CI Connect 2016

Welcome to the 2016 edition of CI Connect magazine.

CI Connect was established to reinforce the connection with our alumni and friends. By celebrating our past successes and sharing with you our major plans for the future, we hope to strengthen this supportive relationship. I hope this issue helps remind you of our storied past and leaves you feeling the promise of our bright future together. Inside you will find stories about our faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends and the ways in which they are impacting our college, our community, our state, our nation and even our world.

Like any other institution of higher learning, we have been facing some fiscal challenges. We have responded to those challenges by focusing on curriculum and by growing our academic programs to support talented students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We’ve more than doubled our advising support in our Student Services area to help aid in our retention efforts. With UK moving to more need-based funding, we will look to follow in order to help us not only recruit, but to retain our best and brightest.

We continue to add new courses to provide more and diverse opportunities for our students. Our faculty are researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders in their field who will inspire those qualities in our students.

Additionally, we are expanding our Living Learning Program (LLP) to include more students in our CI Connect program.

This program allows students to not only live in some of the newest residence halls on campus but to also have courses taught inside those halls. As a small but growing cohort, they enjoy personalized attention and opportunities not available outside the LLP. Additionally, having more “connected” classes allows more interaction with faculty and staff both in the college and on the campus as a whole.

CI is recognized as one of the fastest growing colleges at the University of Kentucky, excelling not only in enrollment and retention, but also in overall student success. We could not have achieved this success without your time, financial support and internship opportunities. Thank you for all of your many contributions. They ensure that we continue to provide our students with this same exceptional experience.

Please stay in touch and let us know your ideas for a better CI. Building stronger relationships with our alumni and friends guarantees the future success of our students. Because of you, we are able to say we are truly one of the best colleges at this university.

H. Dan O’Hair, Dean and Professor UK College of Communication and Information

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Elisia Cohen was the recipient of the Mayhew Derryberry Award at the Public Health Education Health Promotion Awards Luncheon in Denver, Colorado, on November 1, 2016. The award recognizes the contribution of outstanding behavioral scientists to the field of health education.

Marko Dragojevic, along with Howard Giles’ study “The Role of Processing Fluency and Prototypicality in the Language Attitudes Process” recently received a Top Paper Award from the Intergroup Communication Interest Group of ICA. Allison Gordon continued her work on Project ACHIEVE, a project funded for $15 million by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) which examines how to improve care transitions in hospitals. She was invited to present her research on end-of-life decision making at the National Cancer Institute in Washington, DC. Nancy Harrington was awarded the 2016 National Communication Association Health Communication Interest Division’s Dale E. Brashers Distinguished Mentor Award, in recognition of significant contributions to the field of health communication through mentorship and advocacy.

Don Helme visited Qingdao, China, in the Shandong province and worked with scholars at Qingdao Technological University to help refine interested scholars’ skills both in terms of writing and speaking English as well as to form connections with Qingdao Tech faculty.

Andy Pilny’s co-edited book (with Marshall Scott Poole), Group Processes: Computational and Data-driven Approaches, will be published by Springer.

Kevin Real was awarded the Douglas A. Boyd Endowed Chair in Communication, given to a member of the faculty of the Department of Communication who has made outstanding contributions to social scientific research and graduate education in the field of communication.

Jennifer Scarduzio was competitively selected as part of the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), a training program supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH), as an Associate.

Jeannette Sutton received the College of Communication and Information Faculty Research Award. Her research is funded by the National Science Foundation and focuses on imminent threat warnings on mobile and social media.

Shari Veil and former graduate students Lindsey Dillingham and Alyssa Sloan were awarded “Top Practical Insight” at the International Public Relations Research Conference for their paper on the development of communication response

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strategies for spillover crises. Their study examining how national peanut butter brands were affected by an unrelated peanut paste contamination has since been published in Corporate Reputation Review.

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Tae Hyun Baek recently published his first-author study titled “Augmented Yourself through Virtual Mirror: The Impact of Self-Viewing and Narcissism on Consumer Responses” in the International Journal of Advertising (Baek, Yoo, & Yoon, 2017). He also received the 2016 Best Conference Paper Award titled “Perceived Characteristics of Innovation Affecting Mobile App Engagement” from the American Collegiate Retailing Association.

Beth Barnes stepped down as director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications (now Journalism and Media) at the end of 2015 and is now a professor in Integrated Strategic Communication. During spring 2016 she taught courses in London, England and Cape Town, South Africa and conducted a workshop on sales promotion in Lusaka, Zambia on behalf of the Zambia Institute of Marketing. During fall 2016, Barnes was on sabbatical leave to begin an on-going project to develop an integrated marketing communication curriculum for Zambia. Barnes received a Fulbright Specialist Grant to cover some of the expenses associated with her work in Zambia.

Bobi Ivanov authored or co-authored multiple manuscripts published or forthcoming in journals and edited books.

His DHS/CREATE grant-supported and co-authored work published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research, “Using an inoculation message approach to promote public confidence in protective agencies,” was also highlighted and featured in Communication Currents.

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Our graduate students had another successful and productive research year. Their efforts resulted in more than 100 presentations (or manuscripts accepted for presentation); 20 published or forthcoming journal articles; 10 published or forthcoming book chapters; seven supported research grants; and 157 manuscripts in progress.

Although our students will continue to receive the freedom to tailor their studies to their academic interests including a newly offered specialization in Strategic and Organizational Communication, the core of the revised graduate program will continue to be theory and research methods along with the rest of our specializations that include: Health Communication, Information Studies, Instructional Communication, Media and Mass Communication and Risk and Crisis Communication. Our graduate program continues to support the three graduate certificates in Health Communication, Instructional Communication and Risk Sciences.

CI Snapshot Generous gifts from our alumni continue to reward the success of our outstanding graduate students. As a direct result, Molly Burchett earned the Bruce H. Westley Memorial Scholarship as well as the Carozza Graduate Fund for Excellence in Health Communication. Sarah Sheff was awarded the Palmgreen Fellowship, while Christina Gentile Harris earned the Martha and Howard Sypher Memorial Graduate Scholarship. The R. Lewis Donohew Graduate Fellowship was awarded to Tara Watterson, an incoming student with interest in health communication.

Minhao Dai (Health Communication), Ana de la Serna (Health Communication), Kevin Wombacher (Risk/Crisis and Health Communication), Amanda Slone (Instructional Communication), Jacob Matig (Interpersonal Communication), Xialing Lin (Health/Risk Communication), and Anna-Carrie Beck (Instructional Communication) were recognized as Research Fellows.

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Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and publisher of Kentucky Health News, recently held a journalism workshop on covering health topics, published an election edition of the Midway Messenger with his community journalism students, and started regular appearances on RFD-TV discussing items of interest from The Rural Blog, which he publishes.

Kimberly Parker continues to direct the Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking (iNET) program and completed a certificate in Social Entrepreneurship from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

She is also working to develop an intervention for recently sober addicts using inoculation as a strategy and, along with colleagues, published papers nuancing inoculation in Communication Monographs and the Western Journal of Communication.

Zixue Tai will serve as an expert judge for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowship Program in 2017. AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society, where he will review credentials from a pool of science reporters in China and make recommendations for the 2017 awardees. Additionally, an article based on Dr. Tai’s ongoing research on gold farming in China (co-authored with Fengbin Hu) has been accepted for publication with New Media & Society, the leading journal publishing social dynamics of new media and communication.

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Allyson DeVito and Sarah Kercsmar used funding provided by the College to bring Naeemah Clark, an associate professor of communications at Elon University, to speak at UK on the topic “Does The Media Tell Us Who We Are?” Students in the CIS 112 classes had the opportunity to participate in workshops with Clark.

David Nemer was awarded 2016 Social Informatics Best Paper runner-up by the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) at the 12th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG-SI): “The Social Informatics of Work and Play” in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also gave a TED talk at TEDx PedradoPenedo in Espirito Santo, Brazil.

Sherali Zeadally was selected for the IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor for his outstanding contributions to cybersecurity. Zeadally was also selected for a 2016-2017 University Research Professor Award at the University of Kentucky.

Soohyung Joo was awarded a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that will be used at UK Libraries to “conceptualize a research data services model for academic libraries based on a patron needs assessment” via a multi-method study of current library services.

Jeff Huber was appointed to the Senior Editors Team of the Journal of the Medical Library Association for 2016-2017.

Huber was also selected by the Medical Library Association (MLA) to receive the 2016 Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award for his contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship.

Kody Frey, Nicholas Tatum and Robert Rice, who are doctoral candidates in the Graduate Program in Communication’s Instructional Communication track, presented their research as part of the School’s Fall 2016 SIS Talks series organized

by Seungahn Nah. Other presenters in 2016 series included Robert Shapiro, David Nemer, Amy Gaffney and Soohyung Joo. Sean Burns and Deloris Foxworth also hosted numerous guest speakers in their Fall classes. Burns’ ICT 390 Systems Administration students had the chance to meet and learn from David Ulrich, Asia-Pacific Regional Manager at Google.

Guest speakers in Foxworth’s ICT 150 Experience ICT course included Sora Edwards-Thro (Founder of Kids Write), Aaron Turner (Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, UK), Revi Sterling (NetHope), Isaac Holeman (co-founder, Medic Mobile) and Aldona Valicenti, current CIO of the city of Lexington. Adam Sission, an ICT senior, also spoke to students in ICT 150 about his internship experience with the Louisville Metro Government.

Seven Library Science students were awarded scholarships from UK SIS this Fall. They included Amanda Neace and Shawntel Ensminger (Hallie Day Blackburn Scholarship), Lindsey Harper (Helen E. Fry Scholarship), Emily Fox (Vivian J. and Melissa MacQuown Forsyth Fellowship Fund), Kasi Gabbard (Broyles Scholarship), William Henley and Leslie Wolf (General Scholarship Fund). Yalonda Green was awarded the 2016-2017 Spectrum Scholarship by the American Library Association (ALA) in honor of Ellen Fader.

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JAM Welcomes Lars Willnat Preceding Willnat was Beth Barnes, the former director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. She served the school’s limit of three four-year terms and went on to teach a UK study abroad course in London this semester, followed by a sabbatical doing research in Zambia for the Fall 2016 semester.

Willnat, too, has seen much of the world. Before coming to UK, he was a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and most recently at Indiana University.

He then spent a sabbatical semester in the fall of 2015 conducting research in Hong Kong focusing on journalism, politics and social media.

Willnat is settling in and enjoying his time on campus.

The College of Communication and Information welcomes Lars Willnat as the new director of the School of Journalism and Media.

A committee appointed by Dean Dan O’Hair and led by Mike Farrell chose Willnat for this position during the Spring 2015 semester. Willnat arrived on UK’s campus to begin his new role in January of 2016.

“I was thrilled,” Willnat said. “It’s a nice change for me.

I’ve been a professor for 20 years. I want to do something different, create something, work with a program that already exists and build on that.”

Willnat will take a break from teaching for one semester to allow time for him to settle into his new role. He is looking forward to teaching in the fall semester and plans to instruct a course on media and the upcoming presidential election.

His vision for the School includes incorporating additional emerging media courses to the curriculum and updating technology resources for students. But that’s just the beginning.

“The big thing that I would really like to accomplish within the next one or two years would be to start a professional master’s program here, and I think there’s big potential for that, focusing on new and emerging media,” Willnat said.

Willnat also hopes these changes will bring national recognition to the School of Journalism and Media here.

“I would like to make it one of the leading schools in the country,” Willnat said. “I would like to see it as one of the top schools, really.”

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“The campus here is beautiful,” Willnat said. “I was really excited because I like campus life, and Kentucky has a nice one. To me that was one big draw when I came here.”

Willnat’s wife Annette is now also a part of the Wildcat family here on campus. She is teaching ISC 341: Strategic Public Relations, and ISC 497: Global Strategies this semester.

Along with David H. Weaver, Willnat has conducted research in digital journalism. Together they published a book titled The American Journalist in the Digital Age this year. It is based on a representative survey of more than 1,000 U.S. journalists that focuses on how journalists think about their roles in society and their profession overall.

Willnat is the author of more than 50 journal articles and book chapters and the co-editor of four books. He has written more than 80 conference papers and worked as a consultant for American industries and government agencies. He is on the editorial boards of four academic journals, has lectured and conducted research in more than 30 countries, has been a Fulbright scholar and guest professor at leading universities across the world.

“We are very pleased to have Dr. Willnat join our journalism and media school,” remarked Dean O’Hair. “Lars is a recognized scholar in the field of journalism and brings a great deal of international experience to the role. Additionally, we are excited to welcome Annette Willnat to the Integrated Strategic Communication faculty. Both Willnats come to UK with a wealth of teaching experience.”

Willnat earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Mass Communication from Indiana University and his B.A. in Media Research and Political Science from the Free University of Berlin.

Ryan Named Outstanding Advisor

Scoobie Ryan, faculty advisor in the College of Communication and Information, was awarded the 2016 Ken Freedman Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.

Ryan is known among the College for her dedication to her advisees and her willingness to help students succeed.

“Scoobie is the person every student turns to when they need help, whether that help is for scheduling classes, providing insight into how to handle classwork or advice on how to generally handle life,” 2015 journalism graduate Casey Parker-Bell said of his former advisor. “She is quick with a smile and a laugh, but is not afraid to give the advice we need to hear.”

Despite her busy schedule, Ryan always makes time for her students. “When she is in her office, the door is always open,” Parker-Bell said. “I can’t count the number of times I have stopped by to ask a question or to sit down and talk.

She is always willing to give her time to me and to the other students I see flow in and out of her office. And there are many students that stop by Scoobie’s office.”

“I was humbled to receive the award,” Ryan said. “The students’ comments were quite sweet.” These comments by students were included in her nomination, and Ryan was honored to receive the praise. She enjoys advising and helping her students.

In addition to her recent Ken Freedman Outstanding Advisor Award, the CI Faculty Council also presented Ryan with the Outstanding CI Advisor Award. Ryan has been advising since she came to UK in 1996. Prior to that she taught at George Mason University and worked as a reporter in Indianapolis, Boston and Denver. She earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Missouri and her master’s degree at the Antioch School of Law. Ryan currently serves on the Kentucky Kernel Board of Directors in addition to her faculty and advising roles.

The UK Advising Network, sponsored by the Division of Undergraduate Education, presents the Ken Freedman Outstanding Advisor Award annually to a professional advisor and a faculty advisor at UK. The award includes a nomination for the Region 3 Excellence in Advising Award Ken Freedman, for whom the award is named, was one of the founding members of the UK Advising Network.

2016 is the second year in a row that the College of Communication and Information has won the Freedman Award for Outstanding Faculty Advising. In 2015, Mike Farrell won the Freedman Award at UK, and went on to win the Advising Award for Region 3 and the national award for excellence in advising.

“The best part about advising is that your students give you a grade; you don’t give them one,” Ryan said.

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The Year in Pictures

Our students have the opportunity to “Eat With Experience” where leaders in the field share dinner and discussion. Special thanks to Rufus Friday and Rick Maynard for hosting our students in 2016.

Legendary broadcaster (and UK alumnus) Tom Hammond shows off some of his old school tools from his Notre Dame football broadcasts to Jeff VanCleave’s COM 318 class.

JAM students assist ESPNU crews to produce a UK men’s basketball broadcast.

Students write us love notes in exchange for a donut during the 2016 edition of #CISweetheart.

June Horn receives her 30 year UK service pin from Dean O’Hair. Charlene Monaghan earned her 15 year pin this year as well. Thanks for your service, ladies!

College Excellence Awards Friend of the College Award: Jamie Leddin Outstanding Alumnus Award: J.D. Shelburne Faculty Teaching Excellence Award: Namjoo Choi Graduate Teaching Excellence Award: Anna-Carrie “Annie” Beck Faculty Research Award: Patric Spence, Jeannette Sutton Outstanding Staff Award: Heather Burke, Megan Sizemore Faculty Community Service Award: Kakie Urch Outstanding Advisor Award: Scoobie Ryan Graduate Awards Molly Burchett: Bruce H. Westley Memorial Scholarship, Carozza Graduate Fund Sarah Sheff: Palmgreen Fellowship Chrissy Gentile: Martha and Howard Sypher Memorial Graduate Scholarship Tara Watterson: R. Lewis Donohew Graduate Fellowship Minhao Dai: Health Communication Research Fellow Ana De la Serna: Health Communication Research Fellow Amanda Slone: Instructional Communication Research Fellow Kevin Wombacher: Health Communication Research Fellow, Risk/Crisis Research Fellow Anna-Carrie “Annie” Beck: Instructional Communication Research Fellow Jacob Matig: Interpersonal Communication Research Fellow Xialing Lin: Health/Risk Communication Research Fellow Ashley Householder: SLIS Alumni Scholarship Lauren Farmer: SLIS Alumni Scholarship Aaron Williams: Hallie Day Blackburn Scholarship Lucy Whalen: SLIS Endowed Fellowship Fund

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CI students polish their resumés for the 2016 Internship and Career Fair.

Check out this proud Dean’s List recipient at the 2015-2106 CI Student Awards!

The Krueger family shares memories of Jonathan at the oneyear memorial service of the CI student killed in 2015.

ICT students facilitate a live Periscope broadcast with Wildcat Wheels to celebrate Bike Week at UK.

Students help produce episodes of Dean O’Hair’s TV show, “Wildcat Insights.”

Our student services office helps welcome CI Connect LLP students to their new home away from home.

Our Ambassadors are ready to help us recruit the best and the brightest students at Preview Nights!

Another CI Family Weekend breakfast in full swing.

“Pros” speak with “Amateurs” (students) at this year’s COM Pro-Am Day.

Shaun King, political writer and Versailles, Ky native, speaks to one of our Diversity classes.

When there’s construction in Lucille Little and you need a hard hat to enter...

ISC students help the Lexington Philharmonic plan this year’s Candy Cane Concert.

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Meet the CI Ambassadors Welcome Back and Welcome Aboard CI is very pleased to announce the return of six ambassadors from last year: August, Tiffany, Alexis, Abby, Megan and Destiny. Three juniors and three seniors, they provide strong mentorship and knowledge to the program.

Ambassadors help greet incoming students with enthusiasm and energy. They also do an outstanding job of representing the college at prospective student visits and at recruitment events, such as Preview Nights.

Schyler Simpson, PhD

Director of Recruitment and Retention

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August Anderson (ISC)

Tiffany Huffman (JOU)

Alexis A. Mathews (JOU)

Abby Phillips (MAS)

Megan Rose (ISC)

Destiny Witherspoon (JOU)

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We extend a warm welcome to our newest ambassadors.

Conner Arman (ICT)

Emily Hutchinson (ISC)

Michael Ayers (JOU)

Victus McDaniel II (ISC) Joshua Morris (COM)

Jefawn Evans (JOU)

Katie Gaubert (ISC)

Jesse Stallsworth (ICT)

Karis Wilson (ISC)

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A New Way to Give Online With you as our partner, the College of Communication and Information can continue our mission of becoming a national leader at the graduate and undergraduate levels among public research universities in the fields of communication, journalism, integrated strategic communication, media arts and studies, and library and information science. Your gifts allow us to award scholarships, fund student travel, support undergraduate research efforts and provide students with experiential learning opportunities.

The University of Kentucky’s partnership with Network For Good, an online giving platform, makes it easier than ever to donate to the College of Communication and Information, our departments and our scholarships. The cloud-based platform will enable departments to create project-based or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns and offers options to share online via social media.

Take a quick tour around the new online platform below and then go online to start your giving experience.

If you are interested in learning more about giving, please visit the Office of Philanthropy website: http://www.uky.edu/philanthropy.

Or contact Denise Carl, CI Director of Philanthropy at 859-257-3033 or email denise.carl@uky.edu.

Main page of CI’s online giving platform Find it at ukci.me/give

Share these funds on social media to help spread the word!

The main CI fund is the first listing.

Many (but not all) of CI’s funds can be found here.

See page 13 for more fund options.

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Giving Honor Roll The College of Communication and Information appreciates the support shown for our students, faculty and programs through gifts from our alumni and friends. This alphabetical list recognizes contributors from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Thank you for your support!

Ms. Elizabeth Lucile Adams Ms. Lori A. Adkins Mr. Nathan A. Adkins Mr. Russell F. Adkins Mr. Richard D. Adolph Dr. Phyllis Aileen-Donohew Al & Guy Campisano Family Trust Al Neyer, LLC Ms. Claire Alagia Ms. Alison F. Alexander Mr. Taha Al-Jumaily Ms. Leean L. Allen Ms. Catherine Elise Anderson Mr. Jeffrey L. Ashley Mr. George L. Atkins III Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Babbage Mr. Daniel L. Baechtold Mrs. Susan Philp Baier Ms. Barbara E. Bailey Mr. Rex L. Bailey Mr. Dave Baker Ms. Bernadette J. Baldini Mr. James Ball Ms. Marianne G. Bange Dr. Tracy V. Banks Dr. Raymond W. Barber Ms. Natalie W. Barker Dr. Beth E. Barnes Ms. Emily Mae Barnett Ms. Marcie L. Barnett Mrs. Meaghan Barnett Mr. David G. Baron Dr. Janet L. Barr Mr. John H. Barrett Mr. Alan S. Barrish Mrs. Aimee’ S. Baston Dr. Christina D. Baum Mr. Joel W. Beane Benevity Dr. Bruce K. Berger Bertha LeBus Charitable Trust Ms. Sara C. Biden Mr. William S. Biles Ms. Sarah Jane Billings Mrs. Paula G. Billiter Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Mr. William C. Black Mr. Jay Blanton Mrs. Katrina P. Blomquist Ms. Kathleen C. Bloom Mrs. Stacie R. Bodel Ms. Megan G. Boehnke Mrs. Greta S. BonDurant Mr. Jared M. Bonshire Mrs. Virginia M. Bowden Bowlin Group, LLC The Bowling Family Foundation Mr. Robert E. Boyer Mr. Jack D. Brammer Ms. Mary Branham Ms. Carolina B. Branson

Ms. Carol S. Bredemeyer Ms. Pauletta Breeding Mrs. Lisa Breithaupt Mr. Daniel D. Briscoe Mr. Mark A. Brislin The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Ms. Sharon E. Brock Ms. Suzanne G. Bromschwig Mrs. Barbara Greyson Brown Mr. Eric L. Brown Col. Garnett C. Brown, Jr., USAF Ret. Ms. Lucinda A. Brown Ms. Nicole Elise Brown Brown-Forman Ms. Carol L. Bryant Mr. William Dale Bryant Ms. Mellissa Frantz Buckley Buffalo Wild Wings Mrs. Christa E. Bunnell Mrs. Susan L. Burch Ms. Ilona Burdette Mr. John P. Burkhard Mrs. Tracy M. Burnett Mr. Kenneth F. Burns Ms. Robin Burrow Mr. Granger H. Butler Mrs. Nita P. Byrum The Honorable Karen K. Caldwell Mrs. Alane S. Callander Mrs. Elizabeth T. Campbell Ms. Kimberley L. Campbell Mrs. Denise Carl Ms. Tabitha D. Carnes Mr. Michael C. Carozza Ms. Cynthia Carrico Mr. and Mrs. Dennis P. Carrigan Mrs. Lee H. Carroll Mr. Mark A. Carroll Ms. Mary J. Cartmell Ms. Anita R. Casey Mr. Greg Casey Mrs. Tabatha S. Casey Ms. Susan Lauren Castle Ms. Jennifer Michelle Cecil Central Bank Mr. Brendan P. Chai Ms. Jennifer Chan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chan Christian Appalachian Project Mrs. Carole D. Christian Ms. Deborah S. Chung Mr. Donald K. Clark Mr. Thomas G. Clark Ms. Jennifer Leann Clay Mr. Joseph W. Clements Ms. Margaret Clements The Cleveland Foundation Ms. Angela Cobb Mr. Kelly Cocanougher Dr. Elisia Cohen

Coldfire Resources Mr. John W. Collins III Mr. John L. Colmar Ms. Susan Combes Mr. Nicholas P. Comer Ms. Carol J. Connor Mr. Kevin Conrey Ms. Tara L. Cooper Ms. Sara J. Costello Ms. Carrie Ann Cox Dr. Gary S. Cox Mrs. Sarah W. Cox Ms. Kay Coyte Mr. Peter W. Craig Mr. Stanley L. Craig Mrs. Karen S. Cramer Mr. Wesley E. Crane Mr. Eric S. Criswell Mrs. Elizabeth F. Cross Ms. Jennifer H. Cross Mrs. Patricia Cross Ms. Bethany Joan Croteau Ms. Colleen S. Crowley Mr. Kelly A. Crowley Mr. Michael C. Crunk Mr. Norman A. Cummings Mr. Michael L. Cunningham Mr. Doug Curry Mrs. Toni J. Curtis Mrs. Michele C. Daigle Mrs. Martha A. Damron Ms. Traci Noel Daniel Mr. David Chanson Davenport Ms. Patti O. Davis Dr. Laura Beth Daws Mrs. Georgia R. De Araujo Dr. and Mrs. John A. Deacon Mrs. Angela B. Deane Mr. Steven L. Deaton Ms. Jennifer J. Dellapina Mr. Walter B. Dempsey Ms. Lisa K. Denham Ms. Karen H. Deringer Mrs. Lydia A. DiMartino-Ellis Ms. Linda K. Donaldson Mrs. Charlotte E. Dorton Mr. Jeffrey T. Doss Mr. Nicholas S. Douglas Mrs. Stephanie D. Dowdy Mr. Mark H. Downer Ms. Margaret B. Doyle Ms. Janice L. Dumford Mr. Charles S. Duncan Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Duncan Mrs. Betty P. Dusing Ms. Brenda K. Dutton East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. Ms. Carol L. Ebbinghouse Edward and Elizabeth McCormick Fund Mr. Greg Edwards Mrs. Nanette D. Eichell

Jenelle Elder Eli Lilly and Company Robert John Ellery Mr. Charles J. Ellis Ms. DeAnne Elmore Ms. Lynn T. Erickson Mrs. Judy L. Everett Mr. Austin James Fackler Dr. J. Michael Farrell Ms. Holly E. Faulk Mr. Fredric E. Fedler Mr. Richard J. Feindel Kimber L. Fender Mr. Lowell E. Ferguson Ms. Michaela Lee Ferowich Ms. Mary Sue Ferrell Mrs. Kim G. Ferrier Fidelity Foundation Mr. Gregg B. Fields Ms. Mildred E. Finch Ms. Alice Ruth Finkelstein Dr. Cindy L. Finneseth Ms. Erin E. Fischer Ms. Sarah R. Fitzgerald Ms. Jacquelene P. Flaum Ms. Dianna H. Fogle Mrs. Mindy M. Foley Mr. Monty N. Foley Mrs. Claudia C. Forbes Mr. C. Edward Ford Ms. Lauren Clay Forsythe Mrs. Beverly A. Fortune Mr. Jeff C. Fossett Mrs. Susan M. Foster-Harper Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Victor Fox Frankfort Newsmedia LLC Mrs. Frances W. Franklin Mrs. Mildred L. Franks Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Fresco Mrs. Sharon Fritz Ms. Manae Y. Fujishiro Mrs. Brenda E. Fuller Ms. Shannon Gabbard Mrs. Pamela K. Gaitskill Mr. Jack J. Gallt Gannett National Shared Service Center Mr. Dwight F. Gardner Mr. Ryan Allen Garrett Mrs. Patricia Waldvogel Gayle Mr. Kevin Patrick Geisert Ms. Marilyn G. Genther Dr. Constance W. Gilman Prof. Corban Goble Mrs. Laura Shelton Goins Mrs. Melanie A. Golder Mrs. Priscilla P. Gotsick Ms. Catherine Graham Ms. Sue Ellen Grannis Mr. William R. Grant

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Ms. Pamela A. Gray Dr. Nancy L. Green Ms. Carol M. Greene Mr. Eric W. Gregory Ms. Antoinette P. Greider Mr. Michael D. Griffin Mrs. Judy Grunwald Ms. Mary Lynane Gunn Mr. John R. Guthrie Mrs. Dahlia J. Haas Mrs. Jane M. Haase Dr. William D. Hacker Ms. Nancy A. Hackney Mr. Vernon P. Hackworth Ms. Sheila A. Hagar Mrs. Joyce K. Hahn Mrs. Sharon G. Haines Ms. Gracie Hale Mr. Aaron O. Hall Mr. James Lee Hall Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hall Dr. Michael H. Hall Mr. Ronald G. Hall Mr. Thomas L. Hall Ms. Kathleen Halverson Mrs. Susan Handly Hammer Mr. Ernst W. Hammons Mr. Charles Hanna Drs. Elizabeth and Gary Hansen Mr. Nicholas Lee Hantle Dr. Herbert N. Harkleroad Mr. James E. Harper Dr. Nancy G. Harrington Ms. Ashlee Harris Ms. Georgia Marie Harris Mrs. Laura Clements Harris Ms. Erica Gillespie Harrison Mr. C. Edward Hastie Ms. Kayla Lanae Hayden Mr. Andrew Tod Heckaman Mrs. Ellen G. Hellard Ms. Jane E. Helmer Mr. Edwin C. Hendrick Mr. John D. Henry Dr. Linda S. Henson Ms. Alisha Ann Hewlett Ms. Sandra L. Hilfiker Mrs. Mary L. Hilton Ms. Laura A. Hinegardner Mrs. Vicki T. Hinkel Mrs. Christina M. Hisle Mr. Donald N. Hoben Mrs. Sharon C. Homchick Mr. Michael A. Horlander Mr. W. James Host The Howard & Ursula Dubin Foundation Ms. Katherine A. Howard Ms. Lisa Howard Mr. Christopher H. Hu Mr. John Douglas Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Phil Huddleston Mrs. Kimberlee Huffman Mrs. Jacqueline Humes Mrs. Suzanne Hundley Ms. Cathy S. Hunt Colonel Kenneth J. Hurst Mr. David P. Hutcheson

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A Legacy of Giving Back Unfortunately Bowling passed away in 1997 and, according to Guthrie, was unable to fulfill his dream of moving back to Kentucky. However his family saw to it that his final resting place was in the Bluegrass State at the Lexington Cemetery.

Bowling’s memory lives on at the University of Kentucky via The James C. Bowling Executive-In-Residence Lecture Series, the Excellence in Public Relations Award and the James C. Bowling Public Relations Scholarship. His family also made a substantial gift to the William T. Young Library and today there is a conference room in the building that bears his name.

Bowling’s widow, Ann, shown with previous winners Heather Shiwarski, Amanda Nelson and Ashlee Harris.

Those who were born and raised in Kentucky take great pride in their home state. “Once a Kentuckian, always a Kentuckian,” is a motto shared by many students who have passed through the hallowed halls of the University of Kentucky. One former student who exemplified being proud of Kentucky and its flagship university was James C. Bowling, one of this nation’s most respected public relations executives, according to his longtime friend Jack Guthrie, former University of Kentucky Board of Trustees member.

While Bowling was a native of Paducah, he made his mark in New York City as a long time executive with Philip Morris Inc. Bowling actually began his career in Louisville in the early 1950s but it didn’t take long until he was promoted to Philip Morris’ corporate offices located at 100 Park Avenue in New York. Within a relatively short period of time he rose through the corporate ranks and served for many years as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Assistant to the Chairman of the Board. He also served as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.

During his corporate career, Guthrie said, “Jim maintained strong ties to UK.” Bowling was a member of the University’s Development Council and a close confidante to several University Presidents. He also maintained close ties to a long list of Kentucky Governors and UK Board Chairs, especially Albert G. Clay of Mount Sterling, Ky. According to Guthrie, Bowling had also given close consideration to accepting a key administrative position at UK in the mid 1960s but the timing of such a move just didn’t work out.

After spending more than 40 years with Philip Morris, Bowling retired in the early 1990s. He then joined one of the nation’s largest public relations firms, Burson-Marstellar, as assistant to the firm’s Chairman and founder, Harold Burson, a long-time personal friend and confidante.

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In 1998, then-President of the University of Kentucky Charles Wethington contacted Guthrie with the news that $100,000 in scholarship funds was being donated to the University of Kentucky from retired Philip Morris Chairman Joseph F. Cullman 3rd in honor of Bowling. While any gift donated to the University would be considered good news to a Trustee, this gift had special meaning to Guthrie. From the time Guthrie was editor of the Kentucky Kernel, to when he went on to work for Philip Morris, to when he began his very own public relations firm, Bowling served as both his mentor and his good friend.

Considering how influential Bowling was in making Guthrie the successful public relations professional he is today, Guthrie had aspirations of turning the $100,000 donated in Bowling’s name into more than just a one-time gift, but into a program that would continue to honor Bowling for years to come. He wanted to turn Bowling’s memorial into a program that would extend across future generations and would benefit CI students the way Bowling’s guidance once benefited him. Cullman also challenged Guthrie to raise an additional $100,000.

In order to make such a program possible, Guthrie first needed to find a way to raise the additional funds on top of the $100,000 that was already donated by Cullman. In the days before email and social media, this meant making phone calls and taking trips to meet with as many connections to Bowling as Guthrie could find. According to Guthrie, “[Bowling] was just a highly respected, very personable, very well-liked individual who had made many friends throughout a great career.” Therefore, in reaching out to Bowling’s former connections and to those who knew him as the man Guthrie describes, donations came flooding in, resulting in an additional $125,000 in Bowling’s name. Thus, the James C. Bowling Executive-In-Residence Lecture Series, Excellence in Public Relations Award, and Scholarship were born in 2000.

Remembrance of Bowling begins first with a visit from a renowned public relations professional to UK’s campus for the Executive-in-Residence Lecture Series. In the past, these speakers have consisted of both nationally and internationally

respected industry leaders, beginning with Burson of Burson-Marstellar and continuing an elite trend since. The professional’s time at UK consists of meetings and networking with UK faculty and students and culminates in a reception and lecture from the professional at the end of the visit. At this reception, an acclaimed local Kentucky public relations professional is awarded the Excellence in Public Relations Award, and a UK CI student is then awarded the scholarship endowed in Bowling’s honor.

The James C. Bowling Scholarship is one of the College of Communication and Information’s most prestigious, notable and long-standing honors for a student to receive. The scholarship is awarded to an exceptional Integrated Strategic Communication student with high aspirations for a future career in public relations. Here are some quotes from some of the more recent winners that reiterate what a positive impact receiving the scholarship had on their futures:

I was so honored and excited to receive the Bowling Scholarship while I was at UK. With the additional support of this scholarship, I was able to study abroad in London. This was the opportunity of a lifetime! Aside from taking my education to a new level abroad, the scholarship allowed me to meet many wonderful people including past recipients and PR professionals delivering the James C. Bowling Executive-inResidence lecture.

– Ashlee Harris, 2008 co-recipient

I felt so honored to receive the James C. Bowling Scholarship during my senior year of undergraduate studies. Because of the scholarship, I was able to increase my focus on practical public relations application through internships. Now, as a Ph.D. student who studies public relations and crisis communication, I hope to help inspire others to follow in the success and dedication that Mr. Bowling portrayed.

– Gabrielle Dudgeon, 2011 recipient Being chosen as a recipient of the Bowling Scholarship was an incredibly rewarding moment for me. Not only was the scholarship significant from a financial standpoint, the Bowling Scholarship also gave me the confidence to be resilient my senior year. It gave me the drive to

work tirelessly to complete my education and then begin my job search. I remember feeling honored that the selection committee saw potential in me. I will always be grateful for the Bowling Scholarship as it was a proud moment for me to be recognized in front of my educators, peers and potential employers. Alongside my education from the University of Kentucky, being a recipient of the scholarship helped set me up for great success.

– Rachel McMahan, 2012 recipient The Bowling Scholarship meant so much to me.

Not only was it a big boost in confidence, but the financial reward meant that I was able to begin my career with very little debt. As a non-traditional student and a working mother, that was crucial to me. I owe them so much.

– Heather Chapman, 2014 recipient Clearly, the James C. Bowling Scholarship has provided its past recipients with an excess of opportunities and left them feeling incredibly grateful.

Thanks to the Bowling Executive-in-Residence Program, the Excellence in Public Relations Award, and the James C. Bowling student scholarship, Bowling’s legacy is being carried on in the best way possible: By ensuring that generations to come after him can follow the same path he paved on the way to success in the field of public relations.

Torod B. Neptune, corporate vice president for corporate communications for Verizon Communications Inc. was the 2016 Bowling Executive-In-Residence.

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CI Collective An innovative new program at the University of Kentucky explores humancomputer interaction. Senior Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs Derek Lane and College Media Officer Nathan Stevens, along with Dean Dan O’Hair, of the UK College of Communication and Information, have pioneered a new multidisciplinary venture they are calling the CI Collective.

The CI Collective is a program hosted by the College of Communication and Information that includes a technology usability lab where students and faculty can work together to test emerging technologies. The primary purpose of the CI Collective is to support interdisciplinary research on humancomputer interaction and related areas in understanding how people use communication technology and learn from information systems.

Technology developers might have one use in mind, but consumers of all ages may find that a technological device may be used to fill a separate and distinct need. Research conducted in the CI Collective will help determine how users interact with technology and learn from information systems.

“A usability lab is where people bring in technology and folks to use the technology, and then they study and survey what they like about it, what they hate about it, what they think should be improved about it,” Stevens said.

Another facet of the program involves bringing in professional IT people, who study how and why people might adopt these technologies.

Together these two groups of people generate a report to review the product and send it to the technology companies.

“Basically it’s a partnership where we learn together about how any communication technology might be adopted and attempt to understand

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potential gains and pain points,” Lane said. “Companies make their technology available, then we conduct usability research with it, analyze the data, write the reports and send our results back to them. Our research is unbiased and tends to be more trustworthy than proprietary research.”

These reviews, based on empirical research, are impartial and objective — a valuable way for technology companies to understand how consumers might potentially use their products.

The CI Collective provides benefits to the UK campus community in multiple ways. In particular, students can gain valuable experience as both interns and research participants.

“First, it gives the students experience of how a usability lab works,” Stevens said.

“That’s vital because people can make a living managing a usability lab.”

It also gives students opportunities to work on personal research or product development.

“If students have an idea and they want to engage in design thinking and rapid prototyping, they should be able to do that in our lab,” Lane said.

In addition, faculty will have access to technology that can help extend current research programs.

“It will help campus because one of our goals is to get faculty members in to help with their research or to find new ways to build their research agenda,” Stevens said.

“Faculty from across campus can access the resources and facilities and decide how, if at all, existing technology might extend their research programs,” Lane said.

Research in the CI Collective will also be used to help other communities.

The lab is currently working with

technologies that have been shared with UK researchers from places as far away as Paris, France.

Some technologies that are being studied include various devices that help monitor, track and report health diagnoses. These products can be especially helpful in the Appalachian region where patients are not always located near health care facilities.

Eventually Lane and Stevens hope this research can be applied to developing countries as well.

“Being able to help communities that may not be able to help themselves is a goal of our lab,” Stevens said.

In addition to working with technologies to improve health care, the lab also explores interactive home automation systems, virtual reality technology, 3D printing, robotic telepresence and virtual video gaming.

“We are excited about the possibilities, and we think it’s a really cool place for students to think about the research we conduct in the college and across campus in very unique ways,” Lane said.

O’Hair and Lane began discussing this project a few years ago, and they are excited that it’s finally coming to fruition.

“I am so pleased that our initial idea about a usability lab is becoming a reality,” said Dean O’Hair. “Information communication technologies are often ignored or slow-tracked because they do not have an empirical track record of success. That is where the CI Collective plays a key role.”

While the project has been in development since October of 2015, the lab became fully operational in the fall of 2016 and continues to do well.

LLP Students Find Pen Pals Freshmen students in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information’s CI Connect Living Learning Program participated in a pen pal program with fourth grade students at Joe Wright Elementary in Jacksonville, Texas, during the spring 2016 semester.

The program benefited both groups. The CI Connect students played a mentor role to their pen pals, and the fourth graders had the opportunity to learn about college from a UK student.

“Ideally, I see our students reaching out and playing a mentor role for students that are less advantaged, less privileged, that may have no one in their immediate support group that have any connection with college,” then CI Connect Director Alan DeSantis said.

In addition, the freshmen learned how they can positively affect those around them.

“What I’m hoping is this gives the CI Connect students a perspective to think about how they are influencing people, not just here on campus, but also outside of this context,” DeSantis said. “I think college students have a lot more influence and impact than what they give themselves credit for.”

college students and a class of third graders in Illinois. After its success, she suggested a similar program for Joe Wright Elementary and the CI Connect LLP. Both Essary and DeSantis hope the pen pal program helped the fourth grade students realize that college is an achievable dream.

“These fourth grade students will be able to have at least one person in their support group, their social network, that has gone to college, that is encouraging them to go to college and answering any questions they may have about higher education that they may not have received before,” DeSantis said.

“I think the program was successful if it can spark excitement about college in even just one of my students,” Essary said.

DeSantis also hopes this program imparted a spirit of service to his students.

“I’d like my students to develop a greater sense of compassion for people, to feel connected to other people,” DeSantis said.

“There’s something about giving to others that changes us.”

The fourth grade students also benefited from the CI Connect students’ firsthand knowledge.

“I think it is a great way for students to get some information,” said fourth grade teacher Laura Essary. “They can hear from real students and not just from a brochure.”

“Telling these students about college and how it’s a good idea to study and do all their homework is really how we are influencing these students,” CI Connect LLP student Jillian Jones said. “We haven’t met face-to-face or Skyped with these students, so the only influence we have on them is what we write to them. Opening a letter written from someone (900 miles away even) is a great feeling because it’s very personal and intimate.”

As a “No Excuses University” school, Joe Wright Elementary focuses on encouraging students to learn about college through various programs. To make students aware of different colleges and universities across the country, each classroom “adopts” a college and learns about it. Essary’s class chose to learn about UK. In researching and contacting various faculty and staff at UK, Essary was put in touch with CI’s Communication Director Catherine Hayden. Formerly an advisor to the student authors of the University of Kentucky K Book, Hayden assisted with coordination of a pen pal program between that group of CI CONNECT • 17

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CI Hosts US-China Forum

Thirty-six researchers in various specialties of media and communication participated in the US-China Forum on Applied Communication that took place on the University of Kentucky campus April 13-14, 2016. U.S. participants included scholars from UK, the University of Alabama, the University of South Carolina, George Mason University, Indiana University and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Among the Chinese attendees were 10 administrators and scholars representing seven prominent universities – Beijing Normal University, Communication University of China, Guangxi University, Jilin University, Sun Yat-sen University, Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University – most of which have been consistently ranked in the top ten journalism and communication programs in the country.

In his welcome remarks to the Chinese guests, Provost Tim Tracy expressed his hope that this symposium will open up new opportunities for future collaboration between UK and their respective universities in the area of communication and beyond. “We are so pleased to continue our involvement with the most prestigious universities in China, particularly those with similar interests in applied communication research, and we look forward to the opportunities to work with our Chinese partners in improving people’s lives through communication studies in both the United States and China,” said Dan O’Hair, dean of the College of Communication and Information.

Huajing Maske, director of UK’s Confucius Institute, which provided most of the funding for this event, said that the UK Confucius Institute is pleased to support campus-wide co-curricular events such as this symposium to enrich UK’s academic life for faculty and students. “The forum not only brought together scholars from within the U.S. and China but also provided a great opportunity for these academic leaders to learn about UK’s strength that might lead to further institutional collaborations in the future,” Maske said.

Rufus Friday, a 31-year newspaper veteran, and current president and publisher of the Lexington Herald Leader, started the symposium with his keynote speech on the evolving role of his newspaper in serving the local community in the changing news environment. This was followed by a keynote speech by Zhian Zhang, dean and professor

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of the School of Communication and Design at Sun Yatsen University and scholar in the field of journalism and communication, on a historical overview and future prospect of applied communication research in China. David Weaver, known worldwide for his research on the role of the news media in the political process, discussed the agenda-setting role of the media in the 21st century.

Other topics of discussion at the symposium included the changing format and content of journalism and the media, mobile communication, civic communication, crisis and risk communication, new media and virtual reality, science communication, health communication and media entrepreneurship. Participants also explored possible areas of mutual collaboration in promoting student and faculty exchange and research projects.

“This sets an excellent example for our continued efforts in promoting dialogues and collaboration between universities in the U.S. and China,” Dean Zhian Zhang said. “The forum creates an ideal platform to share state-of-the-field research related to timely topics and current issues of practical significance among U.S. and Chinese scholars, especially in the context of the new media environment. Now that it has started as a great success, we hope all efforts will be made on both sides to continue this forum in the future,” added Minsun Wu, professor and associate dean of the faculty of journalism and communication at the Communication University of China, the highest ranked program in journalism and communication in China. Lars Willnat, director of UK’s School of Journalism and Media, noted that closer connections with journalism programs at leading Chinese universities are a major goal of his school. “I’d like to see more student and faculty exchanges between UK and universities in China. The more we know about each other, the better will be our mutual perceptions. And that’s especially important for journalists.”

The symposium was organized and coordinated by Zixue Tai. Symposium events and activities were co-chaired by Tai and Kevin Real, associate professors in the College of Communication and Information.

Zeadally Named Research Professor Because of his research, Zeadally’s many published and peer-reviewed articles often become incorporated into the material he teaches in networking and security classes at UK. To date, he has edited or authored six books as well as over 20 international peer-reviewed international conference or workshop proceedings, authored or co-authored more than 260 refereed publications including 150 international peerreviewed journal papers and 32 refereed book chapters. He has also co-guest-edited over 30 special issues of international refereed journals.

Sherali Zeadally recently became the first professor from the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information to receive the prestigious University Research Professorship Award.

The University Research Professorship Award recognizes outstanding research achievement throughout UK and has been given annually by the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees since its establishment in 1976. The award includes $10,000 to enable professors to devote more time to their research or to support research activities. This year, the UK Board of Trustees selected seventeen winners of the award.

“I am humbled, and at the same time, delighted to receive this highly prestigious university research award,” Zeadally said.

“However, I’d like to stress that this prestigious research award is the result of a strong team effort involving my brilliant students and world-class research collaborators from around the world,” Zeadally said. “I am thankful to all my colleagues in the College of Communication and Information and UK for their recognition of my research productivity and accomplishments over the last couple of years.”

Zeadally is the editor-in-chief of two peer-reviewed international journals. He also currently serves as associate editor or editorial board member for more than 25 international refereed journals.

In addition to this University Research Professor Award, in the last five years, Zeadally was the recipient of one other university award, 11 international awards and two national awards.

Zeadally is an associate professor in the School of Information Science within the College of Communication and Information and teaches in the College’s newest degree program, information communication technology (ICT).

He earned his doctorate degree in computer science at the University of Buckingham, England, and conducted postdoctoral work at the School of Engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He joined the faculty of the School of Information Science in 2013.

Zeadally’s research focuses on computer network and information security.

Zeadally plans to continue publishing his research results in high quality refereed journals and seek grant funding to help sponsor undergraduate and graduate students within the ICT program.

From JAT to JAM To better reflect its majors, the School of Journalism and Telecommunications is now the School of Journalism and Media.

This change stems from the separation of the integrated strategic communication (ISC) major to its own department in the fall of 2015, as well as the Telecommunications program being renamed Media Arts and Studies.

Changing the name of the school reflects the updates that come with time, while still honoring the rich history of majors that have existed for many years.

“It reinforces the importance of both journalism, the oldest discipline within the college, which began at UK in 1914, and media arts and studies, which has is own long history at

UK, having evolved from a radio and television program, to telecommunications, and now media arts and studies,” said Beth Barnes, former director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications.

Lars Willnat, the new director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications, supports the proposed change.

“I believe that the school’s new name nicely reflects the fact that we are educating the next generation of media professionals, including multimedia journalists, digital content creators and media scholars,” Willnat said.

After completing the process with full approval by all parties, the name change was officially approved during the Feb. 19, 2016, Board of Trustees meeting and took effect July 1, 2016.

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UK Debate Finishes Third in Rankings The UK Debate team, under the direction of David Arnett, finished third in the National Debate Tournament Rankings for its 2016 season, concluding their campaign at the 70th National Debate Tournament hosted by the University of Binghamton.

For the first time in school history three separate Kentucky partnerships reached the elimination rounds (Donald Grasse/ Theo Noparstak, Ava Vargarson/Jonathan Geldof, and Marcel Roman/Holmes Hampton). Emory was the only other school to match that accomplishment. The team of Donald Grasse and Theo Noparstak reached the Elite Eight after finishing the preliminary rounds as the sixth seed at the tournament.

It was the first appearance in the Elite Eight since 2009. The eventual champion was Harvard.

The team of Donald Grasse and Theo Noparstak were invited to the prestigious Dartmouth Round Robin. Only the top seven teams in the nation receive an invitation.

in the nation. It was the first time since 2002 that Kentucky received a first round and the first time since 1995 that they received two in the same year.

Recent Kentucky Debate alumni updates Marcel Roman began his Ph.D. work in Political Science at UCLA. Donald Grasse was recently accepted into the Ph.D. program in Political Science at Emory University.

Jonathan Geldof spent the year working on various campaigns with the National Governor’s Association.

Ava Vargason was recently admitted to the Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill.

Follow the UK Debate team at ci.uky.edu/UKDebate

Two partnerships received “first round bids” to the National Debate Tournament, an honor reserved for the top 16 teams

UK Speech and Debate Team The UK Speech and Debate (formerly Forensics) team ended their fourth year on a high note. Throughout the regular season that runs from September until the beginning of March, the team traveled to 11 regular season tournaments.

Over the course of these competitions, individual competitors won 199 individual awards between public speaking and debate events including 35 first place finishes. The team was recognized 13 times at these competitions, of which six were first place finishes. This performance allowed team members to qualify 30 events for the National Forensic Association national tournament, which is a new team record.

UK successfully hosted the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament in March of 2016. In total, 86 teams traveled to UK for the competition and entered 2,368 speech and debate events, making it the largest collegiate national tournament of the year. The team was recognized by Pi Kappa Delta for their service in hosting the competition.

Even though they were busy hosting the tournament, UK placed 10th in the nation in combined sweepstakes for the second year in a row. The team also placed 7th in debate sweepstakes and 15th in the public speaking sweepstakes.

Students from UK earned another 22 awards individually including senior Logan Hurley, who placed sixth in extemporaneous speaking.

UK also took part in the National Forensic Association national tournament held at Ball State University. The team nearly doubled its performance at this national tournament, climbing

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to 24th in the nation from 42nd in 2015. Additionally, senior Abel Rodriguez III became the first competitor from UK to advance to quarterfinals in any event when he placed in quarterfinals for after dinner speaking and extemporaneous speaking.

Freshman Veronica Scott and Junior Sam Northrup became the first students in the history of the University of Kentucky to qualify for the Interstate Oratorical Association national tournament. Each state is only allowed to send two representatives. Scott and Northrup qualified for the competition by winning persuasive speaking at the Kentucky State Tournament in February.

Graduating seniors from UK Forensics have continued their track record of success. Rodriguez is currently at UCLA School of Law pursuing his juris doctorate. Hurley is working towards his master of divinity degree from Southern Seminary in Louisville where he has started the Boyce College speech and debate team. Dianté Elcock is working as a marketing coordinator for the prestigious Construct Two Group.

The UK Speech and Debate team is led by Timothy Bill. Follow the team at https://www.ukforensics.com.

Huber Named McClure Winner Jeff Huber, School of Information Science director and professor, was selected by the Medical Library Association (MLA) to receive the 2016 Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award for his contributions to the field of health sciences librarianship.

The award was established in 1998 and honors professionals “who demonstrate skills in one or more of the following areas: teaching, curriculum development, mentoring, research or leadership in education at local, regional or national levels.”

“The many letters of support from former students exemplify Jeff’s dedication and focus to developing the next generation of health sciences librarians. His commitment to the profession is reflected through his service. It is a privilege to honor Jeff’s devotion to his students as well as to the profession with this award,” said MLA President Michelle Kraft.

Huber joined the School of Information Science in 2008 as an already established leader in the health information profession. By 2013, the school held a top five ranking in health librarianship according to U.S. News & World Report.

Huber has done extensive research about information access for public health professionals and health care consumers, community health informatics, health literacy and HIV/AIDS information and communication.

Dan O’Hair, dean of the College of Communication and Information, said, “It is a distinct honor for Jeff to be named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Lucretia W. McClure

Excellence in Education award by the MLA. The college is very proud of Jeff’s many accomplishments and knows that this award is well-deserved.”

This year marks Huber’s fifteenth year serving as a member on the editorial board for JMLA, a peer-reviewed quarterly journal authored by field professionals to advance the practice and research of health sciences librarianship. His most recent contribution to the journal, “Enhancing the care navigation model: potential roles for health sciences librarians” (2014), outlines the adaptation and evolution of the health sciences librarian role and responsibilities as health disparities in the United States increase. Huber co-authored the article with mentee, MLA colleague and award nominator, Robert Shapiro.

“Jeff continues to inspire countless students, at UK and across the country, to use the knowledge developed in library and information science programs to impact the health of individuals and communities. I can think of no greater achievement in our field,” Shapiro said.

Huber was recognized at the MLA Presidents’ Awards Dinner at Mosaic ‘16 in Toronto, Canada.

“Today, the effective delivery of health care requires an informed citizenry at multiple levels and I have strived to contribute to that effort,” Huber said. “I am honored to be named the 2016 recipient of MLA’s Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award.”

Cohen Wins Derryberry Award Department of Communication Chair Elisia Cohen was honored as the 2016 Mayhew Derryberry Award recipient at the Public Health Education and Health Promotion Awards luncheon in Denver, Colorado.

The award, named after dedicated public health service officer Mayhew Derryberry, was designed to recognize exceptional reach and impact of research conducted by faculty in the field of health promotion, health education and health communication.

“I was really honored to receive the award,” Cohen said. “There are certainly people in the field of health communication and health promotion who receive recognition for the volume of their scholarship, and while there might be other people who produce more scholarly articles or reports, I like to think that my research has a large impact and that my work in communication specifically can extend the reach and effectiveness of health promotion and health communication activities. I think this award was really recognition of that.”

Unbeknownst to her, Cohen was nominated for the Mayhew Derryberry Award by a group of her friends, colleagues and former students.

Cohen insists that were it not for the group efforts of the teams she worked with to further her cancer prevention studies, her research would not stand as successful as it does today.

Beyond her collaborations with colleagues in the Department of Communication, she is a member of the Markey Cancer Center and has collaborated with the College of Public Health, the College of Nursing and the College of Medicine.

“Without those collaborations, really there would be no recognition,” she said. “I’ve had the good fortune to work with excellent researchers in health and medicine who are interested in moving the needle on their impact from a communication perspective.”

Cohen is also a recipient of the 2014 Sarah Bennett Holmes Award, sponsored by the UK Women’s Forum and the 2009 and 2012 College of Communication and Information Excellence in Research Award.

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ISC Team Wins District

A student team from the University of Kentucky Department of Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC) won first place in their district in the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) held April 1, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio.

UK competes in AAF District 5, which includes schools in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. Students from more than 200 programs nationwide compete annually in the NSAC. Winners from the 15 AAF districts go on to the semifinal competition, held via video conference May 4; semifinal winners will compete at the national competition June 4-7, in Anaheim, California. Students from more than 200 programs nationwide compete each years to create a strategic advertising, marketing and media campaign for a corporate client.

“I am beyond proud of my team and their hard work — winning in District 5 is no small feat,” said Adriane Grumbein, assistant ISC professor and advisor to the team. “I am thrilled that I got to be their advisor, and I can’t wait to see how far they go — both in the NSAC and in life.”

This year’s NSAC sponsor was Snapple. Each team developed a 27-page campaign book and made a 20-minute presentation before a panel of industry judges.

Just like the ISC major, the team’s campaign was multifaceted. It centered a lot of work around public relations efforts and garnering attention for Snapple in new ways.

The team spent countless hours conducting primary and secondary research to support the campaign’s strategies and tactics.

“This experience was a true capstone and culmination of the ISC major,” said Savanah Sellars, an ISC junior and competition team member. “It was a unique experience to see all of the paths come together to create a cohesive campaign — a true show of team work. Every member of the team worked exceptionally hard and having the opportunity to compete at semifinals is such a reward!”

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The integration of “paths” Sellars mentioned is the hallmark of the ISC major at UK. Unlike programs at other schools that generally focus on only advertising or public relations, the students in the integrated strategic communication major learn about the range of promotional communication techniques and how they can best be used together.

“The integrated campaign that this team created for Snapple shows the value of an academic program like ISC,” said UK Department of ISC Chair Alyssa Eckman, who also helps advise the team. “The team had students from all our areas of specialization, including direct response, creative advertising, public relations and account management. The commitment to teamwork was really amazing this year, and they proved that a determined group of ISC students can overcome tough challenges and tight deadlines.”

The 2016 UK NSAC team members are: Kelsey Brosseau Sarah Carbin Jacob Ewing Ryan Girves Lauren Henrickson Austin Hohiemer Rachel Izydorek Jordan Mason Abigail O’Connor Kelsey Potter Ryan Quinn Garrett Ringler Savanah Sellars Sydney Shelton Seth Stewart Rachel Walker

What a (Simulated) Disaster!

Throughout the semester, students engaged in activities related to emergency and disaster planning such as developing emergency evacuation plans, preparing emergency kits and learning medical triage and first aid, and now they were able to put those learning exercises to the test.

The Buell Armory transformed into a scene straight out of a “Grey’s Anatomy” episode recently as University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Associate Professor Shari Veil’s students prepared to respond to a simulated emergency situation.

The catch is that upon entering the disaster scene, students have no idea what they might encounter. By experiencing what it’s like to be first responders, the idea is that students will be better equipped to communicate emergency situations.

Developed in 2013 by Veil herself, COM 316: Emergency and Disaster Communication aims for students to develop an “applied understanding of communication and life skills for highstress situations.”

This year, the situation involved a devastating tornado blowing through the Buell Armory during a study abroad fair leaving students and faculty members with some very serious and even fatal wounds that needed attending.

“Throughout the course, students learn about emergency preparedness, hazardous materials, active shooter events, self-defense, disaster psychology, emergency first aid, public health emergencies and how to communicate warning and response messages,” Veil said.

Fifteen of the 40 students in class volunteered to be victims in the simulation and arrived to class early for moulage: the application of fake wounds and injuries for the purpose of training emergency response teams.

“In class we focus on CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training and we have lots of guest speakers come in from different emergency response places to teach us how to handle different situations,” said Jennifer Branscum, a senior in Veil’s class studying human communications.

The entire semester of learning culminates in a final assignment where Veil creates a life-like emergency scenario, in which her students must apply their newly acquired knowledge.

After the mock student victims (and a few generous CI faculty and staff members who volunteered for the activity) assumed their injured positions, it was go time. The students in the class acting as first responders rushed into the armory, armed only with the knowledge that a tornado hit during a study abroad fair.

With the incident commander and safety officer taking the lead, first responders were divided into different emergency response teams for triage, transport and treatment and wore different color vests to indicate their affiliation.

“If you can hear me, walk to me,” mock first responders said as they tried to weed out the less severe injuries from the more serious ones. They paced around the disaster scene with four different colored ribbons tagging victims with minor, walkable injuries (green); injuries that required observation, but were stable (yellow); ones that needed immediate attention (red); and victims who had passed (black).

Using real wraps, bandages and gauze, treatment team members helped victims with broken limbs, cut and bruised faces and a plethora of unseen injuries as well as dealing with other complications like hearing loss, patients in shock, a missing child, a pregnant woman and victims who didn’t speak English.

Sam Shannon, a senior Communication major in the class, was one of the volunteer victims and suffered from both a serious arm and abdominal injury. “I really dedicated myself to the role of a victim, which made the situation feel really realistic,” Shannon said. “The simulation was a great way for everyone in the class (victims and first responders) to participate and understand course concepts.”

Along with Veil, Capt. Rob Larkin of the Lexington Fire Department and Clayton Oliver, a CSEPP (Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program) planner for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Emergency Management, observed the simulation, took notes on what they saw and led a debrief at the conclusion of the activity.

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JAM Students Win Big Casey Parker-Bell added another achievement to the list of firsts with his win in the Best College Newscast category. No UK student had previously won top prize in this category.

Rayford’s “Campus Racism” feature placed second in the Best Public Affairs TV category and Emily Markanich’s “Housing First” story placed third in the category.

UK students in the College Radio Contest did not disappoint either. Lee Mengistu’s piece titled “Childhood Sexual Abuse” placed third in the Best College Radio Reporter category while counterpart Noah Richard placed third for Best College Newscast Radio division.

University of Kentucky students are known for their successes in the classroom and on the court. Now students in the School of Journalism and Media in the UK College of Communication and Information can add broadcasting to those categories.

For two years now, since the award has been in existence, a UK journalism student has won the coveted Best in Show award in the College TV category at the Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters Awards. This year, the honor and a scholarship went to Meredith Helline. Last year, Sabirah Rayford shared the award with a Western Kentucky University student.

Adding to UK’s accolades was a sweep in the Best News Story TV category. Helline won both first place with her story “The Light of Jonathan Krueger” and second place with her “Remembering Officer Ellis” story. Rayford rounded out the top three with her piece “Campus Racism.”

Helline also took top honors in the Best College Television Reporter category with Rayford finishing third.

What A (Simulated) Disaster Continued page on page 23 Both positives and negatives of the activity were discussed during the debrief, and one theme ran true for all the parties involved: talking about the material in class is one thing, but applying that material to an actual situation is an entirely different experience.

“You can’t really be prepared for what they teach you until you actually get to do it,” said Elizabeth Farmer, another student in Veil’s class.

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The Best Public Affairs Radio division award was a near sweep for radio entries with the team of Alexa Wingate, Caitlin Schwartz and Lillie Ruschell placing in the top spot with their “Vaccinations” feature and the team of Richard, Mengistu and Riley Miller taking third with “The Cost of Housing.”

“When you look at where we won in TV and radio, what is clear is that we outperform other schools in hard news and public affairs (issues) reporting. And that is huge,” said Mel Coffee, associate professor of broadcast journalism.

Multi-year student winner Rayford couldn’t agree more.

“It’s truly an honor to win two years in a row,” she said. “I can not only see my growth, but the growth as a program. Winning three awards this year is an amazing achievement and I am thankful for the support I have from Mel Coffee, Kakie Urch, Scoobie Ryan and Mike Farrell.”

The Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters Awards were held on April 30, at the Galt House in downtown Louisville.

A complete list of collegiate winners is available here: http:// discover.ap.org/contests/kentucky-broadcast.

Veil’s knowledge in this subject area comes from extensive research on crisis communication and emergency preparedness that has been supported by over $1.4 million in grants and contracts and resulted in over 80 scholarly publications.

Veil is the associate dean for undergraduate affairs in the College of Communication and Information, is a Lexington Community Emergency Response Team member, and serves on the Lexington-Fayette County Emergency Planning Committee.