On this 2024 Leap Day, the University of Kentucky is celebrating all the Wildcats who can call this unusual day their birthday, which includes just 14 current students and eight employees. And out of more than 280,000 known living UK alumni around the world, only 157 of them were born on Leap Day, or about .05%. The oldest of those 157 alumni is 1949 UK graduate Charles E. Whaley. Born in 1928, Whaley is 96 years old today, although he is celebrating only his 24th actual birthday.
Benjy Hamm, the director of the UK Institute for Rural Journalism, was profiled alongside the UK School of Journalism and Media in the February 2024 edition of "Editor & Publisher."
The staff of the Kentucky Kernel won the General Excellence award among 47 others at the 2024 Kentucky Press Association Winter convention.
The Kentucky Press Association has named UK School of Journalism and Media's Professor Al Cross as its Most Valuable Member of 2023.
In December 2023, School of Journalism and Media Professor Beecher Reuning, who teaches production and film classes, appeared as a guest on an episode of the podcast series “Thrivalist,” which explores the human experience and discusses guests’ transition from survivalist to thriving as a thrivalist.
One current journalism student and one recent journalism alumnus placed in the top tier of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The national student contest serves as an indicator of excellence in accredited journalism programs across the nation.
The University of Kentucky Nu Circle of national leadership honor society Omicron Delta Kappa (OΔK) inducted 43 new members at a ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. OΔK recognizes superior leadership and exemplary character and encourages collaboration among members across the five phases celebrated by the society: scholarship, athletics, service, communications and arts.
Join the College of Communication and Information DEI Committee for "Finding Your Place and Purpose in Career or Academia," a lecture with award-winning educator Jeanetta Sims. The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 1 in the Young Library Auditorium.
670 College of Communication and Information students were named to the Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement during the Fall 2023 semester. The 670 students on the list account for nearly one third of all current CI students.