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Communication Studies Senior Donté Mullins Aims for Great Heights in the Sports Industry

February 28, 2025 by Hillary Tune.

“When it comes to the sports industry, so many people want to work in it. I just want to make sure that when my resume comes across the table, it’ll be something you haven’t seen before,” said Donté Mullins, a senior and communication studies major at the College of Communication and Information.

Mullins has an unflappable ambition to achieve his goals, even if that means sending out cold emails to 50 different sports agencies at the end of his sophomore year asking for a job or internship. That initiative and drive resulted in the communication studies major landing an interview … Read more... “Communication Studies Senior Donté Mullins Aims for Great Heights in the Sports Industry”

Filed Under: Access and Engagement News, Faculty News, Featured Story, School of Communication Studies, Student News, Student Spotlight

Junior Sana Boghani is Blazing a Path to a Career in Public Health Communications

February 12, 2025 by Hillary Tune.

When junior Sana Boghani first came to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she immediately began investigating opportunities on and off campus that could benefit her long-term goals and interests. She declared her major in communication studies as an incoming freshman, but the academic and extracurricular endeavors she’s undertaken since becoming a Vol have helped develop  a clearer idea of what her future career could look like.

“I always enjoyed my English and research courses in high school, so no other major  resonated with me except communication studies. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with the major initially and … Read more... “Junior Sana Boghani is Blazing a Path to a Career in Public Health Communications”

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CCI Faculty Brittany Tarwater 2025 Volunteer 40 Under 40

January 21, 2025 by Hillary Tune.

From the moment Brittany Tarwater (‘09, ‘13) stepped into the College of Communication and Information to where she is today in her career, there’s been a network of supportive faculty pushing her to succeed. She didn’t realize when she arrived at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus on her 18th birthday that CCI and UT would become intertwined with her life and career for years to come. Now, she joins seven other CCI alumni as one of the class of 2025 Volunteer 40 Under 40.

Tarwater is a full-time assistant professor of practice at the School of Journalism and … Read more... “CCI Faculty Brittany Tarwater 2025 Volunteer 40 Under 40”

Filed Under: Alumni News, Alumni Spotlight, Faculty News, Featured Story, News, School of Communication Studies, School of Journalism & Media, Student Spotlight, The Media Center

Graduating Master’s Student, Dental Hygiene Educator Teresa O’Daniel Says Communication Courses Made Her a Better Teacher

December 13, 2024 by Hillary Tune.

When Teresa O’Daniel first became a dental hygienist, she never thought she would be working in public health much less as an educator in the field. But public health eventually became more than just a career option for O’Daniel, who is a dental hygiene instructor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. She’s also graduating this semester with her master’s from the College of Communication and Information with a concentration in strategic and digital communication (SDC). 

“When I was in school, I thought, ‘I’m never going into public health.’ But working in public health, I saw what … Read more... “Graduating Master’s Student, Dental Hygiene Educator Teresa O’Daniel Says Communication Courses Made Her a Better Teacher”

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CCI Makes Impact at NCA Convention; Iannacone Earns Top Paper Honor

December 9, 2024 by Hillary Tune.

Assistant Professor Jeannette Iannacone, right, receives her Top Faculty Paper award from Laura Lemon (’17), an associate professor at the University of Alabama who graduated from CCI’s doctoral program.

Twenty-nine faculty and graduate students from the College of Communication and Information participated in the 2024 annual convention of the National Communication Association in New Orleans at the end of November, and they were actively engaged as presenters, respondents, panelists, chairs, co-chairs, and more. 

One of the stand-out moments for CCI is Assistant Professor Jeannette Iannacone winning the Top Faculty Paper award in the Public Relations Division at the convention for … Read more... “CCI Makes Impact at NCA Convention; Iannacone Earns Top Paper Honor”

Filed Under: Access and Engagement News, CCI Research & Innovation Center, Faculty News, Featured Story, Graduate Student News, News, School of Communication Studies, School of Journalism & Media, Student Spotlight, Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations

CCI Welcomes 12 New Faculty in Fall 2024

August 23, 2024 by Hillary Tune.

Twelve faculty joined the College of Communication and Information this year, ready to add their expertise, scholarship, and instruction to their respective schools, the college, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Here’s a little bit more about them:

School of Communication Studies

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Carlson

Carlson made the move to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to be in a more research-intensive environment. Her area of expertise studies how people learn to work together, and public safety communication, including disaster-preparedness, mobile warning messages, and more. Carlson hopes to broaden her research and use that to keep her teaching fresh. 

She’s

… Read more... “CCI Welcomes 12 New Faculty in Fall 2024”

Filed Under: Faculty News, Featured Story, News, School of Communication Studies, School of Information Sciences, School of Journalism & Media, Student Spotlight, Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations

CCI Alum Gives $4.5 Million to Establish the Alan and Wendy Wilson Communication and Leadership Academy

August 14, 2024 by Hillary Tune

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 communication—it’s about helping people understand what your strategies are and bringing them into alignment with those strategies,” he said.

The importance of communication in business and leadership is why he and his wife, Wendy Wilson, are investing $4.5 million to establish the Alan and Wendy

… Read more... “CCI Alum Gives $4.5 Million to Establish the Alan and Wendy Wilson Communication and Leadership Academy”

Filed Under: Alumni News, Alumni Spotlight, Featured Story, Impact Stories, News, School of Communication Studies, School of Information Sciences, School of Journalism & Media, Student Experience Stories, Student Spotlight

Alumna Cecelia Prewett Sees Her Study Abroad Scholarship Impact by Joining Ireland Trip

August 13, 2024 by Hillary Tune

When Cecelia Prewett (’93) was studying journalism at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she had one of the most impactful experiences of her life when she participated in a study abroad trip to the Netherlands.

“It changed my life. So, when I was asked to join the Board of Visitors and they said, ‘You can do direct giving or give to the general fund.’ I said immediately I want to help change somebody’s life like mine was,” she said.

With that knowledge, Prewett established a scholarship specifically earmarked to support students at the College of Communication and Information who want … Read more... “Alumna Cecelia Prewett Sees Her Study Abroad Scholarship Impact by Joining Ireland Trip”

Filed Under: Alumni, Alumni News, Alumni Spotlight, CCI, Communication Studies, Featured Story, Global Programs, Impact Stories, Journalism & Media, News, School of Communication Studies, School of Journalism & Media, Student News, Student Spotlight, Uncategorized

Tennessee Speech and Debate Society Wraps up First Year at CCI with Several Wins

June 28, 2024 by Hillary Tune

The Tennessee Speech and Debate Society (TSDS) had a successful year competing under the direction of their first-ever faculty coach and with the support of their new home, the School of Communication Studies. The varsity squad had qualifiers advance to the final round at every competition below the national tournament level.

“I was more than pleased. I’ve always had the utmost respect for the Tennessee Speech and Debate Society, because just the amount of intrinsic motivation they have to be good leaders and good teammates to each other,” said Lecturer of Practice Abbey Barnes, the group’s coach and director. 

She … Read more... “Tennessee Speech and Debate Society Wraps up First Year at CCI with Several Wins”

Filed Under: Alumni Spotlight, Faculty News, Featured Story, School of Communication Studies, Student News, Student Spotlight

Graduating Senior Skylar Brown Reflects on Leadership, the Volunteer Spirit, and the Future

May 16, 2024 by Hillary Tune

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 it’s a universal feeling, how most people will talk about how they just come here and there’s something about it that just feels like home. I know it sounds cheesy, ‘home sweet home’ like the song,” she said. “I was walking around and seeing the

… Read more... “Graduating Senior Skylar Brown Reflects on Leadership, the Volunteer Spirit, and the Future”

Filed Under: Alumni Spotlight, Faculty News, Featured Story, School of Communication Studies, Student Experience Stories, Student News, Student Spotlight

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