Department of Integrated Strategic Communication

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Welcome to the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication. Our major offers professional preparation for careers in the allied areas of promotional communication. Disciplines include advertising, public relations, direct response communication, sales promotion, social media promotion and more. Through course work and internships, students develop marketable skills and gain command of these allied areas.

The Integrated Strategic Communication program has full national accreditation by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC).

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Congratulations to the 863 CI students on the Spring 2026 Dean's List

863 College of Communication and Information students named to Spring 2026 Dean's List

863 College of Communication and Information students were named to the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2026 semester. The 863 students on the list account for more than one third of all current CI students.

From left: Siena Pilati, Mostafa Mubarak, Carolina Burn and Fatimah Alomar pose with the Bowman Wildcat statue in the Gatton Student Center. Carter Sloss | UK Photo

Meet the May 2026 UK Commencement Speakers

Four graduating students have been selected by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto to represent the Class of 2026 as speakers at UK’s May Commencement Ceremonies Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9.

Somnigroup’s Tom Murray to deliver 2026 Irwin Warren Lecture in Advertising and Digital Media

Tom Murray, chief marketing officer of Somnigroup International Inc., will deliver the 2026 Irwin Warren Lecture in Advertising and Digital Media 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in Pence Hall’s Wrigley Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

UK alum Rosie Paulik and her dad Buz Ecker are the founders of the Dad Letter Project. The duo are now looking for dads who are willing to write letters to those who’d like to receive one. Photo provided.

Sharing love to the world, one letter at a time

Rosie Paulik and her father, Buz Ecker, turned their family’s letter-writing tradition into the Dad Letter Project after a TikTok brought attention to it. The project now connects volunteer dads with people seeking encouragement through handwritten letters around the world.