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Big Night for CCI at 2025 TAB Excellence in Broadcasting Awards: WUOT, School of Journalism and Media, The Media Center, Earn Honors
From left to right: WUOT-FM audio engineer, Tim Berry, Associate Professor of Practice Brittany Tarwater, and WUOT reporter Pierce Gentry pose together with their awards. A Night to Remember The Tennessee Association of Broadcasting (TAB) Excellence in Broadcasting Awards is always an exciting night for the organization’s members. Those in the world of TV and…
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Voice of the Vols Mike Keith Joins Journalism & Media Faculty
When Mike Keith (‘91) accepted the job to be the Voice of the Vols, he knew immediately he wanted to do even more for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by taking his renowned play-by-play sports analyst skills beyond the courts and fields and into the classrooms of the College of Communication and Information. For Keith,…
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Rocky Top Business Award Alumni Feature: Amber Harden, co-owner of Harden Law Firm
As an attorney, Amber Harden (’07) practices real estate law, estate planning, and probate law. As the co-owner of a quickly growing law firm, Harden said she constantly draws on the skills she learned during her time at the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations as a public relations major. Her dual background in…
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Communication Studies Students Explore Intercultural Communication and Well-being in Dublin
Every year, the School of Communication Studies takes a direct approach to teaching intercultural communication to students via its long-standing annual global programs trip to Dublin, Ireland. For four weeks the students are immersed in a foreign culture all while taking two courses that dive deep into how different cultures around the world communicate. “This…
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Rocky Top Business Award Alumni Feature: Tanya Ickowitz (’12), Co-Founder of Patdome Promotions
Tanya Ickowitz (‘12) jokingly says that when she earned her Master of Science in Communication and Information, she didn’t know she’d be using it to “fold boxes.” But folding boxes is by far not all the College of Communication and Information alumna does at Patdome Promotions, a Knoxville-based creative agency and promotional product company she…
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CCI Hosts NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar; Will Host Again in 2027
When Professor Jenny Crowley stepped into the role of coordinator of graduate studies for the School of Communication Studies, she did it with a deep belief in the positive impact of mentorship. “I really care about graduate education, graduate advising, and I feel like I got really good mentorship as a graduate student and want…
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Rocky Top Business Award Alumni Feature: Pierce LaMacchia (’12), Co-owner of K Brew
“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…
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Journalism & Media Alumni Team Up to Create Bonnie Hufford Endowment
From left: School of Journalism and Media Professor Emerita Dorothy Bowles; Lisa Hood Skinner (’80), Mack Hufford (Bonnie’s brother), and Fatima Hyder (’94). Bonnie Hufford put her all into what she did, whether she was teaching students proper grammar and Associated Press style or fundraising for the American Cancer Society. Before she passed away after…
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Rocky Top Business Awards Alumni Feature: Chris Oneal (’91), Owner of Stones River Consulting
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…
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CCI Launches New Online Bachelor’s Degree Program
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)…