CI Connect 2014-2015

Greetings! CI Connect was established to reinforce the connection with our alumni and friends. By celebrating our past successes and sharing with you our major plans for the future, we hope to strengthen this supportive relationship. I hope this issue helps remind you of our storied past and leaves you feeling the promise of our bright future together. Inside you will find stories about our faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends and the ways in which they are impacting our college, our community, our state, our nation and even our world. Like any other institution of higher learning, we have been facing some fiscal challenges. We have responded to those challenges by focusing on curriculum and by growing our academic programs to support talented students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We’ve added more advising support in our Student Services area to help aid in our retention efforts. We created a new position to help with recruiting the best and brightest students to the College and expanded our Ambassador program into a mentorship program to help with both recruitment and retention. We continue to add new courses to provide more and diverse opportunities for our students. Our faculty are researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders in their field who will inspire those qualities in our students.

We are also expanding our Living Learning Programs (LLPs) to include more students in both our iNET (Innovation Network for Entrepreneurial Thinking) and our CI Connect programs. These programs allow students to not only live in some of the newest residence halls on campus but to also have courses taught inside those halls. As a small cohort, they enjoy personalized attention and opportunities not available outside the LLP. CI is recognized as one of the fastest growing colleges at the University of Kentucky, excelling not only in enrollment and retention, but also in overall student success. We could not have achieved this success without your contributions of time, financial support and internship opportunities. Thank you for all of your contributions. They will ensure that we continue to provide our students with this same exceptional experience. Please stay in touch and let us know your ideas for a better CI. Building stronger relationships with our alumni and friends guarantees the future success of our students. Because of you, we are able to say we are truly one of the best colleges at this university.

H. Dan O’Hair Dean and Professor UK College of Communication and Information

CI Snapshot > DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION

Douglas Boyd traveled to present his research, “Electronic Media in the Arabian Gulf States: Maintaining Cultural Values During Rapid Telecommunications Developments,” which discusses the historical development of electronic media in the Gulf States. Elisia Cohen has finished her fourth volume of Communication Yearbook and has been appointed to serve a term as the International Communication Association publications committee chair. She recently developed the “I Did FIT” colorectal cancer screening intervention video with Appalshop in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Her “1-2-3 Pap” communication intervention to improve cervical cancer prevention outcomes was recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a “research-tested intervention” and has been featured for national dissemination. Marko Dragojevic and Howard Giles’ study titled “I Don’t Like You Because You’re Hard to Understand: The Role of Processing Fluency in the Language Attitudes Process” recently received a Top Paper Award from the Communication and Social Cognition Division of NCA and will soon appear in Human Communication Research. Allison Scott Gordon served as the lead qualitative researcher at UK on Project ACHIEVE, a project funded for $15 million by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) which examines how to improve care transitions. Her research on “Blue Brides” has received attention in Everyday Health and in a variety of online outlets. Nancy Harrington’s edited book, Health Communication: Theory, Method, and Application, was published by Routledge. This book, which features several chapters authored by current and former Department of Communication faculty and graduate students, is designed to fill a significant gap in the discipline by targeting upperlevel undergraduate courses and emphasizing theory-based applied research. Don Helme led faculty in moving many of the Department’s courses to an online format. As of 2016, the Department will have a full minor of course offerings online. He is also partnering with the University of Kentucky’s Department of Pediatrics’ “High BMI Clinic” and Kinesiology and Health Promotion on a research project examining barriers to nutrition and exercise in adolescents with a high body-mass index.

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Anthony Limperos received the Kent State University School of Communication Studies “Outstanding Young Professional Award” in 2015. He also recently discussed his video game research as part of the inaugural panel of the newly formed Games Studies Division at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. Cynthia Miller directed the Department’s second annual Professional-Amateur Networking Event on November 13, 2015. Kevin Real is working with an interdisciplinary team of faculty from the College of Design, Nursing and UK Healthcare Statistics to investigate the impact of physical design in healthcare organizations on communication and workflow. Kevin and his colleague, Andrew Bernard from the College of Medicine and Design, received a small grant from Kentucky Organ Donation Affiliates to conduct research related to team communication in the context of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Jennifer Scarduzio, with her colleague Shawna Malvini Redden, published a study in the special issue on “Emotion in Organizations” of the Electronic Journal of Communication that discusses the positive effects of negative emotional displays for employees in bureaucratic companies. Kimberly Stoltzfus has advised a group of communication honors society students to charter a new chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association’s honor society for the Department of Communication. In September 2015, Jeannette Sutton received a new, threeyear award from NSF, with Co-PI Carter Butts (University of California, Irvine), for a total amount of $500,000. This project, “Online Hazard Communication in the Terse Regime” is designed to characterize and model the communicative processes and dynamics of online hazard communication, with an emphasis on interaction at the interface between formal organizations and the online community. She was also a featured expert in a November 20, 2015 Harvard Business Review article identifying characteristics of social media messages after the Paris and other global terrorist attacks. Jeffery VanCleave developed the Department’s first sports communication course. He also continues to direct the multimodal communication tutoring center (MC3) which offers support services for oral and written communication courses and assignments. Shari Veil is serving on the FDA’s Expert Working Group on Emergency Medical Countermeasure Communication to prepare for risk and crisis communication issues surrounding the use of medical countermeasures. Working aside former graduate students Nick Iannarino and Alfred Cotton, Dr. Veil also published two research articles examining the

communication challenges surrounding the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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During Fall 2015, ICR placed more than 300 CIS 112 (Accelerated Composition and Communication) students in more than 35 local community agencies as part of this service-learning course. Students completed at least 10 hours of service each for a total of more than 3,000 hours of service to the Greater Lexington community! Conrad Davies has guided 14 undergraduate participants through “Finding Your SuperPowers,” a six-week strengthsbased mentorship that uses the Gallup Organization’s Clifton Strengthsfinder assessment as a means to name, claim and aim their strengths in academic pursuits. The mentorship includes weekly meals, engaging discussion, group activities and individualized coaching sessions, which focus on what is right with each student to help them succeed. Working with the Confucius Institute, Carla Bevins taught 30 faculty at Qingdao Technological Institute in Qingdao, China (Shandong province) to help them improve their English proficiency in bilingual class instruction and international academic communication. Over the last year, ICR has had three faculty members chosen to participate in the Faculty Fellows Program with Presentation U, six faculty members chosen to participate in the eLLi Faculty Development program, and one in the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium Academic Leadership Academy.

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Two integrated strategic communication (ISC) students placed in the top five of a national logo design competition. Kelsey Brosseau’s entry was chosen as the runner-up and Allyson Lough’s design placed fifth. Brosseau and Lough participated as part of their ISC 497 (Graphic Design for ISC) class led by Adriane Grumbein. The competition, held by the Visual Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), was designed to encourage student submissions for the 2016 AEJMC Conference graphic that will be used in all promotional and marketing materials for the August 2016 conference to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The winner also earned $100. Chelsea St. Clair, an integrated strategic communication major from West Des Moines, Iowa, worked as an advertising intern at the Ogilvy & Mather New York offices this summer. Ogilvy & Mather is one of the largest marketing communications networks in the world, according to their website. Her ISC classes prepared her to take on this position, in which she worked with 26 other student interns to present a comprehensive advertising campaign to a client.

ISC students comprised half of the 2015 UK Homecoming Royalty Court, with four of five hopeful queens and one hopeful king candidate all being ISC majors. Court members Jacob Ewing, Lauren Henrickson, Amy Shelton, Chanel Friday and Chelsea St. Clair are all senior ISC students. Henrickson was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime during the UK vs. EKU football game on Saturday, October 3, 2015.

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Our graduate students had another successful and productive research year. Their efforts resulted in more than 100 presentations (or manuscripts accepted for presentation); 30 published or forthcoming journal articles; four published or forthcoming books; six published or forthcoming book chapters; 11 supported research grants and 86 manuscripts in progress. Although our students will continue to receive the freedom to tailor their studies to their academic interests, the core of the revised graduate program will continue to be theory and research methods along with newly expanded specializations that include: Health Communication, Information Studies, Instructional Communication, Media and Mass Communication and Risk and Crisis Communication. Our graduate program continues to support the three graduate certificates in Health Communication, Instructional Communication and Risk Sciences. Generous gifts from our alumni continue to reward the success of our outstanding graduate students. As a direct result, our students Jenna Reno and Morgan Wickline earned the Bruce H. Westley Memorial Scholarship for excellence in mass communication theory and research. Sarah Vos was awarded with the Carozza Graduate Fund for Excellence in Health Communication as well as the Palmgreen Fellowship for her health communication research, while Kevin Wombacher’s past performance excellence earned him the Martha and Howard Sypher Memorial Graduate Scholarship awarded to a graduate student with emphasis in interpersonal, organizational or mass communication research. The R. Lewis Donohew Graduate Fellowship was awarded to Minho Dai, our incoming student with interest in health communication. Additionally Sara Shaunfield (Health Communication), Xialing Lin (Risk/Crisis Communication), Jenna Reno (Risk/ Health Communication) and Rachael Record (Risk/Health Communication) were recognized as Research Fellows.

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CI Snapshot > SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CNN justice correspondent Pamela Brown gave the 2015 Joe Creason Lecture in Journalism. Ms. Brown spoke on balancing career and personal life.

The School offered a study abroad course in Dublin, Ireland. Journalism in Context: World Media Systems in Dublin looked at similarities and differences in media offerings and news reporting in the U.S. and Ireland. Seven journalism graduates discussed the varied career paths in journalism as part of “Oh, The Places You’ll Go,” the annual Richard G. Wilson Journalism Alumni Symposium. Rachel Aretkis, Thomas Beisner, Becky Bruce, Metz Camfield, Dan Hassert, Cassidy Herrington and Alex Risen talked about where their careers have taken them since graduating from UK. The Journalism program celebrated its 100th anniversary. Journalism education at UK began in 1914 under department chair Enoch Grehan. Six new members were inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. Steve Burgin, Judy Jenkins, Jeffrey Marks, Mark Neikirk, Ed Reinke and Landon Wills joined the Hall. The Journalism program was re-accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. A site team visited the program in January and found the program in compliance on eight of the nine evaluation standards. Both the Accrediting Committee and the Accrediting Council voted for re-accreditation of the program. The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues co-hosted the second Sino-U.S. Community Media Seminar in partnership with the UK Confucius Institute and the Community Edition of the XinMin Evening News. Twelve Chinese journalists, six Chinese government officials and 25 American journalists and academics participated in the seminar on the UK campus. In January of 2016, Lars Willnat was named the School’s new director. He taught at Indiana University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he was director of the Center for Survey Research.

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In July 2015, the School of Library and Information Science officially became the School of Information Science. The name change follows the expansion of programs at the School (both

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at the graduate and undergraduate level) and the increasing diversity of professions in the information field. The Information Communication Technology (ICT) program graduated its first student, Dan Collins, in the summer of 2015. Collins began his undergraduate ICT classes in the fall of 2014, when the program launched, and completed several summer classes as well as an independent study course to accelerate his graduation. His hard work and eagerness to learn has paid off as he is now a full-time employee of SDGblue as an associate security consultant. Namjoo Choi (Library Science) and Aaron Palmer (Library Science alumnus) had an article they co-authored in 2014 for Library Hi-Tech chosen as a Highly Commended Paper by the journal’s editorial team. Library Hi-Tech published 46 articles last year, and from those selected one Outstanding Paper and up to three Highly Commended papers. “The Current State of Library Open Source Software Research: A Descriptive Literature Review and Classification” was chosen as a Highly Commended Paper for being “one of the most impressive pieces of work the team has seen throughout 2014.” UK SIS is pleased to introduce three of our new faculty members who joined us in the Fall 2015 semester: David Nemer (ICT) His research focuses on the intersection of ICTs and societies with the intent on analyzing and promoting ICT changes in order to promote social change, especially where it relates to marginalized communities. Zachary Lewis (ICR) His research interests consist of the process of teaching writing in “its new meaning.” Lewis says, “While it still retains the notion of putting pen to paper, that definition [of writing] is quickly becoming too limited. Now, we write video files, CDs and websites, but at the core of all of those modes of communication we still echo back to what we once meant when we plainly said ‘writing.’ ” Seungahn Nah (ICT, Joint Appointment with College of Agriculture, Food and Environment) is an associate professor in the Department of Community and Leadership Development for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Kentucky in the area of Community Communication. He is also the Director of the Kentucky Citizen Media Project: The Lexington Commons. Dr. Nah will serve as President of the Korean American Communication Association as of this September. He taught ICT 690-203 Special Topics: ICTs in Communities in the Fall 2015 semester.

Our Own Triple Crown Winner

Mike Farrell has been awarded both the Kentucky award for Region Three Outstanding Advising Award in a Faculty Role, and a national Outstanding Advising Award for Faculty Academic Advising from the National Academic Advising Association. Farrell, an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications, also won the 2015 Ken Freedman Outstanding Advisor Award from the University of Kentucky Advising Network. UK has never had a faculty member win all three awards in the same year. “It is no surprise to me that Dr. Farrell has won every advising award possible,” said Dan O’Hair, dean of the College of Communication and Information. “If they gave inter-galatical advising awards Mike would be the first recipient.” Farrell said he is humbled to receive the NACADA awards. “I learned to appreciate students from my own college professors who were so important to my academic and career success,” Farrell said. “As passionate as I am about journalism and the courses I teach, the reason I want to keep teaching is the exciting opportunity to keep working with students.” “I am privileged to work in a school that is all about the students,” Farrell said. “And I have been supported by outstanding professional advisors and the leaders of our school, who always have been ready to answer questions and share their insight. This is really an award I share with them.”

Students and staff alike appreciate Farrell’s dedication to the college. “I’m delighted, but not surprised, that Mike was selected for this award,” Beth Barnes, interim director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications, said. “I had the chance to see the nominating letters from some of his students, and they were very strong in their praise for his advising abilities.” NACADA annually awards advisors who go above and beyond for their students. “I think the most important thing about Mike as an advisor is that he truly cares about the student as a person living his or her life, not just as someone taking classes,” Barnes said. “He’s very good on the nuts and bolts of academic advising, but he goes well beyond that in his support for his advisees.” Farrell was honored at the NACADA Region Three Conference April 14, 2015 at the Cincinnati Marriott at RiverCenter in Covington, Kentucky.The Mid-South Region Three includes Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. Farrell was chosen as the outstanding faculty advisor in Kentucky. Farrell was one of 12 honored for the Outstanding Advising Award for Faculty Academic Advising at the NACADA national conference in Las Vegas in October. Farrell received his bachelor’s degree from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago and his master’s and doctorate at UK. He has been teaching and advising students at UK full time for 14 years. CI CONNECT • 5

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The Year in Photos Eat with Experience Our students have the opportunity to “Eat With Experience” where leaders in the field share dinner and discussion. Special thanks to Jim Host, Shae Hopkins, Terry Meiners and Mike Ruehling for hosting these events in 2015!

NAB Chair Honored Outgoing National Advisory Board Chair Jim Nelson is presented with a plaque thanking him for his service to our College. Thanks for all you do, Jim!

iNET Living Learning Program iNET (Innovation Network for Entrepreneurial Thinking) LLP students assembled and filled boxes with toiletries, socks and snacks for Operation Gratitude. The boxes were sent to US troops overseas. Additionally, iNET students organized a food drive for local families at Thanksgiving and a blood drive on campus.

CI Sweethearts Students from our College were given the opportunity to write us a “love note” in exchange for a donut and encouraged to continue the love on social media using #CISweethearts. We thought this display of love for our College was absolutely “heartwarming.”

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Student Awards On April 17, 2015 the College of Communication and Information held its annual Student Awards and Recognition ceremony. This year we also recognized those who made the Dean’s List, our CI Ambassadors, the award-winning Debate and Forensics Teams, along with all scholarship and award recipients from the College.

College Excellence Awards On April 24, 2015 the College held its 15th annual College Excellence Awards. The event honored outstanding faculty, staff, alumni and friends as well as past award recipients. Friend of the College Award – Janice Birdwhistell, Kip Cornett Outstanding Alumnus Award – Lonzell Watson Faculty Teaching Excellence Award – Matthew Savage Graduate Teaching Excellence Award – Timothy Bill Faculty Research Award – Sherali Zeadally Outstanding Staff Award – Amber Troxell, Maggie Chapman Faculty Community Service Award – Shari Veil Outstanding Advisor Award – Schyler Simpson, Mike Farrell Graduate Awards Bruce H. Westley Memorial Scholarship – Jenna Reno, Morgan Wickline Carozza Graduate Fund – Sarah Vos Palmgreen Fellowship – Sarah Vos Martha and Howard Sypher Memorial Graduate Scholarship – Kevin Wombacher R. Lewis Donohew Graduate Fellowship – Minhao Dai Hallie Day Blackburn Scholarship – Jennifer Nippert Research Fellows – Rachel Record, Sara Shaunfield, Xialing Lin

Walk for Warmth On February 28, 2015 our CI Connect LLP participated in the annual Walk for Warmth, a two-mile walk around the city of Lexington hosted by the Lexington Rescue Mission. Registration fees and additional donations from the event fund the Lexington Rescue Mission’s Homeless Prevention Program, which provides emergency financial assistance to people who are financially close to being homeless.

Family Weekend The CI Family Weekend Breakfast Tailgate was in full swing again this October! Students and their families came to have breakfast while chatting with our ambassadors, faculty and staff.

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Meet Our Ambassadors

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Welcome Back and Welcome Aboard CI is very pleased to announce the return of four ambassadors from last year, August, Rachel, Susan and Riley. One junior and three seniors, they provide strong mentorship and knowledge to the program. Ambassadors help greet incoming students with enthusiasm and energy. They also do an outstanding job of representing the college at prospective student interviews and at recruitment events, such as Preview Nights. We extend a warm welcome to our newest ambassadors: Stephannie, Lizzie, Tiffany, Dana, Conner, Alexis, Elisha, Abby, Megan and Destiny.

Schyler Simpson, Ph.D.

Director of Recruitment and Retention

August Anderson Junior, ISC Major

Rachel Dixon Senior, COM Major

Susan Mann Senior, COM Major

Riley Miller Senior, JOU Major

Stephannie Bostick Senior, COM Major

Lizzie Baunach Senior, ISC Major

Tiffany Huffman Sophomore, JOU Major

Dana Kemp Senior, ISC Major

Conner Mackowiak Junior, ISC Major

Alexis Mathews Junior, JOU Major

Elisha Merideth Senior, COM Major

Abby Phillips Junior, MAS Major

Megan Rose Sophomore, COM Major

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How to Give We need you as a partner to accomplish our goal of becoming a national leader at the undergraduate and graduate levels among public research universities in the fields of Communication, Journalism, Integrated Strategic Communication, Media Arts and Studies (formerly Telecommunications) and Library and Information Science. Your gifts, along with contributions from corporations and foundations, allow us to increase scholarship support and awards, faculty and research, technology and capital improvements, and community partnerships that cannot be funded by the state and tuition support alone.

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Monetary: A gift made to the College of Communication and Information via check or credit card.

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Giving Online: Use our secure online giving form to make a pledge or give by credit card. https://www.uky.edu/GiveNow/index.php?select=CI

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Gifts of Insurance: All forms of insurance are accepted as gifts. When you specify the University of Kentucky as the owner and

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Planned Giving: A will bequest to the College is another way to provide an estate gift. The University of Kentucky has

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beneficiary of a paid up policy, the charitable deduction is for the policy’s cash surrender value or net premium paid on the policy, whichever is less. The University may elect to liquidate life insurance policies and evaluates each policy on a case-by-case basis.

established the Society of 1865 to recognize donors for their contributions to the University via provisions in their wills.

If you are interested in learning more about giving, please visit the Office of Development website: uky.edu/Development/welcome.htm. Or contact Denise Carl, CI Director of Development at 859-257-3033 or email denise.carl@uky.edu.

“I value my UK education.” “The Department of Communication is one of the best in the nation, especially in health communication. My husband and I established the Harrington Health Communication Scholarship to help the department support the outstanding work it does in educating its students.” - Nancy Harrington, Ph.D. ’92

For more than 150 years, the University of Kentucky has been providing life-shaping education to generations of young men and women. To accomplish this task today, alumni support is needed as never before. Through outright gifts, and simple gift and estate planning, you can change lives and make a difference. You can help students follow in your footsteps. To request more information without obligation, contact Denise Carl, Director of Development, College of Communication and Information, at 859-257-3033 or denise.carl@uky.edu.

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The College of Communication and Information appreciates the support shown for our students, faculty and programs through gifts from our alumni and friends. This alphabetical list recognizes contributors from January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Thank you for your support!

21c Museum Hotel Mr. Richard D. Adolph Ms. Stephanie N. Aken Ms. Amy Spatcher Akers Al & Guy Campisano Family Trust Dr. Suzie Allard Ms. Leean L. Allen Mr. Mark Allen Ms. Jo A. Amatulli Ms. Barbara L. Amick Mrs. Lori H. Andersen Mr. David Brian Anderson Ms. Tara E. Anderson Antidote, LLC Arabella Advisors, LLC Mrs. Diane Archer Ms. Constance Ard Mrs. Anne S. Ardery Mr. Joseph L. Ardery Dr. Julie Ardery and Mr. William A. Bishop Ms. Nancy L. Arn Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arnos Ms. Janet C. Ashby Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Ashley Mr. George L. Atkins III Mr. James M. Aubry Mr. Matthew S. Avery Mr. William C. Ayer, Jr. Mr. Daniel L. Baechtold Mrs. Susan Philp Baier Ms. Barbara E. Bailey Mr. Rex L. Bailey Mr. Dave Baker Ms. Bernadette J. Baldini Ms. Vivian C. Baldwin Ms. Marianne G. Bange Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baniak Bank of America Foundation Dr. Tracy V. Banks Ms. Tammy L. Barbara Ms. Natalie W. Barker Ms. Anne F. Barley Dr. Beth E. Barnes Ms. Marcie L. Barnett Mrs. Meaghan Barnett Mr. David G. Baron Dr. Janet L. Barr Mr. John H. Barrett Mr. Alan S. Barrish Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bartleman Mrs. Aimee’ S. Baston Mr. Martin D. Bauer Mr. Joel W. Beane

Dr. Lee B. Becker Mrs. Nora R. Beger Mrs. Julie H. Berry Bertha LeBus Charitable Trust Beta Theta Pi Mr. David G. Bez Ms. Sara C. Biden Ms. Mary Elise Biegert Mrs. Virginia A. Billson Ms. Clara Bingham Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Ms. Emily S. Bingham Dr. and Mrs. Terry L. Birdwhistell Mr. William C. Black Ms. Cara M. Blank Mr. Jay Blanton Ms. Kathleen C. Bloom Mr. Terry R. Blythe Mrs. Stacie R. Bodel Mr. Adam Anthony Boettcher Mr. William F. Bolte Mr. Edward S. Bonnie Mrs. Virginia M. Bowden Ms. Dorothy Bowles Ms. Megan A. Bowles The Bowling Family Foundation Mr. Donald L. Bowman Ms. Lynne B. Bowman Ms. Jeanne M. Box Mr. Robert E. Boyer Mr. Jack D. Brammer Dr. Adam Braun Ms. Carol S. Bredemeyer Mrs. Cynthia S. Brestovan Ms. Denise M. Bridges Mr. Daniel D. Briscoe The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Linda L. Broaddus Ms. Suzanne G. Bromschwig Dr. Alice W. Brown Mr. Eric L. Brown Col. Garnett C. Brown, Jr., USAF Ret. Ms. Lucinda A. Brown Dr. Mary Helen Brown Mr. Ryan Brown Brown-Forman Mr. William Dale Bryant Mr. Patrick C. Buchanan, Jr. Mr. Warren Buckler Mrs. Christa E. Bunnell

Giving Honor Roll Mrs. Susan L. Burch Mr. Allan Burke Mr. John P. Burkhard Ms. Carol J. Bursik Mr. Jonathan Busroe Mrs. Victoria D. Buster Mr. Granger H. Butler Ms. Maria Claire Cahill Alison Campbell Mrs. Elizabeth T. Campbell Ms. Kimberley L. Campbell Ms. Elizabeth Caras Cardiology Institute of Michigan Mrs. Denise Carl Ms. Carol L. Carlton Mr. Michael C. Carozza Mr. Dennis P. Carrigan Mr. John S. Carroll Mr. Mark A. Carroll Mrs. Carolyn H. Carter Mrs. Melissa W. Carter Ms. Mary J. Cartmell Ms. Anita R. Casey Mr. Greg Casey Mrs. Tabatha S. Casey Cengage Learning Central Bank Ms. Janet Cha Ms. Jennifer Chan Mr. and Mrs. Shubon Chan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chan Mrs. Jennifer Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Chang Mrs. Mary J. Cherry Ms. Mary Chesnut Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Chesser Mr. Steve A. Chin Yee Ms. Janet M. Chisman Ms. Barbara Chiu and Mr. Lawrence Tse Mr. Douglas Cheuk Fai Chiu Mrs. Shukwei L. Chow Dr. Hannah Chow-Johnson Christian Appalachian Project Mrs. Carole D. Christian Mr. Gene A. Clabes Mr. and Mrs. Anthony W. Clark Mr. Donald K. Clark Mr. Thomas G. Clark Mr. Joseph W. Clements The Cleveland Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Nick Clooney Ms. Angela Cobb

Mr. Kelly Cocanougher Mr. Joseph D. Coffman Elisia Cohen Ms. Gretchen Geiser Colbert Coldfire Resources Mr. and Mrs. David A. Cole Coleman Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Donald Collier Mr. John W. Collins III Ms. Susan Combes Mr. Nicholas P. Comer Community Foundation of Louisville Ms. Carol J. Connor Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Conrey Ms. Ann B. Conway Ms. Laura Elizabeth Coon Mrs. Barbara C. Cooney Mr. David E. Cooper Ms. Tara L. Cooper Ms. Carrie Ann Cox Dr. Gary S. Cox Mrs. Sarah W. Cox Ms. Kay Coyte Mr. Kenny Craft Mr. Peter W. Craig Mrs. Karen S. Cramer Mr. Wesley E. Crane Mr. Charles D. Creacy Mr. Kelly A. Crowley Mrs. Jeanne M. Crown Mrs. Marie Alagia Cull Ms. Gwendolyn M. Culp Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Cummings Mr. Michael L. Cunningham Mrs. Maria L. Currey Mr. Doug Curry Mrs. Toni J. Curtis Mrs. Amanda Mills Cutright Mrs. Anne B. Dadds Mrs. Michele C. Daigle Ms. Shelia K. Dalton Mrs. Martha A. Damron Ms. Traci Noel Daniel Mr. Dee Davis Mrs. Georgia R. De Araujo Dr. and Mrs. John A. Deacon Ms. Jennifer J. Dellapina Ms. Lisa K. Denham Mrs. Susannah R. Denomme Mrs. Helen W. Depenbrock Mr. Ralph W. Derickson Ms. Karen H. Deringer Mrs. Shirley F. Dexter Ms. Patricia C. DeYoung

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Dicken Family Fund Mr. Raymond K. Dickinson Ms. Alice V. Dodd Ms. Linda K. Donaldson Drs. Robert L. and Phyllis Donohew Mr. Terry Donohew Ms. Agnes Donohue Mrs. Charlotte E. Dorton Mr. Jeffrey T. Doss Mr. Nicholas S. Douglas Mrs. Stephanie D. Dowdy Mr. Mark H. Downer Ms. Margaret B. Doyle Mr. and Mrs. John T. Duerr, CFP Duke Energy Corporation Ms. Janice L. Dumford Mr. Charles S. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Duncan Ms. Brenda K. Dutton Mrs. Scottye S. Eakin Ms. Patricia H. Earnest Ms. Carol L. Ebbinghouse Mrs. Angela L. Edwards Mr. George D. Edwards Mr. Greg Edwards Mrs. Nanette D. Eichell Eli Lilly and Company Ms. Holly Elaina Elkins Mrs. Karen T. Ellenberg Mrs. Jane E. Eller Dr. Ronald D. Eller Mr. Charles J. Ellis Mr. Ronnie Ellis Mrs. Judith S. Engelberg Eugene and Eleanor Harms Foundation Mrs. Judy L. Everett ExxonMobil Ms. Jennifer D. Fahling Mrs. Carol Farmer Ms. Jillian Shawn Fawbush Mr. Fredric E. Fedler Mr. Richard J. Feindel Ms. Maggie Fennell Ms. Mary Sue Ferrell Mr. Gregg B. Fields Mr. Jerald A. Finch Ms. Mildred E. Finch Ms. Alice Ruth Finkelstein Dr. Cindy L. Finneseth Mrs. Judith K. Fischer Dr. Philip D. Fitzgerald Ms. Sarah R. Fitzgerald Ms. Jacquelene P. Flaum Mr. Jon L. Fleischaker Ms. Dianna H. Fogle Mr. Monty N. Foley Mrs. Claudia C. Forbes Mr. C. Edward Ford

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Mr. William F. Forsyth Ms. Stacy Forsythe Mrs. Beverly A. Fortune Mr. Jeff C. Fossett Mrs. Virginia G. Fox Ms. Kathyrn C. Franco Mrs. Mildred L. Franks Mrs. Barbara P. Fried Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Friedell Frost Brown Todd LLC Ms. Angelina Fu Ms. Manae Y. Fujishiro Mrs. Rebecca S. Fuhrman and Mr. Don Leary Gannett National Shared Service Center Dr. Lorraine E. Garkovich Mrs. Kristi Garrison Ms. Marva M. Gay GE Foundation Ms. Billie Ann Gebb Ms. Suzanne O’Neal Gehring Mr. Kevin Patrick Geisert Mr. J. Ronald Geoghegan Ms. Ellen Grace Gerard Ms. Lynda Marie Gerrety Ms. Judith A. Gibbons Dr. Catherine M. Gillotti Dr. Deborah Taylor Givens Ms. Autumn N. Glancy Mrs. Mary A. Glanzer Ms. Sarah Glover Professor Corban Goble Ms. Natalie A. Gohrband Mrs. Laura Shelton Goins Mrs. Melanie A. Golder Ms. Wanda Gong Ms. Yiu-Ping Gong The Gonzo Foundation Mr. Henry W. Goodman II Mr. Michael Gorman Mrs. Priscilla P. Gotsick Ms. Sue Ellen Grannis Mr. Walter M. Grant Mr. William R. Grant Ms. Elaine Gray Ms. Mary Gray Ms. Pamela A. Gray Dr. Nancy L. Green Ms. Carol M. Greene Ms. Karen Greever Ms. Antoinette P. Greider Ms. Elizabeth L. Groen Mr. John R. Guthrie The H. W. Wilson Foundation Mrs. Dahlia J. Haas Mrs. Jane M. Haase Mr. Vernon P. Hackworth Mrs. Mildred E. Haddix Mrs. Sharon G. Haines Ms. Gracie Hale

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Dept. of Communication Hosts Internship Dinner On Friday, December 4, 2015 the Department of Communication hosted more than 40 interns and their mentors for dinner at Awesome Inc. in downtown Lexington. The Department of Communication Internship course, taught by Cyndy Miller, offers Communication majors the opportunity to gain experience in communication through work in industry, government, education and non-profit organizations. The goal of the internship dinner was to thank the sponsors of the interns and for the students to gather and discuss what they learned. Companies and organizations that hosted interns this fall include: Aids Volunteers of Lexington (AVOL) American Red Cross Americans for Prosperity Asby Group, LLC Bluegrass Land Title Breeders’ Cup Limited Commerce Lexington Cumulus Radio Fayette County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office Ferrick Mason GTV3 Jonah Mitchell Real Estate LEX 18 LFUCG Department of Public Safety Mehr Fairbanks Trail Lawyers, PLLC

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Wildcat Insights On May 8, 2014, the first Episode of “Wildcat Insights” aired on Kentucky Educational Television (KET). Wildcat Insights is a new television program sponsored by the Dissemination and Implementation Sciences Consortium (DISC) in the College of Communication and Information. Hosted by Dan O’Hair, dean of the College of Communication and Information, and Don Helme, associate professor in the Department of Communication, this series provides viewers with a human perspective on both research and innovation at the University of Kentucky. The 30-minute episodes are filmed in the TV studio in the Taylor Education building under the direction of Paul LeVeque, professor in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. Media Arts and Studies (MAS) students, who are taking Paul’s MAS 312 Video Production class are the production crew for the episodes. Episodes feature professors involved in research impacting the Commonwealth, local authors, breaking news, emerging issues and news development in the College of Communication and Information. Featured this year is a segment called “What’s New?” where we will introduce new programs, entrepreneurs and areas of focus and inquiry in the field of communication and information. New episodes of Wildcat Insights will air this summer and fall on KET and old episodes can be found by clicking the Vimeo icon on the College of Communication and Information webpage or at vimeo.com/ukci. CI CONNECT • 15

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Bon Voyage, Beth! but during the time I’ve been director we’ve really increased the amount of scholarship support in the school for our students,” Barnes said. She attributes much of the support to the alumni of the School. Under Barnes’ leadership, the School of Journalism and Telecommunications received reaccreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC), and the journalism program received the same status twice. For most, a new year brings a time of change and resolutions. For Dr. Beth Barnes, interim director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications, the new year brings new global adventures. Barnes will spend the first part of 2016 in London where she will teach two courses: “Strategic Public Relations” and “Advertising to Multicultural Britain.” Barnes, who spent a semester teaching in London in 2000 while employed at Syracuse University, is looking forward to returning for another semester and bringing UK students with her. “Education Abroad has been trying to encourage more UK students to do full semester study abroad programs,” Barnes said.

full semester away from the university to work on research or a teaching project. For her sabbatical, Barnes will conduct research in Zambia, a country she fell in love with years ago during her travels. “What I’m proposing doing for my sabbatical is spending a good amount of time in Zambia, where we had a project going for about six and a half years,” Barnes said. “Towards the end of my time working in Zambia I started working with the Zambia Institute of Marketing.” Upon completing her research, Barnes will return to UK after her sabbatical. Barnes is known in the College of Communication and Information for her love of travel and her global experiences. She notes that there is no country she wouldn’t travel to.

To do so, they decided to send UK faculty and professors to teach the courses. Barnes is delighted to have the opportunity.

She is also widely known for her many accomplishments here at UK. As Barnes prepares for her time away from the University of Kentucky’s campus, she reflects on her proudest moments here.

As for the fall semester, Barnes will be on sabbatical, an opportunity to take a

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In addition, she helped bring the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues (IRJCI) into the College. “The IRJCI was in existence when I arrived, but it was not yet part of the School,” Barnes said. “So working with the people who created that institute to bring it under the School [was a great accomplishment] because I think it’s such an important part of what we do. I’m also proud of helping to secure Al Cross to lead the institute.” Barnes helped to improve the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center by supporting the creation of a much broader range of programs. Barnes attributes much of the center’s growth to the involved faculty, particularly the center’s director, Mike Farrell. Barnes is proud of all that she and her colleagues have accomplished. However, the project she’s most proud of is the work conducted in Zambia with five other UK faculty members and one UK staff member from 2008-2014, which is why she’s looking so forward to returning during her time on sabbatical.

“I think for all of us, it’s been a really important project,” Barnes said. “And I think for me, the entire time I’ve been in higher education, it’s the thing I’m most proud of.”

The contributions Barnes makes are astounding and vast, and as she dedicates her time for the next year to teaching in London and researching in Zambia, she will be missed.

She loves Zambia so much that she hopes to be able to deliver the same positive experience to students through a study abroad program.

“Beth Barnes is one of the more remarkable persons I have worked with in my thirty years in higher education,” Dean of the College of Communication and Information Dan O’Hair said. “She is the consummate professional who holds her students and colleagues in the highest regard. Beth has accomplished so much for the School in the last twelve years. She leaves behind a large legacy, but at the same time, has so many exciting opportunities awaiting her in the future. I speak for all of her colleagues when I say, ‘Thank you Beth, and good luck with your newest endeavors.’”

Barnes said when she returns to Zambia on sabbatical, she hopes to work with the Zambia Institute of Marketing to help further develop strategic communication practice in the country. “I love the country and I have never met better, nicer people than Zambians, and I so would love to be able to put students there, whether on short term or ideally a semester-long program, which would be terrific,” Barnes said. Increasing study abroad opportunities for UK students is something Barnes does along with her director responsibilities, advising and teaching.

“There have been several semesters during the time I’ve been director that I didn’t teach just because of other things that were going on, and I never liked those semesters,” Barnes said. “I missed teaching. I’ve always been much happier the semesters when I’ve been teaching at least one course.” Barnes has a passion for teaching and she clearly loves her students. In fact, UK students impressed her before she even accepted her position as director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications in 2002. “When I came to do that campus visit, I really liked the students whom I met and also the alumni from the school whom I met with,” Barnes said.

While Barnes explains that she will miss UK in 2016, she reminds us, “Be open to possibilities and don’t assume that you know what’s going to happen. Things happen sometimes that you never expected, and they turn out to be ever so much better than what you were expecting.”

When Barnes originally accepted the position at UK, she had plans to continue work in the administrative side of higher education and perhaps eventually become president of a small college. UK, however, changed her mind.

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100 Years of Journalism The 2014-15 year marks 100 years of journalism education at the University of Kentucky. The Department of Journalism began in 1914 under department chair Enoch Grehan. He served as chair until 1937; the Enoch Grehan Journalism Building was dedicated in 1951.

The center hosts an annual First Amendment Celebration. As part of the celebration, a noted First Amendment advocate delivers a state of the First Amendment address. The center also awards the James Madison Award for Service to the First Amendment to a Kentuckian who has made a substantial contribution to freedom of the press in the Commonwealth. The award is presented at the First Amendment Celebration.

Under Grehan’s direction, the department became one of the nation’s pioneers in the field of professional journalism instruction. The journalism department grew from a small beginning to become one of 32 Class A departments in the nation.

The center funds Citizen Kentucky, a program that uses a freshman seminar to engage citizens in public issues through the power of the press. The center also co-sponsors an annual high school essay contest with the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office and provides a range of focused programming.

Grehan was joined by Marguerite McLaughlin, one of the first female general reporters in the South. McLaughlin was the first female journalism teacher in the United States. The Marguerite McLaughlin Room in the Grehan Building is named in her honor.

It was also a milestone year for the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. 2014-15 marks 10 years since the institute became part of the UK journalism program.

Today, the journalism program is one of three undergraduate degree programs in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. It offers emphases in broadcast/ multimedia journalism and print/multimedia journalism. Broadcast/multimedia students provide the morning news on WRFL-FM, the weekly “Campus Voices” public affairs program, also on WRFL, and the live, daily UK Student News Network newscast on Channel 16. Print/multimedia students write for the Kentucky Kernel, UK’s award-winning, daily student newspaper, and for a wide variety of web sites and other media properties.

The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues helps non-metropolitan journalists define the public agenda for their communities and grasp the local impact of broader issues. It interprets rural issues for metropolitan news media, conducts seminars and publishes research and good examples of rural journalism. It helps journalists all over America learn about rural issues, trends and events in areas they’ve never seen but have much in common with their own. It helps rural journalists learn how to exercise editorial leadership in small markets. The three anniversaries were celebrated with special programming throughout the 2014-15 academic year. Program graduates were invited to share their memories at www.facebook.com/UKJOU100 and on other social media platforms using #UKJOU100.

Students in the capstone course of the journalism major, Multimedia Storytelling, produce BlueCoast Live, a multimedia news blog. The UK Journalism program also includes the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center and the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. The Scripps Howard First Amendment Center celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014-15. It offers a wide range of activities designed to fulfill its mission: to promote understanding of the First Amendment among citizens of Kentucky, to advocate for First Amendment rights in the Commonwealth and nationally, and to produce internationally recognized scholarship concerning the First Amendment and its related freedoms.

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ISC: From Major to Department By Elizabeth Baunach

The Integrated Strategic Communication program became its own department in the fall of 2015, a culmination of the progress ISC has made since its inception as a major at UK about 20 years ago. The idea of splitting ISC from the School of Journalism and Telecommunications within the College was brought up about three years ago. Last spring, the process was completed, and Alyssa Eckman was selected to be the first ISC department chair. The split is a result of the ISC major’s dramatic growth in recent years. Within the last five years, the number of students in the ISC program has doubled. There are now more than 600 majors and pre-majors in ISC. “ISC was becoming so large that it was, in the end, in our students’ best interest to have it break off into its own department so that we can have really focused leadership on it and to be able to give them all the attention that they really deserve,” Eckman said. “We wanted to come up with something that was best for our students, our faculty and our staff.” Part of that focused leadership and attention will be seen at the administrative level. Students will not immediately see these changes, making this an easy transition for current ISC majors and pre majors. “At this point it has not yet affected our students, and that was actually one of our goals,” Eckman said. “We wanted this to be a seamless transition that would not confuse matters with students, not make students nervous in any way and to just assure that everything went smoothly for them as they more forward with their ISC major.” Looking forward, these changes at the administrative level will make the process of updating curriculum a little bit faster. In an ever-changing field like ISC, it is crucial to continue offering courses that reflect the knowledge and skills needed in the profession. Making ISC an individual department will allow for these changes to be made more cohesively than ever before. What hasn’t changed is the relationship ISC has with the other units and majors in the college. There are still many partnerships and shared programs. In fact, many staff positions have not changed since the split. Eckman noted that the ISC major is heavily focused on building and maintaining identity, so it only makes sense to ensure that the ISC major creates its own identity as a separate entity. “We can now establish an identity and now be more easily recognized on a local, state, regional, national level for what we are, which is a very unique undergraduate program. We have 13 outstanding faculty who are leading researchers and teachers. They help make this major very special, ” Eckman said. Unique it is. When ISC was first developed as an undergraduate major at UK, it was one of the first of its kind. At that time, most universities only offered ISC, or similar programs, as master’s degrees or higher. ISC had evolved from the advertising major originally offered at UK. In the early 1990s, Professor Scott Whitlow found a need to derive a completely new major to give home to public relations students spread throughout the majors in the college and those students interested in the overall marketing communications field. She worked tirelessly to create and establish the ISC major, from pitching the idea to creating the coursework. “Doing it so quickly and smoothly took laser focus, confidence, eons of late nights and a jolt of heartbreak,” Whitlow said. “The effort ensured that I produced a cogent, comprehensive proposal package that achieved its first level approval signature in 1996.” The proposal process went seamlessly, and after minor additions and small changes, the major was launched in the 1997 spring semester. Whitlow still plays a key role as an ISC faculty member overseeing the required professional internship course and teaching the program’s capstone course, ISC 491. Eckman also has deep ties to the ISC program at UK that date back to the creation of the ISC major. It seems fitting that her connections come full circle as she takes the leadership role as department chair. While pursuing her doctoral degree from UK, she worked at the Lexington Herald-Leader and was assigned as Professor Rick Roth’s teaching assistant for ISC 261 in 1997, and there were fewer than 30 students in the course. These days, about 75 to 80 students are enrolled in ISC 261 each semester, across multiple sections. Eckman began her UK teaching career as a visiting lecturer in 2002, and has since held roles including associate professor and ISC sequence coordinator. “The reason I went into higher education is because I love to teach,” she said. “That’s what it’s always been about for me. We have great students in ISC, which makes my job a lot fun.” While her new position as department chair will reduce the number of classes she will teach, Eckman has found other opportunities to practice her passion. She leads ISC 261 lectures this fall and will teach a study abroad ISC course titled “Advertising and Public Relations in London” with Beth Barnes, interim director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and interim assistant provost for internationalization, during the 2015-2016 Winter Intercession. CI CONNECT • 19

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CI Hosts China-US Media Seminar Community newspaper people from China and the United States found common ground, despite great differences in their environments, at the Second Sino-U.S. Community Media Seminar at UK January 8-9, 2015. The seminar was sponsored by the XinMin Evening News, Shanghai’s largest afternoon newspaper and publisher of many community editions; and the Confucius Institute and the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. It brought from China 10 newspaper executives and journalists, six local-government officials and a Shanghai University professor, You You. She was the Institute’s visiting scholar in 2012-13 and was instrumental in arranging the seminar. It also attracted 25 U.S. newspaper executives, UK faculty and academics at other universities who are among the Institute’s academic partners. Presentations and discussions revealed that Chinese community papers share with their Kentucky counterparts the desire to tell stories of local people in the face of dramatic economic challenges and a commitment to serve their communities. “Community journalism requires a commitment to the people and the place,” said Bill Horner, publisher of Paxton Media Group’s Sanford (N.C.) Herald, who attended the first such seminar, in Shanghai in 2013. “I have seen a sense of commitment to that among community journalists in China,” Horner said, and seeing that helps American journalists “rediscover our own sense of commitment.” The day before the seminar, the Chinese and a few of the Americans visited the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Danville Advocate-Messenger to learn more about U.S. community newspapers. The two days were a boost for Bian Haolan, editor-in-chief of the Bao’an Daily News, a 100,000-circulation community paper in Shenzen, next to Hong Kong. In the seminar discussions, through a translator, he noted a sharp decline in Chinese newspaper advertising in the last three years, but said his main takeaway from the seminar is a belief that traditional newspapers are here to stay. Zhu Qi, associate town-chief of Chonggu in Shanghai, told the group that she was deeply impressed by the commitment to community that she saw in Danville and Lexington. “We are in the pioneer stage of community journalism,” she said.

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“Our intention is to record the lives of the down-to-earth people who make up China’s development.” Most community newspapers in China are published in cooperation with local governments, who see them as vehicles for official messaging and tools to create a greater sense of community at a time when Shanghai’s communities are flooded with immigrants from rural areas and the city’s population has exploded to 23 million. In China, communities are purely administrative and geographic, You You said in her seminar presentation. “In Shanghai, there is a strong feeling of city but no sense of community.” Jin Fei, assistant editor-in-chief of the XinMin Evening News’ community editions, said her staff has learned how to work within the government framework while always facing the dilemma of whether “to serve the readers or serve the government. . . . The approach we take is to encourage local government to make government affairs public and open.” She said the government supports the paper’s efforts to monitor its work. The paper publishes the government’s annual plan of work, and reports on how much of it has been accomplished. Dr. Zixue Tai, a China native and professor in the UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications, said Americans should see community newspapers as some Chinese see them: what sociologists call a “third place” – informal, public gathering spaces outside home and work that contribute to civil society and democracy. “The third place today can be realized mainly by community newspapers,” Tai said. “We have a lot of common ground” in community journalism. “We don’t care about foreign policy.”

ICT Launches Masters Program In the fall of 2014 the College introduced the undergraduate major in Information Communication Technology which provides students with applied information technology skills to succeed in today’s increasingly interconnected world. The ICT program is expanding its degree offerings to graduate students by including a master’s degree in Information Communication Technology which began in the fall of 2015. The program focuses on the intersection of technology, the people who use that technology, the policies and regulations governing or affecting use of that technology, and the community or environment in which that technology is used, in order to facilitate communicating information. The ICT master’s program focuses on providing students with the knowledge and skills to assume leadership positions charged with effectively applying, using and managing technology when solving problems specifically related to information and communication. Expanding upon the undergraduate ICT curriculum, which is designed to prepare students for positions that require basic knowledge and skills commensurate with bachelor’s level preparation, the master’s curriculum is designed to prepare students to assume positions that require more in-depth knowledge of the field. In the ICT master’s program, students will begin to concentrate their studies on a certain area or aspect of ICT. “Launch of the ICT master’s degree program in fall 2015 extends the School’s information technology initiatives,” Jeff Huber, director of the School of Information Science which houses the ICT program explains. “The ICT master’s degree will allow students to pursue programs designed to prepare them for higher level positions in industry, government or academic environments.” Students admitted to the master’s program may concentrate their studies into one of three tracks—health, technology and analytics, or policy and regulation—or work with their adviser to create a program of study befitting their educational and professional goals. ICT is a fast emerging field that encompasses many job sectors. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment growth rates in the ICT sector are forecasted to rise over the next 10 years, with most job categories reflecting double-digit percentage increases. Job categories include information security analysts, Web developers, database administrators, computer network architects, and media and communication specialists. The College of Communication and Information is the designated iSchool for UK. iSchools are a group of information schools dedicated to advancing the information field.

Provost Teaching Award

Sarah Kercsmar, Faculty Lecturer and Program Coordinator in the Instructional Communication and Research Program, has been awarded the 2015 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching. Kercsmar earned the award for category two, which honors lecturers and clinical title series faculty for their distinguished performance in the classroom, laboratory or clinical settings. Jeff Huber, Director of the School of Information Science, describes Kercsmar as “creating an engaging, supportive, learning environment and constantly seeking out ways to incorporate innovative teaching strategies. We are very proud of the work of Dr. Kercsmar and very happy to see her receive this award,” Huber said.

“I’m honored and humbled to be chosen as one of the Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients for 2015,” Kercsmar said. “I count myself lucky to be able to do what I do for a living and to be recognized for my teaching this year is icing on the cake.”The provost annually awards faculty and graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate special dedication and outstanding performance in the classroom or laboratory. Kercsmar earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Marshall University. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Kentucky. Kercsmar has been a faculty lecturer at UK since 2011 and currently teaches CIS 110, 111 and 112 in the College of Communication and Information. “I’m so lucky to be able to share my passion for education every day in and day out in my job,” Kercsmar said. Along with the other 2015 recipients, Kercsmar was recognized at the UK Faculty Awards ceremony on April 15, 2015. Recipients’ names will be engraved on the recognition board plaque in the Patterson Office Tower lobby. CI CONNECT • 21

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Debate and Foresnics Recap Students across campus showcase their talents through many clubs and teams including the debate team and the forensics team. Both teams had a very successful year in their respective competitions. The 2014-2015 University of Kentucky Debate Team was made up of nine Honors Program students, one Singletary Scholar, two Presidential Scholars, two Parker Scholars, one Patterson Scholar and two former Chellgren Fellows. The squad posted an outstanding team GPA of 3.9 for the 2014-2015 academic year.

The UK Forensics Team had an outstanding year as well. Over the course of the fall and spring semesters, the team traveled to 11 regular season tournaments across the southeast region of the United States. Individual competitors won 127 individual awards in public speaking and debate. That total includes 18 first place finishes. The squad earned seven team awards at these tournaments. The season’s performance allowed UK to earn 20 national qualifications to the National Forensic Association national tournament, a record for the team. Other notable accomplishments of the season include:

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UK ranked 11th in the final 2015 National Debate Tournament rankings among Harvard University, University of Michigan, Emory University, Northwestern University, Wake Forest University and University of California, Berkeley.

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Donald Grasse and Theo Noparstak earned runnerup honors in the American Debate Association (ADA) National Championship. The pair lost a 2-1 decision in the final round to University of Minnesota.

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Six of the top 14 speakers at the ADA National Championship represented UK.

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UK Debate Team Coach Dave Arnett was named National Coach of the Year by the ADA.

“This has been an effort several years in the making, and it is quite rewarding to see things start moving in the right direction. Kentucky Debate has a tradition over a hundred years old and has been a major force for much of that time,” Arnett said. “The team took a major step this year toward becoming one of the elite programs in the country.”

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UK was selected to host the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament in March 2016. To be selected to host the tournament, an institution has to successfully bid against other schools to demonstrate why they are the most suitable host site for the tournament.

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The UK Forensics Team was awarded one of three nationally competitive grants from the forensics honorary Pi Kappa Delta.

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Director of Forensics, Timothy Bill, finished his term as president of the Kentucky Forensic Association and will now transition to the office of past president. Bill was also selected to serve as lieutenant governor of the Province of the Southeast for Pi Kappa Delta.

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Junior Abel Rodriguez III was re-elected as the student president of the Kentucky Forensic Association.

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The team finished the year 10th in the nation at Pi Kappa Delta Nationals in Athens, Ohio.

“This past year has been an amazing season. We set two goals as a team in the fall. We wanted to be in the top two at our state tournament and to make the top ten at Pi Kappa Delta nationals,” Director of Forensics Timothy Bill said. “Through a lot of hard work and dedication, the team made both happen. I am so proud of everything they’ve accomplished.” Read more at www.ukforensics.com.

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2015 COM Pro-Am Day This story comes from the CI Student Blog, written by Anne Spalding, a senior majoring in communication.

As a senior in college, I am often asked what I plan on doing for the rest of my life. It is a question that invokes confusion, fear and anxiety amongst students, including myself. I am only twenty-one years old; how do I know what profession will satisfy me personally and professionally for years to come? On Friday, November 13, 2015, the Department of Communication in the College of Communication and Information assisted communication scholars in answering this reoccurring question. Communication students gathered at the Hilary J. Boone Center for a lunch and professional-networking session including a panel of established professionals in the Lexington community. The event was sponsored by the Department of Communication through the generous support of alumni contributions to the Communication Fund for Excellence and organized by Cyndy Miller, senior lecturer/internship director and Hannah Trusty, project manager in the Department of Communication. Carol Barr, a University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information alumnus and healthcare representative for Pfizer, Inc. served as the keynote speaker and offered students invaluable advice. According to Ms. Barr, “Options are a good thing.” She also encouraged students to begin communicating. Barr states, “Put down your electronic devices. Articulate why you would be qualified for a particular position.” Hearing Barr speak about her journey to success was powerful and encouraging. As a former communication student herself, Ms. Barr is aware of the challenges and uncertainties students face when networking professionally. Barr ended her keynote address by reminding students the

importance of remaining humble throughout the networking process. Barr states, “Discover your own path to success.” Students were then able to break off into panel discussions with professionals in the Lexington community. From Evan Gorman, a reporter for WLEX-TV to Winn Stephens, the Development Director for the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, students were able to hear from a wide variety of professionals in vastly different industries. Students formed questions for each professional regarding their transition from college to the workforce. I was blown away by the many opportunities communication scholars have at their disposal. Whether a student has a passion for starting their own business or wants to continue their education by attending law school, this networking experience allowed students to think outside the box. We were exposed to a few of the many avenues we can travel as we enter a new chapter in our lives. Students were extremely satisfied with their experience concluding the event. According to Truston Humphries, a senior communication major, “This is my second year attending the event. I love being able to put my resumé out in the Lexington community.” Students and faculty members are extremely grateful that the Department of Communication takes initiatives to aid students for life after their experiences at the University of Kentucky.

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Learning Through Service “They leave everything behind, which takes tremendous courage, strength and resilience most of us could only dream about,” Thornton said. “It is humbling and inspiring, to say the least.” For Thornton, the idea of an American ‘melting pot’ became personified when he met the family.

Several students enrolled in Allyson Beutke DeVito’s CIS 112 course worked with Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) to provide a fully furnished apartment for a refugee family from the Congo as part of their class project this semester. Participating students included junior geography major Lindsey Funke, freshman economics major Clay Thornton, freshman chemistry major Elizabeth Woodall, freshman nursing major Kaitlin Kilcourse and freshman biology and psychology major Hamza Ashfaq. “All of our CIS 112 students complete at least ten hours of community service around the Lexington community,” DeVito said. Students collected donations of money, furniture and other items for the home through a Facebook group. They used the donations to furnish the home and make it comfortable for the new family. The students even helped the family settle into their new apartment on the night they arrived in Lexington. “The joy on the sons’ faces as they saw that they each had their own beds was contagious and so humbling,” Kilcourse said. “I was blown away by the generosity of those who have so little,” Kilcourse said. Students learned more about refugees and their lives. Kilcourse noted that The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees describes a refugee, “as a person who has left his or her home country because of a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality or membership of a particular social group or political opinion.” “However, I think the definition should include a description of refugees as people of great strength and courage who have overcome obstacles I would only face in my nightmares,” she said. “The refugee community is one filled with stories of hope, hard work and perseverance.”

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“As Americans, we always take pride in our heritage as a ‘melting pot’ representative of many peoples; yet, I cannot express how much more pride I experience in that sentiment after helping the refugee family resettle in Lexington,” Thorton said. “Friends near and far contributed goods and donations to support the family,” Funke said. “I was able to take a weekend and go home to collect apartment items with my grandmother, bringing my own family closer together through the project.” The project brought people together, taught students a new perspective and helped a deserving family settle into a new home. “The thoughtfulness and solidarity that the refugee community exudes should be an example for the rest of society on how to treat one another,” Kilcourse said. Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc. assists refugees who have been legally admitted to the United States as victims of warfare or other forms of persecution because of their religious or political beliefs. KRM, a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to providing resettlement services to refugees through faithand agency-based co-sponsorship in order to promote selfsufficiency and successful integration into the community. KRM is committed to offering access to community resources and opportunities and to promoting awareness of diversity for the benefit of the whole community. For more information on Kentucky Refugee Ministries or to learn how to volunteer, visit kyrm.org.