UK team to Stanford University as part of the national Science Foundation Innovation Corps (nSF I-Corps) program, designed to teach academic researchers how to think like entrepreneurs to commercialize research.

Dean O’Hair leads inET as chair of the Board of Directors and faculty for the undergraduate certificate.

ineT faculty, staff and entrepreneur in residence

The inET academic director is Derek Lane, CI associate dean for Administrative and Academic Affairs and associate professor in the Department of Communication. Dr. Lane was part of Dean O’Hair’s nSF I-Corps team, which was taught by Steve Blank at Stanford based on Blank’s Lean Launchpad curriculum.

UK Venture Challenge winners Stadionaut (l) Anthony Antonicello, Evan Leach and Scott Wagner.

They also participated in the state competition, Idea State U.

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prOgraMMingDeb Weis, CI alumnus with a B.A. in Journalism, was named director of inET this past spring. During her 15-year career at UK, Ms. Weis has served as Marketing Communications Director for the UK Office of Commercialization & Economic Development, and for UK Research including Odyssey magazine.

An integral part of inET is the entrepreneur in residence (EIR), UK alumnus Brian Raney. The EIR empowers students to think like entrepreneurs, speaks to student organizations and classes across campus, helps students develop entrepreneurial skills, coaches student teams, and mentors student entrepreneurs who want to start a company. Raney has founded three startups and the business accelerator and technology lab in downtown Lexington, Awesome Inc.

Undergraduate Certification in entrepreneurial studies

A cornerstone of the inET initiative is the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Studies, currently pending final University approval. The certificate is for UK students from all majors who want to develop specialized knowledge and experience from a multidisciplinary perspective in entrepreneurship and the creation of economic and social value. The 12-credit hour certificate will include related courses from the student’s major in addition to core entrepreneurship courses. The capstone course allows students to apply innovative thinking and entrepreneurial process to develop their own ideas and projects.

UK venture Challenge

UK student entrepreneurs gain real world experience by participating in the UK Venture Challenge. Undergraduate and graduate students work in teams to develop their ideas into business ventures and make presentations to a panel of judges. Students have the option to compete in either the business concept or the business plan categories. The first and second place teams win cash prizes and advance to the state competition, Idea State U. The inaugural Venture Challenge was held in late March at the Alumni House. Eight student teams competed for $3,000 in prizes. The 2013 UK Venture Challenge will be February 16 at the Davis Marksbury Building theater at 329 Rose Street.

Other ineT programs

inET is partnering with the UK Office of Residence Life to officially launch the inET Living Learning Community in Fall 2013. Students with entrepreneurial interests will have the opportunity to live and learn together in an integrated academic residential environment in Patterson Hall. inET will provide specialized programming and students will interact with a peer mentor, faculty and community partners.

The summer I-Academy gives high school students the opportunity to create their own innovations and form a company, compete in teams, go on field trips, meet successful local entrepreneurs, and see some of UK’s most innovative and cutting-edge programs. Last summer, students from Paul Laurence Dunbar, Henry Clay, Campbell County, Sayre School, and Lexington Christian Academy participated in the week long I-Academy. I-Academy dates for 2013 are July 23–27.

The I-Colloquia is a series of recorded panel discussions on a variety of entrepreneurship topics. Dean O’Hair typically serves as moderator for a panel of university and community entrepreneurial leaders who are also part of the inET network. The colloquiums are recorded in the college’s Taylor Education Building studio. Students from the School of Journalism and Telecommunications Media Arts and Studies program serve as the production crew. Each colloquium is broadcast over UK’s Channel 16.

For more information and to get involved in inET, please contact Deb Weis, 256 ASTeCC Building, 859-257-8296, [email protected], inET.uky.edu.

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In May 2012, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted to approve the college’s name change to the College of Communication and Information (CI). By repositioning the college name with our supporting national associations we are able to refocus on our mission and tradition of excellence in all relevant disciplines.

The college teamed up with LEX18 and UK’s College of Education to present Lexington’s first tower climb, the Urban Mountain Challenge on January 28, 2012.

John harwood, chief Washington correspondent for CNBC and

political writer for the New York Times presented the 35th

annual Joe Creason Lecture.

In 2012, seven SLIS students participated in 2012 Alternative Spring Break programs at the Library of Congress and National Library of Medicine.

The College of Communication and Information co-sponsored the health communication session featured in the 2011–2012 China Communication Forum at Shanghai University’s International Convention Center.

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On April 11, the 2012 Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame inducted

six members (from left): dr. Bob Mcgaughey, Bill Luster, albert B. “Ben” chandler, chip hutcheson, d.J. Everett iii, and Michael York.

The Department of Communication hosted the 12th biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC), titled Health Literacy Research and Practice on April 19–20, 2012.

After a 30-year absence, the Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL) returned “Back to the Bluegrass,” where the college hosted over 493 students in March 2012 on UK’s campus.

Miguel Salinas shared examples of student work produced through the Adobe Youth Voices program during the 2012 James C. Bowling Lecture.

iNET hosted the first annual Venture Challenge competition for student teams’ business

plans in April 2012 (from front left): Wes Brooks, harvie Wilkinson, Evan Leach,

dan O’hair, Scott Wagner, dean harvey, Brian rainey, charles Seal and Warren nash.

2011–2012 College Excellence AwardsOutstanding Staff award Charlene Monaghan

Faculty research award Bobi Ivanov

Faculty community Service award Jami Warren

graduate teaching Excellence award Elizabeth Petrun

Faculty teaching Excellence award Jeff Huber

Friend of the college Pat Dalbey

Outstanding alumnus award W. James Host, 1961

2012–2013 College Excellence AwardsOutstanding Staff award Matthew Cockerell

Faculty research award Elisia Cohen

Faculty community Service award Regina Francies

graduate teaching Excellence award Renee Kaufmann

Faculty teaching Excellence award Brandi Frisby

Friend of the college Don Jacobs

Outstanding alumnus award Michael Carozza, 1977

Faculty from the College of Communication and Information don’t always teach students in Lexington; sometimes lessons take place over an Italian meal in Florence or in a township home in Cape Town. Faculty-led courses abroad open a world of learning opportunities to students in international locations from Europe to Africa.

“It is a life-changing experience in how you view the world,” Tamika Tompoulidis, a communication senior who took a faculty-led course in Italy this summer, said of the opportunity.

Tompoulidis took part in one of two four-week courses that took place primarily in Florence and Rome. Deanna Sellnow, director of the Division of Instructional Communication, taught the course on interpersonal communication while Associate Dean for the Graduate Program in Communication Tim Sellnow taught about global business.

“It’s always been something I wanted to try,” Deanna Sellnow said.

The trip marked Deanna Sellnow’s first course abroad and also another milestone—her 30th wedding anniversary. Sellnow said she and her husband decided to celebrate the occasion by doing something memorable with their students. Students toured the Vatican, visited Siena, and saw countless pieces of art—all while learning about communication.

“I learned how some communication is universal throughout all cultures, but there

are many differences in communication styles and techniques between the Italian and American culture,” Elizabeth Pawley, a senior communication major who went on the trip said.

As students tested what they learned about nonverbal communication in an unfamiliar culture, Italy’s wealth of art also provided ample opportunities to study what works of art could tell them about gender communication and power hierarchies in a time gone by.

Sellnow said taking the trip with her students was a bonding experience, and she watched them grow personally during their time in Italy.

“They learned to be strong leaders and to be independent,” Sellnow said, noting that independent travel on the weekends helped students gain confidence.

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Some of the students also saw changes in themselves. “I think I have adapted a bit of the Italian culture,” Pawley said. “In Italy, they work to live. In the USA, we live to work. Although I still consider myself a workaholic and a Type A perfectionist, I have observed how much family, people, and genuine conversation mean to Italians… I have learned to take a break and enjoy the people and experiences around me.”

nearly 8,000 miles away from Italy, another group of UK students studied in South Africa this year. In May, Beth Barnes, director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and associate dean for undergraduate and international studies, taught students about audience segmentation in Cape Town, a city once famously segmented by apartheid.

“Cape Town offers a very accessible way to explore some of these issues,” Barnes said. Daily group discussions helped the seven students taking the course process what they were learning. Barnes said she remembers one discussion about race during which a student pointed out that such honest and productive discussions about race rarely took place in the United States. “We say it’s because it doesn’t matter, but it’s because we don’t know what to say and are afraid we will offend,” the student said.

For Barnes, this statement was a confirmation that her course was worthwhile. “I thought ‘Yes!’ This is why I’m teaching this class,” Barnes said.

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During the three-week course, students visited the District Six Museum, toured Robben Island, stayed overnight with a family living in a township and visited Cape Town’s gorgeous scenic destinations, but they also had the opportunity to gain real-life experience. Students partnered with local non-profit organizations and used the skills they had learned to benefit some of the South Africans they met. “I think they saw how needed it (non-profit work) was and how important it was,” Barnes said.

One group of students developed an informational brochure, logo, and fliers for an orphanage in the Gugulethu Township that needed volunteer help, and the other designed materials for a campaign for better child abuse laws. Several students on the trip found it to be transformative.

“This trip taught me to be thankful for the things I have,” Integrated Strategic Communication student Sarah Peterson said. “It made me value my family and friends so much more, seeing the broken families that I saw.”

“There really are no words for what I took away from Africa,” journalism senior Ashley Scoby agreed. “I think it’s more about what I left there. I left my heart in Cape Town with the kids that we worked with and the people we were able to grow close to. I’ve done well in the world so far, but going to Cape Town left me wanting to do more good in the world.”

After her return to the states, Scoby decided to sponsor the education of one of the students she met through the trip organization projects.

“Going to Cape Town just taught me that any little thing you can do for someone can mean the world,” Scoby said. “Life is too short not to make it better for the people you come across.”

Barnes sees the college’s courses offered abroad as an important part of a wider goal to get more UK students interested in travel. She sees finances and simply not having travel as “part of the mindset” as often being barriers that

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keep students from taking entire semesters abroad. Short-term, faculty-led trips offer students a more comfortable introduction to travel.

According to Barnes, one of the most important things faculty-led trips teach students is that they can overcome their fear of international differences and learn to appreciate travel itself. She learned to love leading student trips while teaching a course in London over the winter intersession. She has taught the course several times and has noticed that students don’t just learn about advertising and branding—they learn that they can thrive in a foreign environment.

“That twelve days taught them they could do it,” Barnes said. “You see them growing and understanding. Yes, there are differences, but there are actually more similarities than differences. That’s what I love about traveling.”

Once students get a taste for travel, it often becomes contagious. “This trip just made me want to travel even more,” Scoby said. “There is so much to do and so many people to help—issues that people in America don’t even know exist until they get out of their boxes. I’m not done with traveling, and I’m definitely not done with Africa.”

Peterson agreed that her course abroad made her want to travel more. “I loved being in a different culture and meeting new people,” Peterson said. “South Africa is beautiful and I want to travel as many places as possible. I am going to London and Ireland in a couple months.”

“Before my study abroad trip, I was a little closed minded about travel,” Pawley said. “now I would say I am more open minded and excited about visiting new places and can truly appreciate cultural differences instead of being intimidated by them.”

there really are no words for what i took away from africa… i think it’s more about what i left there. i left my heart in cape town with the kids that we worked with and the people we were able to grow close to.

Technology morphs as the times change. Enoch Grehan, the first director of the Department of Journalism, risked his savings in 1924 to purchase a linotype machine to advance the Kentucky Kernel. It’s safe to say he could not have imagined the state-of-the-art technology found today at the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information (CI).

In fact, “change” is the operative word within the halls of CI and a contributing factor to why the college has experienced nearly a 46 percent growth in total college enrollment since fall 2008, compared to UK’s 7.82 percent.

“We are willing to take risks and get out in front of new ideas,” says Deanna Sellnow, director of Undergraduate Studies in Communication and director of the Division of Instructional Communication. “I think, before, we were a very steady college and a ‘good’ college, but I think now there is real leadership in our college for progressive movement… There is synergy across the school and units in the college to work together to make these innovative things happen.”

In August, the Knight Foundation, along with five other foundations making grants in journalism education and innovation, sent an open letter to university officials around the country. “We believe journalism and communications schools must be willing to recreate themselves…schools that favor the status quo, and thus fall behind in the digital transition, risk becoming irrelevant to both private funders and, more importantly, the students they seek to serve.”

But CI faculty and staff are ahead of the curve and have been working all along to create the best possible multimodal communications learning environment, not only for CI


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students, but for the betterment of all UK students. In fact, the courses offered within the college have become so popular, CI is now the second fastest growing college at the University of Kentucky.

“I think we have our pulse on what students are looking for and what employers are looking for. We are doing a really good job of marketing and providing offerings directly related to that,” says Sellnow. “I think some of the beginnings of that came from when we worked together with the UK College of Arts and Sciences to redesign the way we offer our general education communication skills courses to students through Core sequence.”

Students don’t just take a class in writing and one in oral communication, Sellnow explains. All UK undergraduates take two levels in Instructional Communication as part of the new general education Core curriculum. The first course focuses on a student’s written, oral, visual, and digital approach to composition and communication. The second course continues with the same, with more emphasis on research and critical inquiry. “This was a really big jump start for us to be thinking bigger and broader than how we traditionally thought of ourselves in terms of communications,” says Sellnow. “We really try to capitalize on the multimodal communications concept.”

UK’s announcement this year that Presentation U will be available to all students to further hone their presentation skills and help them become the most desirable job applicants is another factor pushing the college forward. This new concept is the title of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan to improve students’ learning by developing integrated oral, written, visual and multimedia communication skills. Sellnow is the co-director of the university-wide program, along with Diane Snow in the College of Medicine. She says that CI was involved as early as 2009 when it canvassed the campus community to discover what should be the focus of the next accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Resources such as those in the Multimodal Communications Consulting Center (MC3) are a key factor in providing all UK students with one-on-one tutoring consultations and workshops for presentations.

“What we are also doing is transforming the Hub in the basement of the Young Library to be used as a presentation center where students across campus can come and get student tutoring to refine their multimodal communication projects for their classes,” says Sellnow. Equally impressive, she points out, is that UK’s Student Government felt Presentation U was so valuable that it chose

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nEW dirEctiOnSto charge $17 per student per semester in student fees to transform a portion of the Hub to include video recording and editing, staffing and to help with tutoring.

Other innovative classes, programs and services that have either just begun or on the horizon within the Department of Communication, Sellnow says, include CI Consulting, which will provide outreach opportunities to the executive professional community through workshops and consulting; communications training for Kentucky high school teachers in lower socioeconomic school systems through workshops in their locale; and simply offering UK students what they want—“sexy” upper level courses that students flock to.

“A ‘sexy’ course is a nickname we are using,” says Sellnow, in regard to classes that have enticing monikers, count toward the student’s UK Core requirements, and help CI stand out as a trend setter. “For example, one course is called, ‘The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication.’ That course focuses on the negative things in interpersonal communication like stalking, cyber bullying and verbal abuse in relationships. It takes negatives and says here’s how you would deal with this, here’s what you would do, here’s how you can be proactive.”

Another innovative approach has been the start of CIS 590 “Apprenticeship in Instructional Communication,” which give the college’s best and brightest the opportunity to work as an undergraduate teaching apprentice mentored by a professor teaching an undergraduate course.

Katy Head, a grad student from Texas, acts as an adviser to the undergraduate students throughout their semester experience with CIS 590. “They work with the professor and help with lesson planning, classroom management, meet with the professor outside of class, assist with grading and learn all the ins-and-outs of teaching at the college level while focusing on whatever topic they are interested in,” says Head. “They also meet with me several times throughout the semester…We talk about things like teaching philosophy, what it means to create a good classroom experience, and what it means to take these skills and use them in the real world. Most of these kids probably won’t go on to be college instructors like we are, but they will go on to work in a business or organization where they will need to put a workshop or session together. All of these skills could be applied to whatever setting they end up in.”

In addition to CIS 590, the college does its best to connect students with a wide variety of relevant internships where they gain practical experience. Evan Gorman, a communication major from Sturgis, has had four internships throughout his undergraduate experience, as well as acting as a tutor in the M3C laboratory. His internships include the nonprofit aspect of St. Joseph Hospital Foundation, marketing for eCampus, community relations for PnC Bank, and off-air reporting at LEX18 news. He says his

health communication courses helped him at St. Joseph, and his courses in workplace and mass communication, along with organizational communication, with PnC Bank and LEX18 news. “I’ve had several different internships, and they’ve all been in different sectors,” he says. “But I’ve been able to see what a pivotal role communication plays in all those…It’s really neat to take textbook information and material and be able to apply it to real life applications during working internships.”

Unlike Gorman, not all students interested in an education have easy access to the Lexington campus. For those students who would like to pursue course work through the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), CI started offering some classes online 30 years ago. Beginning in 2008, students could obtain a master’s degree though class work totally online. now at least 72 percent of all library science students are taking classes exclusively online, says Will Buntin, assistant director for Student Affairs in SLIS, and overall enrollment for the entire school—not just online—continues to climb significantly. The fall 2012 enrollment was 11 percent higher than fall 2011, and this was 24 percent higher than fall 2010.

Clearly, students are interested in pursuing overall SLIS classes. Buntin says there are several reasons for this, particularly the fact that the faculty had foresight to allow students to complete the master’s program entirely online, where previously a student had to come to campus for four visits. Eliminating this requirement means people around the world can participate in the program, not just individuals in Kentucky. Removing the barrier of geography is a main benefit. “And when an online class is done well, it allows for a very rich experience,” he says.

“In some cases, it can surpass a face-to-face course.”

Requests for information about SLIS programs has dramatically increased, in part because SLIS has changed the way it recruits students. “The biggest example is that we advertise our program online through Google ads…Something like 48 percent of requests for information come from people submitting a form online to ask for information about the program—and almost half of those are coming from paid ads that we are placing online,” says Buntin.

Other reasons students are signing up for SLIS classes on campus, Buntin says, is that the school is one of 31 iSchools in eight nations with programs that focus on the relationships between information, technology and people. And not to be overlooked is faculty talent. “Through a combination of faculty retirements and the fact that our director was able to get two new faculty lines for our program, we’ve had an influx of some really young and very talented instructors who are offering classes that have proven to be very popular so far,” Buntin adds.



An important recent development for SLIS has been the creation of an undergraduate minor in Information Studies that is available completely online this spring 2013 semester. “It will be the first minor at UK that is completely online,” he says. “With the increased storage and access to information that is made possible by technology, almost anyone who is employed has to be able to navigate information. This minor is supposed to help.”

Buntin notes that the minor can be used in conjunction with other degrees such as engineering or a computer science degree. One of the introductory courses is

“Information Literacy,” where students will learn how to judge information sources to determine whether they are reliable. “It’s an additional tool and skill that they know how to retrieve, manage and analyze information, regardless what type of information that is. It is not meant to be a library science degree,” he says.

The School of Journalism and Telecommunications (JAT) is also no stranger to an influx of students, having 431 undergraduate students enrolled for the fall 2012 semester in Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC), the largest department within CI. Beth Barnes, director of JAT, says she thinks a contributing factor to the popularity of overall JAT classes is that high school students coming to UK are comfortable with the general notion of communication, having grown up with social media. They also perceive all communications fields as a place they can make a decent living and have fun doing so.

Responding to changes in the industry, last year JAT renamed the Department of Telecommunications to Media Arts and Studies, reflecting the importance of digital production and delivery systems in today’s world and de-emphasizing connections to the phone company. Barnes says the name Media Arts and Studies is much more reflective of the entire program. It has a hands-on component to it, where video, audio, and multimedia production is taught, but it also has a strong conceptual component, which explores media research methods and regulation, and the impact of the media industry on society. Although the name change is fairly new, JAT is reaping a positive impact. “We are already starting to see more students coming into the university choosing that major,” Barnes says. “It’s always been a major that students tended to find after they were already at UK. It’s growing steadily now, so I think the name change has been a good thing.”

Beyond newspapers, magazines and radio, today’s communications tools—social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), mobile, podcasting, to name a few—are decidedly different from what individuals in Enoch Grehan’s era used to convey messages: typewriters, linotype, and radio towers. How does JAT stay ahead of the curve, presenting students with meaningful course content that is relevant in today’s workplace?

“The fundamentals of journalism, for example, haven’t changed at all,” says Barnes. “You have to know how to report, how to write and how to edit. At it’s very core, journalism is still journalism. It’s still about speaking truth to power…But what obviously has changed are the tools you use to do all that.”

Aside from the revolution in technology that made editing and broadcasting content easier, Barnes says the JAT faculty keep themselves informed of recent developments in the their industry, and alumni are a constant wealth of resources. “We have a terrific group of alums who are very willing to come back to campus and speak,” Barnes says. “We had our annual journalism alumni symposium, and six of our journalism graduates—all who work in community media—talked about what their jobs are like…and having to be able to do this across media platforms. One is on a small weekly community newspaper. She said, ‘I am the photographer. I am the graphics person. To the extent that we put our stuff up on the website, I am the person who also does that.’”

Barnes, preparing an ISC class about mobile advertising and apps, says that the tools used in fundamental JAT courses are different than what they used to be, so faculty members are not teaching the same class content over and over each year. The topics are the same, but the content within those topics is very different. She says students need to understand strategically what social media can do and why that might be a place to put some brand messages, depending on who the target audience is and what needs to be accomplished with the brand. “It’s still about crafting a message across all of the different majors,” she says.

Assistant Director of Student Services, Emily Sallee, works with students to advise

them on their path towards graduation.

CI instructors creatively teach their students how to conduct investigative

reporting in a hands-on simulation.

After its launch in 2009, the Division of Risk Sciences has continued to bring together researchers across disciplines to provide broader, more systematic, and interdisciplinary approaches for understanding how to manage risks and crises.

The demand for working professionals to have a practical application of knowledge regarding risk and crisis communication motivated faculty in the College of Communication and Information to begin offering a 12-credit hour Graduate Certificate in Risk Sciences, beginning Fall 2012.

“We designed this certificate for professionals who are tasked with risk and crisis planning or might have to communicate with internal or external publics in a crisis, but have never had formal education to guide their actions,” says Dan O’Hair, dean of the College of Communication and Information and editor of The Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication.

The certificate includes four core courses: Risk Communication, Crisis Communication, Training and Consulting, and Knowledge Management. The required courses can be used both towards the Graduate Certificate in Risk Sciences as well as graduate degree electives or cognates. Students and working professionals alike are encouraged to apply for certification enrollment.

Beginning Fall 2013, all four courses hope to be offered through distance learning (online interaction), evenings, and/or a weekend seminar option.

For more information, please visit the website at www.risk.uky.edu or contact Dr. Shari Veil, director of the Division [email protected].

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Risk Sciences students participate in the real-life simulation of Certified Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training in Lexington, KY.

alyssa hrabik, a 2012 ISC graduate, knows firsthand the advantages of learning in a hands-on environment through the UK College of Communication and Information. Within a day of graduating last May, she was hired as an account coordinator at Superfly, a world-wide music management and entertainment company in New York, N.Y. Superfly is respon-sible for events such as Bonnaroo, the world’s largest music festival in Manchester, Tenn.

Hrabik says that particularly helpful in her new job is the account management experience she gained working on marketing campaigns in class as part of a team. That team included students who had other areas of focus, such as media buying and a creative path. “We all had to collaborate and finish the project, but each of us was able to focus on our area. I have found that within my job now, I am on a team, and we all work within the area of our focus. It is like how our campaigns course was set up. We were each doing a task and had to finish as a team, and it is the team’s work, in the end, that pitches to the client,” she says.

One of her job responsibilities now is working as part of a marketing team that produces Intel Extreme Masters, a huge video-gaming tourna-ment that spans many months and takes place around the world. She recently returned from the competition in Germany and was sched-uled to go to Singapore, Poland and Brazil.

Hrabik feels she has been well-prepared for the challenges of her new job, based on what she learned in the ISC program. “One of the things the ISC program really teaches everyone is the fact that within the marketing industry there are so many different paths that recent graduates can go down because of the way marketing is evolving. It’s totally changing with all the social media, Facebook and other new outlets…But our program evolves as the industry evolves, and I think that’s one of the coolest parts about UK. When I was interviewing for jobs, people were amazed that I knew some of the stuff that they were just learning within their company. Our program is very up-to-date,” she says.

THE ALUMnI PERSPECTIVE

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Although the College of Communication and Information is one of UK’s smallest colleges with just 1,497 students, it now has an identity thanks to the college’s five student ambassadors. Nicole Brown, Jana Milan, Elena Breeden, Gabrielle Dudgeon and Danny Byrd serve to promote the college and act as liaisons between the student body and the faculty of the university and the college. The ambassadors were selected from a number of applicants based on a resume, letter of recommendation and an interview. The ambassadors meet twice a month under the guidance of Assistant Director of Student Services, Emily Sallee. This fall is the college’s first semester with five ambassadors following a rise in enrollment numbers in the college; previously just four ambassadors represented the college.

The ambassadors’ greatest responsibility is recruitment, both on behalf of the university and more specifically the college. The ambassadors organize activities throughout the school year that get the student body engaged and excited about school, and attend most recruitment events to do their part in attracting potential students.

“I talk about how majors in this college are very versatile,” Breeden said. “You can go anywhere with them, and you’re not tied down necessarily to one thing. You can do different industries and just communicate different ways.” Breeden says this pitch is usually helpful for students who begin their studies undecided. The ambassadors also promote the college’s small, exclusive feel, its comfortable learning environment and its low student-to-faculty ratio.

“We’re kind of different from, say, (College of) Arts & Sciences which is so big and you kind of feel like a number,” Milan said. “Here you can identify yourself.”

Brown likes to draw from personal experience when recruiting students to the college. “I came into UK undeclared, so I spent my first semester just taking gen-eds,” Brown said. “When I figured out that I wanted to be in the College of Comm., I started my classes and just fell in love with my major. I want to be able to answer people’s questions and just give them the idea of starting out here.”

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Nicole Brown is a junior Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC) and Spanish double major from Crestwood, KY. She is a sister in the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and works as an intern at

The Study, a student tutoring program at UK.

Jana Milan is a senior Journalism major and political science minor from Knoxville, TN. She

is a sister in the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and works as an ambassador for CARES (Center for

Academic Resources and Enrichment Services).

Elena Breeden is a junior ISC major with a political science minor from Paducah, KY.

She is involved with the Christian Student Fellowship on campus and volunteers for

the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Gabrielle Dudgeon is a senior ISC, Political Science double major and English

minor from Salyersville, KY. As a second year ambassador for the College of Communication

and Information she has also worked as the Vice President of Promotions for UK’s Student

Activities Board, the Vice President of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, the president of

Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society and is a sister in Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Danny Byrd is a senior Communication major and French minor from Louisville, KY.

He is a member of the University Scholars Program and is planning on beginning graduate studies this fall through UK’s Graduate Program in Communication.

The other major responsibility of the college ambassadors is to act as liaisons between the student body and the university faculty. The student representatives hold weekly office hours to meet with current and visiting students what’s happening in the college and to discuss any questions or concerns students may have.

The ambassadors interact with ambassadors from every other college on UK’s campus. At events like See Blue preview nights, ambassadors head tables representing their respective colleges, and when student issues run university-wide, ambassadors from different colleges may have to work together. Byrd discussed a trip he took to Fairfax, VA., a suburb of Washington D.C., where he met with college ambassadors from other universities and was able to sell the university and the college to out-of-state students.

But the five ambassadors agreed that working with students and helping others is their favorite part of the job. Whether it be meeting potential students and leading campus tours, or discussing courses in their majors to incoming freshmen, the ambassadors were selected because they are great at working with others. “It’s been rewarding to help other people,” Byrd said.

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