CCI ExpandS your
Professional Network
CCI’s networking trips connect students with real-world career insights
The College of Communication and Information prepares students to be career ready through immersive networking trips to major cities around the country.
What are CCI
networking trips?
Every year, schools within the College of Communication and Information (CCI) organize networking trips as part of a commitment to deliver a best-in-class student experience at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Students tour businesses, agencies, and organizations where they meet industry professionals who take them behind-the-scenes to see what careers look like in the real world. This professional development opportunity puts CCI students one step ahead of competitors when they graduate and enter the workforce.
Why you should go on a CCI networking trip?
Invaluable networking opportunities
You’ll get to connect with professionals in communication, journalism and media, advertising, public relations, and information industries.
Learn more about your field of study
Tours and other engagement opportunities enhance your understanding of the field as you observe real-world applications of what you have learned in the classroom.
Engage and connect with CCI alumni
You’ll meet CCI alumni who are an invaluable resource to students for mentorship, insider perspectives, and general career advice as fellow members of UT’s “orange network.”
CCI’s networking trips
Atlanta
CCI will offer a college-wide networking trip to Atlanta starting in spring 2026 to provide students from all four schools with more opportunities to visit industries and network with professionals and alumni. They will get a first-hand look at how their degrees are used in a Southern city known for its significant media industry presence.
Stay tuned for more information.
Nashville
CCI began offering a college-wide immersive industry and networking trip to the state’s capital in 2025.
This experience provides students with a first-hand view of communication and information careers in one of the South’s most dynamic cities.Â
New York City
For more than 30 years, students have traveled with CCI to New York City to engage with professionals at some of the city’s largest media companies and advertising agencies; tour facilities and iconic sites; and network with CCI alums. This tradition continues in 2026 as the School of Information Sciences joins for its inaugural student networking trip.Â
Washington, DC
This trip shows CCI students the breadth of communication and information opportunities available to them in our nation’s capital. Whether by touring the National Mall or visiting CBS headquarters, prior visits have given students an in-depth understanding of future career opportunities in Washington, DC.
Contact us
Joseph ‘Joe’ Stabb
Assistant Professor of Practice
Administrative Fellow for Academic Affairs and Student Success
Providing students with unique opportunities to network with industry professionals—especially our own alumni who want to support the next generation of Volunteers—will set them up for success after graduation. Giving our students a chance to see what their futures could look like means they’re more likely to enter a career they will thrive in, which is our goal as a college.”
Joe Mazer
Dean and Faye Julian Dean’s Chair
College of Communication and Inforamtion