“There was this energy of the power of words, the power of presentation, the power of critiquing everything in that realm that translated to all areas of communication,” Pierce LaMacchia (‘12) said as he recalled the lessons that most impacted him while studying public relations at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. LaMacchia took that power…
As an undergraduate majoring in speech, Chris Oneal (’91) tutored business majors who he recalls were terrified of talking in front of other people. With his minors in women’s studies and theatre, Oneal was at ease speaking in front of diverse audiences and realized that would give him an advantage in the business world over those lacking advanced communication…
The College of Communication and Information (CCI) opened applications this week for the first online, Tennessee-based communication and information bachelor’s degree program, increasing access to a four-year degree. With more than 900,000 Tennesseans having earned some college credit but no degree, an online program such as the Bachelor of Science in Communication and Information (BSCI)…
There is one news event that affects everyone—it can help break the ice as small talk, it can make a day better or worse, and it can devastate entire communities: it is, of course, the weather. It’s important to have meteorologists reporting on the weather who are trained in both science and journalism, which is…
When Intelligence Specialist Master Chief Petty Officer Robert A. Morris II was 17 years old, he never would have imagined the titles that would one day precede his name, nor the two college degrees he would earn. This week, Morris will don the ceremonial robes of a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, master’s student and claim…