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Former NOVA Executive Producer Spends Week Mentoring Students at UT
Sixteen students in a documentary production class at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have spent much of the fall semester at Oak Ridge National Laboratory doing interviews and filming to make a 30-minute documentary about the Spallation Neutron Source. Now the studentsā14 undergraduates and two graduate studentsāreceived an extraordinary opportunity: working alongside longtime NOVA executive…
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Four Honored at UT Alumni Awards and 225th Anniversary Gala
Photo Gallery View All Alumni Awards Four alumni with CCI ties were honored at the UT Alumni Awards and 225th Anniversary Gala on September 6. Editor and cartoonist Marshall Ramsey (Marketing ā91) received the Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Former Microsoft Corporation General Manager of Government Affairs and CCI Board of Visitors member Ed Ingle (PR…
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Room 316 Named for Advertising Leader David Bohan
The College of Communication and Information named Room 316 in the Communications Building for longtime Board of Visitors member and advertising leader David Bohan (BS/Business Administration ā70) on October 11 during the BOV fall meeting. Bohan is the founder and chairman of BOHAN Advertising, a top full-service advertising firm based in Nashville since 1990. For…
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CCI Celebrates 50 Years with Anniversary Gala
Approximately 350 alumni, faculty, staff, and friends attended the College of Communication and Informationās 50th Anniversary Gala, October 11 at the Knoxville Convention Center. The evening celebrated the past, present, and future of the college, which was founded in 1969. Alumni spoke on the evolution of CCI through the decades, and students told stories of…
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Responding to the Call
As Veterans Day approaches, a College of Communication and Information staff member who has spent 16 years in the military is headed overseas to active duty. Jesse Cragwall, a major in the US Army Reserves, will take a leave from his job as assistant director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies, the research…
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Nannette Baker Receives 2019 Hileman Award
To celebrate a career that has spanned the newsroom and the courtroom, Nannette Baker (JEM ā78) was honored with the 2019 Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award at the CCI 50th Anniversary Gala on October 11 at the Knoxville Convention Center. The Hileman Award, established in 1994, is the highest alumni award presented annually by…
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New Website Catalogs Eyes on LaFollette Photojournalism Project
Each spring, professor Rob Heller from UTās School of Journalism and Electronic Media in the College of Communication and Information takes his advanced photojournalism students to LaFollette, Tennessee, to find and photograph stories in the Campbell County community of 7,000, about 45 miles north of Knoxville. Itās a ritual that has been reaping rewards for…
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RSVP for the CCI 50th Anniversary
RSVP Now! Update Your UT Alumni Contact Information Celebrate the past, present, and future of the University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information at the CCI 50th Anniversary Gala, Friday, Oct. 11, at the Knoxville Convention Center. The event is open and free to all CCI alumni plus one guest. The gala begins at…