Impact Stories
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Moore Family Creates Student Success Endowment for CCI
As someone whose job is to fundraise, Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations alumnus Lauren Moore (ā07, ā09) understands how impactful a monetary gift can be for academic institutions. Thatās why she and her husband, Elliott Moore, recently established the Moore Family Student Success Endowment to benefit undergraduate students at the College of Communication…
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Alum Stephen Land Helps JEM Students Get Real-World Experience at Realscreen Summit
From left, the Journalism and Electronic Media students who attended the Realscreen Summit: Seth Reynolds, Sherry Ludington, Tara Down, Bryson Wright Every year, major buyers, production companies, and creators of unscripted and factual content gather at the Realscreen Summit to network, learn, and to find and elevate the next great idea. This year, four School of…
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Two CCI Alumni Establish Endowed CCI Scholarship for Appalachian Students
Hunter Quillen Gresham (ā98) knows a kindred spirit right away, just by hearing how they pronounce Appalachia (she says itās āapp-uh-LATCH-uhā). As natives to the Appalachian region, both Gresham and her partner Steven White (ā93) take pride in their heritage and their accents. It was one of the things they bonded over when they metāand…
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Endowed Professorship, Terrace Established in Honor of Patty Williams
Patty Williams always enjoyed sitting and reading out on the third-floor patio of the Communications Building when her husband, John Williams (ā71) would attend College of Communication and Information Board of Visitors meetings. Both of them knew their lives wouldnāt have been the same if it hadnāt been for their time at the collegeāJohn as…
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Comm Studies Alum Gives Back to the College That Felt Like Home
As a freshman, School of Communication Studies alumnus Drew Griggs (ā12) was ready to follow through with his plan to eventually become a pastor. He figured the combination of communication studies classes plus religious studies would be the right precursor to a masterās in divinity, but the divine guided him in a different directionāand he…