Advertising Alumni Award Winners
| 2019 | Leslie Osborne (97′) | Chief Executive Officer, Watauga Group/CyBear Interactive |
| 2018 | Curtis Rose (’03) | Chief Operating Officer, EP+Co |
| 2017 | Erin Hauck (’07) | Senior Director of Digital Investment, Hearts & Science |
| 2016 | Erik Izo (’87) | Group Creative Director, mcgarrybowen, NYC |
| 2015 | Adam Brown (‘94) | Executive Strategist, Salesforce.com |
| 2014 | Dana McCullough (’95) | Vice President – Account Director, McCann Erickson |
| 2013 | Kevin Kirksey (’98) | Senior Director for Brand Communications & Digital, Nike North America |
Communications Studies Alumni Award Winners
| 2019 | Graham Thomas (’08) | Deputy Director of Partnerships, tnAchieves |
| 2018 | Heather Fasano (MS ’15; BA ’12) | Associate Sales Representative, Medtronic – Carolinas Region |
| 2017 | Amy Harp Donahue (MS ’11; BA ’09) | Director of Marketing and Communications, River City Company |
| 2016 | Tiffany M. Haverly (’08) | Communications Director, US Representative Phil Roe (R/TN) |
| 2015 | Elizabeth Clement Webb (‘03) | Special Assistant to the Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 2014 | Tyler Summitt (’13) | Head Coach, Louisiana Tech Women’s Basketball Team |
| 2013 | Dean Rice (’94) | Chief of Staff, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett |
Information Sciences Alumni Award Winners
| 2019 | Zoe Hoyle (’94) | Science Writer/Editor (retired), U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station |
| 2018 | Sandra Treadway, PhD (MS ’07) | Librarian & State Archivist of Virginia, Library of Virginia |
| 2017 | Kendra Albright (PhD ’02; MS ’85) | Director – School of Information Science, Kent State University |
| 2016 | Gloria Sharrar (’82) | Senior Vice President of Technology & Operations(retired), Bank of America |
| 2015 | Dr. Danuta Nitecki (‘76) | Dean of Libraries and Professor, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University |
| 2014 | Marcellus Turner (’88) | City Librarian, Seattle Public Library System |
| 2013 | Dr. Shali Zhang (’88) | Dean of Libraries & Professor, University of Montana |
Journalism and Electronic Media Alumni Award Winners
| 2019 | Sharrie Williams | News Anchor, WPVI-TV, 6ABC Philadelphia |
| 2018 | Frank Gibson (’76) | Public Policy Director, Tennessee Press Association (retired) |
| 2017 | Steve Dean (’74) | Owner – FamFive Productions; creator – WBIR-TV’s Heartland Series |
| 2016 | Knight Stivender (’99) | Director of Marketing & Business Development, Alcott Marketing Science; Co-Founder & CEO, Girls To The Moon |
| 2015 | Tori Blase (‘93) | Supervisor & Executive Producer, CNN |
| 2014 | Viola Gienger (’84) | Senior Writer, United States Institute of Peace |
| 2013 | Dean Littleton (’92) | Vice President & General Manager, WATE-TV Knoxville |
Public Relations Alumni Award Winners
| 2019 | Ed Patterson (’89) | Vice President of Communications, Madison Square Garden Company |
| 2018 | Rebecca Huckaby (MS ’03) | Vice President of Public Relations, Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority |
| 2017 | Kellie Davie (11) | Founder of KeyCom PR |
| 2016 | Tiffany Utsman Carpenter (’96) | Associate Vice President of Marketing, The University of Tennessee System |
| 2015 | Ellen Liston (‘84) | Publicist, The Dollywood Company |
| 2014 | Isaac Wright (’03) | Vice President, American Bridge & Correct the Record 2016 |
| 2013 | Mary Beth West (’94) | Principal, Mary Beth West Consulting |