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Chair's Welcome
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The semester is over and we are celebrating another year of success - including a fantastic internship fair, new programs, research grants, and awards for our outstanding faculty and students. Also, be sure to check out the alumni spotlight to see what our graduates are doing. Have a great summer!
Shari R. Veil, MBA, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Communication
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Communication and Information |
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Organizations that participated in the CI Internship Fair this year came from a variety of industry sectors including technology, marketing, political, and nonprofit.
The fair was the highlight of multiple events hosted by the College of Communication and  Information designed to help CI majors learn more about internships as well as prepare for their careers.
A resume workshop, as well a job fair etiquette session, was offered by the Stuckert Career Center before the fair. The day after the fair, the college hosted an information session reviewing the internship procedures.
These events gave C I majors an opportunity to learn about possible internships, meet with potential future employers in-person, and learn more about what they need to enter the workforce.
Thank you to all the organizations that came out to recruit our students. |
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New Sport Communication Track
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| The Department of Communication is excited to offer a new track in Sport Communication, starting next Fall. Professors Nicky Lewis, Don Lowe, Anthony Limperos, and Andy Pilny all study different aspects of sport communication and worked collaboratively to develop the curriculum. Courses examine how we communicate and engage with sports industries and audiences, statistics and analytics, culture and fanship, and social media and technology. Students will draw connections between sports, communication, and society while also learning the strategies required to communicate sports information to a variety of audiences. |
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| We also recently received approval to offer the human communication major track entirely online as part of the new degree completion program in communication! Students with at least 60 hours of credit from another university, or from UK if they have been away for at least a year, can now earn the remainder of their degree requirements entirely online from anywhere in the world. If you know anyone who left UK short of reaching alumni status, send them back home to us. Email Shari Veil for more information. |
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 Jacqueline Colgate
National Account Executive
General Mills
I work as a National Account Manager for General Mills managing the largest convenience store chain in the US, 711. I manage 80MM in R&S and a 6MM trade budget. I love this job because I love people and being able to close big deals that will grow my business while also making my customer happy.
As a communication major I developed a high emotional intelligence. This helps me be able to not only read the room but also to understand what action steps to take next. My degree has also helped me understand key consumer insights that have been shared by my team! |
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Chris Gibson
VP, RPS Card Sales Support Team Manager
U.S. Bank
I'm Vice President at U.S. Bank in Retail Payment Solutions and work as a Group Product Manager for Credit Card.
Not only does my job provide a paycheck, I love what I do. I oversee our Metro footprint which essentially entails every large city across 28 states. I get the opportunity to speak to thousands of employees internally to drive customer experiences for our clients and revenue for our company.
Having a Communication degree helped tremendously as it a gave me an opportunity early on to build presentations and present in front of groups. That was a main reason I was hired into RPS nine years ago and a large reason I was put into Management three years after that.
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 Kara Harp
Attorney
The Lawrence Firm, PSC
I am an attorney at a firm that primarily handles medical malpractice cases for plaintiffs. We specialize in obstetrical malpractice and birth injuries.
In addition to helping those who are catastrophically injured lead better their lives, I enjoy my job because of the intellectual challenge. In my area of practice, nothing is routine. We have to stay on the cutting edge of developments in the law and medicine because our cases are vigorously defended and we are constantly being challenged.
The writing and research skills I learned as a communication major at UK have transitioned well into my career as an attorney. The senior attorneys that I work with often compliment my research and writing, which I credit in large part to my undergrad education. In addition to writing, I am comfortable reading and interpreting medical and other scientific literature as a result of the research skills I learned at UK. Based on my experience, a communication degree is a great foundation for a professional degree or more advanced education.
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