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PhD Grad and Data Engineer Katie Knight Wins CCI Dissertation Award
Oak Ridge National Laboratory data engineer Katie Knight can now add another title to her name: doctor. She’s been a full-time student earning her PhD at the College of Communication Information all while working as a full-time employee at the lab, often applying her knowledge and research from school to work, and vice-versa. “I’m part…
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CCI Recognizes 2024 Retirees, Students, and Award Winners
Every spring, the College of Communication and Information recognizes and honors those who have made significant achievements in their work, whether it be excellence in teaching, research, or volunteering, or the time that they have contributed before retiring. In 2023, CCI has had much to celebrate from its graduate students, faculty, and staff. The following…
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Grad Minjeong Kim Says Well-Rounded CCI PhD Program Prepared Her to Teach and Research
Earning a PhD at the College of Communication and Information proved to be a holistic experience for Minjeong Kim, who is graduating this spring. She chose the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in part because it looked like there would be a lot of opportunities for her to get hands-on experience in teaching and research—and her…
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PhD Grad Kibum Youn Finds a Future in Teaching Business
It has been a long journey both geographically and timewise for Kibum Youn to walk away from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a PhD degree in hand. Youn came to the United States from South Korea to pursue a career in academia after earning his undergraduate degree with a double major in communications and…
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Bishop and Childers Appointed to CCI Associate Dean Roles
Two internal searches for associate deans who will further the strategic vision for the College of Communication and Information’s continuing growth have been concluded with exceptional candidates being appointed to each. Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations Professor and Interim Director of the School of Journalism and Media Courtney Childers will step into the…
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Master’s Student Traci Lively’s Delayed Return to UT Turns into Pursuit of a PhD
Traci Lively entered the master’s program at the College of Communication and Information in 2004 but put it on hold when she was also accepted into the film studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Fast forward several years and Lively is back in the CCI program, with a concentration in communication studies,…
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WUOT Practicum Expands Opportunities for Journalism Junior Pierce Gentry
Though junior Pierce Gentry has a good bit of journalism experience under his belt, he was still a bit surprised to be put on air the very first week of his practicum at WUOT 91.9 FM. “Day one we were writing scripts for the afternoon newscast to be read on air. So literally the first…
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Long-time WUOT Supporter Alice Torbett Says Station Connected Her to the Community
Forty-six years ago, Alice Torbett was unpacking boxes in her new hometown of Knoxville when the phone rang. Upon answering, a very excited voice on the other end exclaimed, “Oh Mary, go and get WUOT on your radio right now! They’re playing a beautiful Schumann piano piece.” Torbett wasn’t the intended recipient of that call,…
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Mortician and Master’s Student Aaron Rowbury Hopes to Teach in His Field
One of the strangest things anyone has ever said to Aaron Rowbury was when his grandfather-in-law came up to him one day and said, “Hey, I think you’d make a really good mortician.” But that odd statement has prompted him to learn about the funeral industry, attend mortuary school, and discover a career he genuinely…
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Comm Studies Student Heads to Italy on Gilman Scholarship
When communication studies junior Jonathan Morrell flies to Italy this summer for a month-long study abroad program, it won’t be the first time he has visited the European country—but since he was an active-duty Marine the last time he was there in 2018, he expects this experience to be very different. “Then, it was a…