After spending nine seasons in Indianapolis, Denver and Atlanta as a tight end in the National Football League (NFL), former University of Kentucky football star Jacob Tamme decided to take on a new challenge — building and running a farm on his family’s land in Boyle County.
The Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences has selected Laura Fischer, assistant professor for the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC), in the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky, as the recipient of the 2018 ACE Outstanding Dissertation Award. ACE, established in 1913, is an international association of communicators, educators and information technologists that offers professional development and networking opportunities to its members.
As former University of Kentucky and National Football League (NFL) tight end Jacob Tamme and his wife, Allison, talk about the annual golf tournament they host, Swings for Soldiers, they are quick to recall the moment when they thought they were "one and done."
University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that four recent UK graduates and one doctoral student have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships. The UK recipients are among approximately 1,900 U.S. students who will travel abroad for the 2018-19 academic year.
It is a rare learning opportunity when students get to speak with an industry insider — especially when the insider works for one of the most famous bands on the planet. This was the experience for University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information students in Marc Whitt’s integrated strategic communication (ISC) event planning class when they got the chance to Skype with Beau Loendorf, event coordinator for the Grammy Award-winning rock band Chicago. The band has been performing for over 50 years and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
Several students from the University of Kentucky's Department of Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC) in the College of Communication and Information took home gold and silver at the 2018 American Advertising Federation (AAF) ADDY Awards this semester. ISC students won in the categories of sales and marketing, print advertising, cross-platform, out of home and ambient media, elements of advertising, and online/interactive.
Eleven art students from the University of Kentucky were recognized during the 2017 Carey Ellis Juried Student Show this past December. The Carey Ellis Juried Student Show is part of the UK School of Art and Visual Studies popular visual art celebration, Open Studio, held in the Art and Visual Studies Building.
A team of 13 students from the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information’s Department of Integrated Strategic Communication won Best Plans Book and placed seventh out of over 160 teams in the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC). The annual competition took place June 7-8 in New Orleans during the AAF’s national ADMERICA conference.
Students from the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC) in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information swept the logo design competition at this year’s 2017 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference.