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Hello, Alums!

The past academic year has been successful for the Department of Communication. We invite you to check out some impressive enrollment numbers highlighted below. We also highlight student and faculty accomplishments in this issue of COMMunity. We welcome you to to connect with us by submitting your alumni updates. You also can read more about our successful year in the d epartment c hair's summer message.

Student Spotlight

The Department of Communication presented award scholarships to outstanding junior (60-89 hours) and senior (90+ hours) students who demonstrated academic and professional excellence during the past academic year. The award winners were honored at the Student Awards and Recognition Ceremony that was held on Friday, April 1, 2016 at E.S. Goodbarn. This year’s Outstanding Junior is Jacob Westover and the Outstanding Senior is Alexis Pullia. In May, 126 Communication majors earned Dean's List honors.

Congratulations to our Spring 2016 Dean's List students:

Evan Tollers Avery
Leigha Marie Barfield
Caitlyn Marie Barnes
Phillip Aaron Barnett
Steven Chase Barnett
Michelle Elizabeth Behm
Kari Lyn Bentley
Kyle R. Bluhm
Rebecca Gibbs Boland
Jennifer R. Branscum
Rachel Eliza Broughton
Kazmiere TeLonna Brown
Lauren B. Buchanan
Alex Grant Bumpus
Emily Catherine Burke
Emilia Leigh Bustle
Hannah LeAnn Campbell
Marcus Allen Carson
Hannah Grace Clendenin
Hollis Marie Clinkinbeard
Kyle D. Cody
Dalton Chase Collins
Mary Christina Collis
Paul Blake Conway
Katherine Helen Crawford
Eleanor R. Cull
Cylia Damerau
Katia Marie Davis
Olivia Ann Deloatch
Sidney Illyse Drury
Megan Catherine Duffey
Anastasia Celeste Dunn
Rachel Lillian Eberhart
Erika Lauren Edwards
Josephine Ann Elder
Kendal Renee Enoch
Nicholas Emilio Escobar
Leslie Brooke Fannin
Elizabeth Jane Farmer
Nathaniel Gregory Faulls
Lauren Marie Gottsacker
Jessica A. Hardin
Connor J. Heady
Sarah Heaslip
Nicole Marie Henlein
Natalya Jean Herndon
Brandyn R. Hill
McClellan Arthur Holt
Hadley Durham Horton
Katherine Claire Huffman
Natalie M. Itrich
Haley B. Jacobs
Olivia D. Jester
Lauren Paige Johnson
Caran Kennedy
Austin Samuel Kidd
Klay Benjamin Kinman
Kristie Ann Kovarovic
Mitchell Lee Kraus
Bettelee M. Lambeth
Skylar Holiday Lanham
Auden Brendan Lohr
Susan Porter Mann
Matthew T. Marcum
Nathaniel Wallace McCombs
Mackenzie Sloan McIntyre
Shawn Patrick McLuckie
Sara L. McManus
Emma Anne McVay
Kelli Morgan Mitchuson
Joseph Dempsey Mooser
Kate Katsuko Morris
Savanna Jo Noe
Kelsey Jane Nunley
Courtney Madison Owens
Courtney E. Page
Kelli Jordan Phillips
Maria Pienkowski
Henry William Rand
Madison Chase Rexroat
Connor Michael Riordan
Ryan J. Riordan
Haley Routt
John Harrison Rowland
Tiffany B. Salters
Erik Konnor Salyer
Hannah Rose Schuler
Ansley P. Siebold
Brenton Merrill Smith
Eliza J. Smith
Lesley Renee Smith
Jessica Ann Spicer
Rachel Marie Strange
Timothy Jason Thiessen
Lauren Frances Thomas
Marcus Cody Thomas
Konner McCarthy Thompson
Fotis A. Tompoulidis
Sunee Ann Tyson
Christina Nicole Vazquez
Christina Walker
Emily Angela Weston
Jacob S. Westover
Reid V. White
Sidney B. White
Adam Wilson
Mary Keiran Wimsatt
Breeona Janay Zachary
Stephen Ross Allen
Lauren M. Begley
Shelby Marie Blakeman
Michael Steven Clark
Jaclyn L. Fyffe
Jalen J. Hayden
Clare Henning
Jonna Dayne Isaac
Aubrey L. Meiners
Paige E. Menefee
Michaela Dawn Mineer
Joshua David Morris
Madison K Nahstoll
Kristen Victoria Nally
Sydney Blaine Sims
Brenna F. Walsh
Brooke Ashley White
Austin Bryan Wicker

Faculty Spotlight

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Real for being named the Douglas A. Boyd Endowed Chair in Communication. This honor is given to a member of the faculty of the Department of Communication who has made outstanding contributions to social scientific research and graduate education in the field of Communication.

Congratulations to Dr. Jeannette Sutton for receiving the 2016 College of Communication and Information Faculty Excellence in Research Award. This award recognizes faculty achievement in research that is important to both the college and the faculty member’s area of expertise. Dr. Sutton's research examines effective messaging under conditions of imminent threat using online social networking sites. Recently she has been examining the effects of including a URL of weblink on risk information seeking and processing and the effects of attaching visual data to short messages on message retransmission.

Implicit Bias in Mass Media and Society

On March 22, 2016 the Department of Communication held a panel session "Implicit Bias in Mass Media and Society". Panel hosts were Nigel Taylor, a senior communication major and moderated by Dr. Anthony Limperos from the Department of Communication. Panelists included Dr. Muhammad Ahmadi (Sullivan University), Fernando Alfonso (University of Kentucky), Dr. Elisia Cohen (University of Kentucky), David Luke (University of Kentucky), Lance Poston (University of Kentucky) and Malcolm Ratchford (Community Action Council).

Help our outstanding students continue to achieve by giving to our Communication Scholarship Fund “Communication Fund for Excellence.”

Click here to see Corbin Bailey, a Senior Communication major in the University Scholars Program, from Union, KY., express how vital this support is to our students and their success.

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

Thank you!

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