Anne Holt Blackburn, a veteran journalist and member of the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, will address more than 300 graduates this Friday at the College of Communication and Information Spring/Summer 2008 Commencement Ceremony.

The School of Journalism and Electronic Media presented 2008-2009 academic year scholarship awards to outstanding students Monday, April 21 at the JEM Honors Convocation.

More than 30 advertising and public relations students were awarded scholarships at an April 21 convocation ceremony held by the School of Advertising and Public Relations.

The College of Communication and Information presented awards to its top students and faculty members Monday, April 21 at the college's annual Honors Convocation.

Oleg Manaev, now a visiting professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, continues to fight for democratic freedom in his native Belarus despite government-led propaganda attacks and arrest threats.