Student Experience Stories
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CCI Alum Gives $4.5 Million to Establish the Alan and Wendy Wilson Communication and Leadership Academy
Alan Wilson (’80) used communication skills he learned at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, every day of his storied business career, which culminated as Chairman and CEO of McCormick and Company. “The most important part of my job as CEO was communicating. I spent most of my time doing that, but leadership really is about…
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Graduating Senior Skylar Brown Reflects on Leadership, the Volunteer Spirit, and the Future
All it took was stepping on to the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for graduating senior Skylar Brown to make it her top pick. Previously deadset on attending her mother’s alma mater, Auburn University, Brown quickly changed her mind after getting the Rocky Top tour her senior year of high school. “I feel…
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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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Two CCI Schools Introduce Students First-Hand to Career Opportunities in DC
Whether it was seeing U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the tunnels beneath the United States Capitol, touring the White House, or meeting with numerous College of Communication and Information alumni, students described a recent trip they took to Washington as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Aimed at introducing students to the careers they could pursue after graduating,…