• Mary Yancey

    Senior communication studies major, Mary Logan Yancey, won the Extraordinary Community Service Award at the 2020 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet. Though the awards ceremony was canceled this year, the annual spring program honors students, faculty, and staff on the University of Tennessee campus for professional and academic achievement, as well as community service. • Yancey participated…

  • Ireland Rowe

    University of Tennessee, Knoxville Commencement “For the longest time I wondered where I would go to college. The thought of having to decide where I wanted to go was overwhelming and I did not expect it to come so soon. I grew up in Nashville, TN and never even thought about UT as an option.…

  • Student Spotlight-Grace Bosworth

    Grace Bosworth is a Junior at the University, studying Communication Studies not only through the College of Communications. Grace studied abroad in Ireland through CMST and through an independent study with department head, Dr. Haas. Through the 2019 CMST study abroad Grace learned organizational skills through communication, immersed herself into the beautiful culture of Ireland,…

  • Student Spotlight-Jonathan Johnson

    Jonathan Johnson is graduating second in his class this December with a major in Communication Studies and a minor in Political Science. He is from Sevierville, TN and always dreamed of being a Volunteer. He went on two trips to Washington DC with the Communication Studies, where he later called home during a summer internship…

  • Student Spotlight Gabi Abbatemarco

    Gabi was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee and graduated from Bearden High School. She is a Phi Mu sister here at UT. Gabi has always enjoyed working with and helping others and she feels that Communication Studies has allowed her to do that. “Being a Communication Studies major, I feel that it has allowed…

  • Charles J McClung Public Speaking Contest Winners

    Fall 2019 located at the Cox Auditorium November 20, 2019. Jessica Peters pictured far right took First place.

  • Alumni Spotlight-Kylie Julius (18′)

    𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐂𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞? “I always felt at home within the College of Communication and Information. The professors in the Communication Studies department watched out for me throughout my college career.”  

  • Student Spotlight-Brooke Houser

    Born and raised right here in Knoxville, Brooke Houser graduated from CAK! Brooke started her collegiate career majoring in Audiology and Speech Pathology, but after beginning employment at Anthropologie her junior year, she began to realize her passions were found elsewhere, in people, fashion, writing, and relationships. So, she found Communication Studies which provided her…

  • Alumni Spotlight-Andrew Bowers (17′)

    Andrew Bowers graduated from the College of Communication & Information with a major in Communication Studies. While here, he gained a multitude of experience within marketing and especially social media. His senior year he interned in the Tennessee Athletics Media Relations department, specifically with social media for the men’s basketball program, and football program, which…

  • Alumni Spotlight-Chelsea Ivens

    After graduating from the University of Tennessee in 2012, Chelsea Ivens moved to Washington, D.C. to begin a career in the political sphere. Her experience on Capitol Hill began with an internship in U.S. Congressman Phil Roe’s office, where she received a behind-the-scenes look into the nation’s political nucleus. This internship launched Chelsea into the…