Dr. James Crook, distinguished journalism educator and director emeritus of the School of Journalism & Electronic Media, passed away on April 30. Dr. Crook graduated from Floyd High School in 1958 and earned his bachelor and master degrees at the School of Journalism at the University of Iowa in 1961 and 1963. He earned a […]
Circle Park News January 2019 JEM Junior Selected for Carnegie-Knight News21 Program JEM junior Sophie Grosserode was selected to participate in the highly competitive 2019 Carnegie-Knight News21 Program. She will join top journalism students from 19 universities to conduct a major investigation into disaster recovery in the US. Their work will culminate in a […]
Circle Park News October 2018 Jupiter Entertainment CEO Stephen Land to Receive Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award Stephen Land, founder and CEO of Knoxville-based Jupiter Entertainment, will receive the 2018 Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award from UT Knoxville’s College of Communication & Information at the college’s awards and scholarship donor appreciation banquet on Friday, […]
Circle Park News August 2018 Peyton Manning’s Gift Establishes the John Haas Student Experiential Learning Endowment Peyton Manning (BA/CS ’97 and an honorary member of CCI’s Board of Visitors) has donated $1 million to UT to establish the John Haas Student Experiential Learning Endowment. The gift honors John Haas, a longtime director and […]
/* Target Outlook 2007 and 2010 */ Circle Park News June/July 2018 CCI Former Dean Faye Julian Dies at Eighty-One Communication Studies Emerita Professor and former Dean of the College of Communication and Information Dr. Faye D. Julian passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2018. She is remembered as an exceptional educator and administrator. […]
Circle Park News May 2018 2018 CCI Commencement Highlights Interim Provost John Zomchick conferred degrees on 338 CCI spring and summer graduates (279 bachelor’s, 53 master’s and 6 doctoral) at the CCI Commencement held May 12, 2018 in Thompson Boling Arena. Larry Patrick (MS/C&I ’73 and CCI Board of Visitors member) delivered the commencement speech […]
JEM Professor Emeritus Frank Thornburg passed away April 30, 2018 at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. He served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. After the war, he received a BS degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1948, one of a handful of students […]
