Mission and Vision

Our Vision

The University of Tennessee’s College of Communication and Information will become a world renowned center for innovative learning, scholarship, and societal engagement with particular emphasis on the following communication and information areas

• knowledge/organizational management
• science, technology and health
• international and intercultural
• law, policy and ethics.

The primary aspiration of the college can be summarized in a single word: Excellence. Over the next five years, the College of Communication and Information will achieve a level of excellence that will be reflected in international, national, and regional rankings. Each unit in the college will become recognized as a program of excellence internationally, nationally, and regionally for the caliber of its research/creative activity, teaching, and service.

Our Mission

The College of Communication and Information is a community of scholars and creators devoted to the study of communication and information and their related processes and technologies. This mission is achieved through excellence in research/creative activity, teaching, and service. The college also shares the values of diversity, international, and intercultural awareness, engagement and other core ideals of the University of Tennessee in the Land-Grant tradition.