Student Experience Stories
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Graduate Student Mackenzie Ostrom Reflects on Time as a Graduate Assistant, Lady Vol, and VFL
Graduate student Mackenzie Ostrom is the kind of person whose engaging personality and knack for community building results in the office outings being named, “Macktivities.” In the year that she worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Office of Student Engagement, Ostrom implemented a weekly office lunch and regularly scheduled coffee…
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Senior Faith Mtabo Found Her Passion in Public Relations
Public relations suits Faith Mtabo perfectly, though this wouldn’t be a truth she would discover until after her third year at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mtabo knew she wanted a marketable major to easily land a job after graduation, so she initially chose business analytics. The business courses didn’t resonate with her, but she…
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Tombras School Grad Students Create Communications Plan for the Tennessee RiverLine
Caption, from left: Professor Brad Collett, Sydney Sinewe, Tammy Castany, Winston Roberts, Muslimah Yusuff, Logan Judy, Professor Beth Foster, and Lila Honaker stand in the Adam Brown Social Media Command Center after the five graduate students gave a presentation on the communications plan they created for the Tennessee RiverLine. The Tennessee RiverLine was initiated by…
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ADPR Students Take School Trip to PRSA Conference in Nashville
When the Public Relations Society of America announced its 2023 International Conference (ICON) would be in Nashville, several students at the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations had the chance to attend. PRSA makes it a point to ensure students are welcome at ICON so they can have the opportunity to learn from and…
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UX Student Starts Information Sciences Club
As the undergraduate program at the School of Information Sciences (SIS) continues to grow since its inception in fall 2019, the needs of students in the program to network and gain hands-on skills also grew. That’s why SIS senior Hunter Sexton stepped up to the plate when he was asked to establish an Information Sciences…
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Alum Creates Endowment for the Daily Beacon Staff
Jeff Copeskey’s (‘82) first journalism class at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, changed the trajectory of his future. Copeskey had been studying business at UT before switching majors in 1979 and entering the College of Communication and Information. His basic reporting class was sent to cover the aftermath of a fire on The Strip on…
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Peyton Manning Joins First Class as CCI Professor of Practice
After the recent announcement that Peyton Manning (’97) was named a professor of practice for the College of Communication and Information, the CCI alumnus dipped his toes into his new profession as teacher and joined a School of Communication Studies class for a Q&A session with his former instructor and advisor, Associate Professor John Haas, Monday. …
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CCI’s Remote Internship Program Provides Pathway to Success
Caption: Journalism and Media alumnus Trinity Worthy, who participated in CCI’s VOLs Remote Internship program. Trinity Worthy (‘21) had no job prospects on the horizon when she saw a notice about a remote internship program for College of Communication and Information students and recent graduates. Worthy had just graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,…
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First Tombras ADPR Future Educator Fellow Learns from Tombras Agency
Kibum Youn, pictured with Justin Estrada, vice president media director at Tombras Agency The Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations (ADPR) is committed to forming well-rounded educators, who can speak confidently to the practice and bring innovative learning opportunities to the classroom. In the ever-evolving landscape of advertising and public relations, potential employees need…