Alumni
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SIS Alumna Quanta Wyatt Receives the 2023 Arkansas Library Association Renetta Patrick Award for Outstanding School Librarianship
Alumna Quanta Wyatt (‘95) loves conducting research. Her passion is what helped her gain the Arkansas Library Association (ARLA) Renetta Patrick Award for outstanding school librarianship, but she says she couldn’t have done it alone. Wyatt is originally from Monticello, Arkansas, and lived there until she was fifteen. Her family then moved to West Memphis,…
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Tombras School Alumna Returns to Campus to Encourage Students to Follow their Goals
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, alumna Karen Freberg (‘11) moved across the country on several occasions to chase her academic and athletic career goals. Freberg’s mom is a professor in psychology and her dad is retired but he also was in marketing and taught marketing. “I actually thought I would go in as a pre-med major.…
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CCI Alumnus to host guest lecture presentation for SIS
College of Communication and Information alumnus Kevin Mallary is ensuring everyone is included in the conversation through his research on disabilities and accessibility. Mallary is an assistant professor of library and information studies at Old Dominion University. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication at Wake Forest University and earned his PhD in…
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Tombras School Alumni help create commercial for Super Bowl LVIII
It’s an advertiser and marketer’s big dream– to have a commercial play during the big game. For Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations alumni Hayley Howell (’16) and Patrick Wells (’14), that dream came true. The pair work in Brooklyn, New York, for Orchard Creative, a full-service advertising agency. Howell is an Account Director…
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Tombras School Alumni Lee and Erin Freeman Celebrate Their Love After Meeting at UT Over Two Decades Ago
Lee (’02, ’15) and Erin (’02) Freeman did not meet one another until their final year at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, but they had similar reasons why they wanted to attend UT —game days on Rocky Top. They first met in an advertising class before both graduated from the Tombras School of Advertising and…
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Volunteer 40 Under 40 Spotlight: Anna Catherine Davenport
Anna Catherine Davenport (’04) learned a lot during her time as an advertising major at the College of Communication and Information, and she’s taken that with her all the way to where she is now, as executive assistant to the commissioner at the State of Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration. One of her major…
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ESPN Writer and Sports Broadcasting Alum Ryan McGee Visits WUTK
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Homecoming Game weekend took on a personal note for alumnus Ryan McGee (’93), who returned to a place that was like home to him during his time as a student at the College of Communication and Information: WUTK studios. “It’s awesome, the great thing about being back at the radio…
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Four CCI Alumni Honored in Knox.Biz 40 Under 40
CCI alumni Ellie Amador (BS/PR ’04, MS/C&I ’10), Kathryn Hemphill (BS/PR ’09), Drew Rutherford (BS/PR ’10), and Ashley Saunders (BA/CS ’10) were named to the annual Knox.Biz 40 Under 40 Awards. The Knoxville News Sentinel released interviews with all 40 award winners to start 2021. Read more about our alumni at the links below. Ellie Amador is the Director of…
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Q&A With Alissa Sommerfeldt
The College of Communications and Information offers a master’s program in Communication and Information with four different concentrations: advertising, public relations, communication studies, and journalism and electronic media. The program equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in both professional and management positions. Students gain knowledge in each concentration, regardless…
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John Jackson Miller: From Daily Beacon Editor to Star Fantasy Writer
After graduating from the University of Tennessee where he served as editor of The Daily Beacon, John Jackson Miller (JEM ’90) set his sights on the stars. Specifically, the stars in a galaxy far, far away and the ones in the far-flung future where no man has gone before. Miller turned his lifelong passion for…