1950 Department of Journalism becomes a School of Journalism
1950 University of Kentucky receives $425,000 gift from the Kentucky Kernel for the construction of new Journalism Building
1953 Marguerite McLaughlin receives the "Pro Ecclesia and Pontificie" award bestowed by Pope Pius XII
1966 MA Program in Communication is approved
1968 School of Communication is established with 3 departments: Journalism, Telecommunications, and Speech
1970 The School of Library Science becomes the College of Library Science, the first in the country
1972 The Kentucky Kernel becomes fully independent on January 19
1975 The School of Communications is abolished and replaced with a School of Journalism and Department of Human Communication
1975 The School of Communications is abolished and replaced with a School of Journalism and Department of Human Communication
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