Winter 2017 Newsletter

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Chair's Welcome
Happy Holidays! We have reached the end of what has been a very busy semester! From networking with our recent alumni at ProAm Day to honoring new CSA officers and award-winning students, this semester has been jam-packed with events that have allowed us to celebrate our current and former students. 
 
Today we will celebrate some more when 75 communication majors cross the stage at Rupp Arena. Communication majors make-up just over half of the 149 December graduates from the College of Communication and Information this year! Check out the heartwarming story on one of our graduating seniors, Kevin Massey, and his journey with coaches and advisors who have worked with him along the way.
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2017 ProAm Day
On Wednesday, November 16th, the Department of Communication hosted its fourth annual Professional-Amateur Networking Day. Students gathered at the Hilary J. Boone Center for a lunch and professional networking session, including panels of established professionals in the Lexington community. Read more about ProAm Day here.

Communication Student Association

The Communication Student Association had a productive semester this fall.

The group elected new officers for the year. The officers, pictured left to right, are: Joshua Morris (president), Lara Duran (vice president), Sabrina Akramova (treasurer) and Emily Scott (secretary).

The organization also sponsored week-long activities during Free Speech Week (October 16-22) including speakers, writing letters to Congress and expressing what free speech means to students.

The CSA is an organization for students majoring or minoring in communication or those who are interested in the field. For more information on how to join the CSA, click here.

Courtney Love Wins Wuerffel Award
Courtney Love, a COM major and senior linebacker for the University of Kentucky, was named the winner of the 2017 Wuerffel Trophy, an award that honors college football’s top community servant. The award was announced Tuesday at the National Football Foundation’s press conference at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York. Read more about Love's award here. 

Congratulations, Graduates!

Brain Cancer Survivor Kevin Massey Set to Graduate from UK
It all started when John Calipari visited Kevin Massey in the hospital as the 16 year-old Indiana native was fighting for his life. Coach Cal promised him a chance to work as a student manager for the Wildcats...if he made it into UK. Today, Kevin is set to graduate from UK with a bachelor's degree from the College of Communication and Information. Watch the entire story to learn how special relationships with not only Coach Cal, but Coach John Robic, along with his advisor, Anthony Limperos, helped him reach his goal of becoming the first in his immediate family to graduate from college.

Mason Reppen Memorial Fund
We were heartbroken to learn about the loss of communication major Mason Reppen. He will be greatly missed by his faculty and classmates. We are humbled by his family's courage to talk about his death so openly and focus on on the good that can come from this tragedy. Click here to support Mason Reppen's Memorial Fund.

Donate Today 
Help our outstanding students continue to achieve by giving to our Communication Scholarship Fund Communication Fund for Excellence. 

Any gift will be appreciated. No gift is too small, and all gifts are tax-deductible.

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