Friday, March 23, 2018
Inside CCI – Available online at http://www.cci.utk.edu/insideCCI.
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ADVERSTING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
CCI Associate Dean and Associate Professor Michael Palenchar has been selected for the 2018 – 2019 UTK Leadership Program.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
Associate Professors Bharat Mehra and Wade Bishop, along with Robert Partee (MS/IS ’16), had their paper, “A case methodology of action research to promote economic development: Implications for LIS education,” published in theJournal of Education for Library and Information Science, 59(1-2) (2018), 48-65.
Associate Professor Devendra Potnis and CEHHS doctoral student Macy Halladay’s paper, “Building health information networks using Facebook: A pilot study with new mothers in rural Appalachia,” was accepted for the 2018 ACM SIGMIS Computer and People Research Conference to be held at Buffalo – Niagara Falls, New York.
JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Howard Distinguished Endowed Professor of Media Management and Law and Beaman Professor of Communication and Information Stuart N. Brotman published his communications policy research study, Net Vitality 2.0, sponsored by the Telecommunications Research and Policy Institute. The study was released at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on March 7, 2018. Several media and publications interviewed Brotman or quoted the study including:
- https://www.mediainstitute.org/2018/03/07/china-emerges-as-top-tier-leader-in-global-net-vitality/
- http://bakercenter.utk.edu/dr-brotmans-research-study-featured-in-the-hill/
- http://www.multichannel.com/blog/i-was-saying/us-broadband-services-not-world-leaders-study-finds/418570
- http://bakercenter.utk.edu/dr-stuart-brotman-net-vitality-2-0-released-today-at-the-national-press-club/
- https://www.law360.com/articles/1019824/us-ranks-among-world-s-most-vital-internet-ecosystems
- http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/378166-national-broadband-plan-is-vital-to-future-net-vitality
- Presentation to the US Department of State, Bureau of Economics and Business Affairs
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
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March 30 |
Spring Recess |
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March 30 |
Staff Evaluations due to Human Resources |
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April 10 |
Hill Lecture – College of Nursing Auditorium, 8 p.m. |
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April 13 |
CS Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society Induction, 2 p.m. Patrick Auditorium |
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April 13 |
CCI Board of Visitors Spring Meeting |
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April 16 |
CCI, ADPR & JEM Honors Convocation |
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April 27 |
CCI Faculty/Staff Meeting, Patrick Auditorium, 9 – 11 a.m. |
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April 27 |
Last Day of Classes |
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April 30 |
Study Day |
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April 30 |
Communication Studies Student Awards Ceremony |
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May 1 – 4, 7-8 |
Final Exams, May 1-4, 7-8 |
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May 9 |
Mini-term begins, May 9 |
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May 10 |
Graduate Hooding Ceremony, TBA, 7:00 p.m. |
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May 11 |
SIS Hooding Ceremony, 10:00 a.m. |
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May 12 |
CCI Spring Commencement, 1:30 p.m., TBA |
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May 12 |
CCI Graduation Reception, 3:00 p.m., CCI Patio/Lobby |
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May 28 |
Memorial Day Holiday |
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May 30 |
Mini-term ends |
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