Today, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved 14 University Research Professorships for the 2022-23 academic year. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research, scholarship and creative endeavors at UK.
Phil Duncan, a 1987 art studio graduate and chief design officer for Procter & Gamble (P&G), will deliver the 2022 Irwin Warren Lecture, titled “Building Brand Experiences for the Future,” from 5-6:30 p.m. Monday, April 18, in 118 White Hall Classroom Building. The program, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of Integrated Strategic Communication and the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information.
Students from a University of Kentucky integrated strategic communication course, ISC 471, have spent the spring semester planning an event for the Lexington Philharmonic and UK’s Opera Theatre. Those plans will finally come to fruition 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Singletary Center for the Arts.
Makiyah Owens, an integrated strategic communication senior in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information, was selected as a fellow in the Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP).
On Feb. 25, Ad Club Lexington hosted its annual American Advertising Awards (ADDYs) to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in advertising. At the awards ceremony, 20 University of Kentucky integrated strategic communication students won a total of eight awards.
Six University of Kentucky educators have been named 2022 Great Teachers by the UK Alumni Association.
Kimberly Parker, an associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information’s Department of Integrated Strategic Communication, and her ISC 497 Social Marketing class collaborated with Rae of Sunshine (KY) — a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading positivity and eliminating the stigma of mental health — for their Fall 2021 semester project.
Senior integrated strategic communication students in a University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Event Planning class are working with the Downtown Lexington Partnership (DLP) to produce this year’s annual downtown Christmas Parade.
University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information integrated strategic communication senior Camille Wright has been selected to participate in the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) Most Promising Multicultural Students Class of 2022 program.