2004 Annual Overview

This Annual Report for 2003-2004 will celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty, students and staff during the past year. Before I tell you about these accomplishments, I'd like to highlight the growth in programs we have experienced since we became the College of Communications and Information studies a little over ten years ago.

In 1993, the UK Board of Trustees approved the merger of the College of Communications with the College of Library and Information Science to form the new College of Communications and Information Studies. The new College included the Department of Communication, the School of Journalism and Telecommunications, the School of Library and Information Science and the Graduate Program in Communication.

During the last decade, the college as a whole has grown significantly: our level of grant funding has increased by 465 percent; our undergraduate student body has grown by 76 percent; and our college wide endowment has grown by 270 percent. We are widely recognized as the most successful grant-getters in communication at any public university and we are ranked 11th nationally for our Ph.D. program. Our undergraduate students have received numerous writing awards and have frequently been elected to lead UK's student government association. Increasingly other universities, including the Universities of South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama, are configuring themselves in similar ways.

Undergraduate students in our four degree programs -- Communication, Integrated Strategic Communication (formerly Advertising), Journalism, and Telecommunications -- receive a liberal arts education that goes beyond preparing students for an information-centered, service-oriented society. The College seeks to educate students in the spirit that electronic, written, and oral communication provide--the very cornerstone of a democratic society.

At the graduate level, the College offers masters and doctoral students opportunities to undertake important research programs that contribute directly to the wellbeing of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the United States. The graduate program allows emphases in interpersonal, international, health, and mass communication, and offers the only accredited program in library and information science in the Commonwealth. The School of Library and Information Science enrolls master's students in its graduate program on campus and at its off-campus site at Northern Kentucky University. The School graduates approximately 100 information professionals each year, and produces more than 80 percent of all school, public, academic, and special librarians educated in Kentucky.

Our faculty continues to develop grants and contracts to support research in areas of health communication, to publish scholarly articles and books and educate our students. Our staff members are actively involved in being the link between our students, faculty and the university through advising and serving on university committee's. Our students continue to win awards for their creativity, their involvement in the university through leadership roles and by receiving recognition for their academic achievements.

In addition, we continue to host numerous events. This year's events included: the 27th annual Joe Creason Lecture Program; the 4th annual James C. Bowling Executive-in-Residence Lecture Series and Kentucky Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Relations; the annual Lazerow Lecture; the 27th annual Dow Jones Minority Workshop; the 24th annual UK Journalism Alumni Association Hall of Fame Luncheon and Induction Ceremony; the 25th Anniversary of our Ph.D. Program; the 8th biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication; the 35th annual McConnell Literature Conference and our 4th annual College-wide Recognition and Awards Ceremony.

Much of what we have been able to accomplish would not be possible with out the continued support of our friends and alumni. To continue our record of accomplishments we have set the goal of $1.6 million dollars during the current UK Capital Campaign. We must increase our number of endowed chairs and professorships, graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, program endowments for students and our out-of-class learning experiences, and facilities such as information technology and graphic laboratories. These gifts support our students and our faculty and are very vital to our future success. I hope that after reading this report you to will share in the pride I feel for the College and what we have accomplished. I also hope you will consider a gift to the College, whether it is a cash gift or in the form of a bequest.

When I travel, I enjoy meeting with alumni and would love to expand these opportunities. If you can meet with me or host a function in your area, please contact my office at (859) 257-7805.

It is not possible for us to list all of our accomplishments in this publication, so please take time to visit our web site www.uky.edu/CommStudies/ to learn more about our units and the many activities we host each year.

Department of Communication

The Department of Communication serves three major instructional roles: 1) We provide instruction for oral communication skills to undergraduates across the University; 2) We offer Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees for undergraduate Communication majors; and 3) We teach most of the graduate courses leading to a Master's or Doctoral degree in Communication through the College's Graduate Program in Communication. We have strong and diverse undergraduate and graduate programs.

A recent National Communication Association survey revealed that, of programs responding to the survey, the Department is the most highly funded Communication program in the nation. New figures reveal that we have secured more than $35 million in extramural funding over the past 20 years. Almost all of this research is focused in the health communication area and investigates ways to increase the effectiveness of media or classroom-based prevention programming.

Our students continue to be highly accomplished.

• We recognized two outstanding undergraduate students, junior Jaime Carter for her exceptional academic performance and senior Devin Fenison on the basis of her exceptional academic merit.
• Each year, several of our students participate in the Southern States Communication Association's Undergraduate Honors Conference. For 2004, 22 of our students submitted papers and 19 were accepted.

Our faculty is busy as always. Their activities included the following:

• Our funded researchers-- Drs. Phil Palmgreen, Rick Zimmerman, Derek Lane, Seth Noar, and I--continue work in message design and testing. Current projects include grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study persuasive anti-marijuana messages and design a media campaign to prevent risky sexual behavior among adolescents; a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study sexual risk-taking, alcohol and HIV prevention in youth; and a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study HIV interventions for Appalachian youth.
• Dr. Doug Boyd, former Dean of our College and current Professor in Communication, continues to serve multiple roles for the University. His most recent move is to Chief of Staff for President Todd.
• Dr. Joachim Knuf is on leave to the College of Engineering to pursue his work in LEAN manufacturing.
• Dr. Enid Waldhart is the recipient of the Gifford Blyton Endowed Professorship in Oral Communication. This three-year award will allow Dr. Waldhart to work toward enhancing oral communication scholarship and practice for the University.
• Dr. Derek Lane is the recipient of the H. Lester Reynolds Professorship in Engineering. This three-year award gives Dr. Lane the opportunity to provide guidance to the College of Engineering on implementing and assessing communication skills instruction. Dr. Lane also won the 2003 College of Communications and Information Studies Research Award.
• Dr. Alan DeSantis is back from a sabbatical during which he continued work on his first forthcoming book, From the Frat House to the White House: From the Sorority to the Kitchen: Reproducing Gender Identity in America's Greek System. Dr. DeSantis was named the most popular professor at UK in the annual Kentucky Kernel poll for the fourth time.
• Two new faculty members will join our ranks in 2004-05. Dr. Michael Arrington (Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2002) comes to us from Ohio University. His research focuses on stigma, identity changes and narratives among cancer survivors. He teaches classes in health and family communication, narrative analysis and persuasion. Caroline Rankin is finishing her Ph.D. at University of Texas-Austin. Her research focuses on relational communication, including relationship development, emotion, self-disclosure and conflict.

In April, 2004, we hosted the 8th biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC). KCHC is designed to bring local, regional and national health communication researchers, practitioners, and students together to share research, discuss current issues, and develop working relationships to promote the health communication research agenda. KCHC 2004 began with pre-conference, Health Communication and Health Psychology: Common Themes, Unique Contributions. A panel of four distinguished health psychologists spent the morning discussing their work; the afternoon was spent with a question and answer session, and panelist/audience discussion. The conference on Friday and Saturday addressed The Future of Health Communication: Bridging Across Disciplines. Several scholars presented their work in both competitive paper sessions and panel sessions. The top student paper award went to Karla Kuhlman, Ohio University; top young scholar award went to Margaret F. Clayton, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gary Kreps, Chief of the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, was the winner of the 2004 Donohew Health Communication Scholar award. Michael Slater, Professor of Communication at Colorado State University, presented the keynote address, Health Communication: Building Bridges Across and Within Disciplines.

Graduate Program in Communication

The Graduate Program in Communication generates and disseminates knowledge about communication as a core process and prepares students for careers in teaching, research and service. Graduate degrees in Communication have been offered since fall 1966 with the advent of the M.A. Program. The first student graduated one year later, and now more than 225 individuals have been awarded the master's. The Ph.D. in Communication was approved in 1977 and admitted its first students in 1980. The first graduate was in 1984, with 107 doctorates awarded so far. Both the M.A. and the Ph.D. emphasize communication processes, effects and functions within interpersonal, mediated and mass contexts. Students acquire a broad education in interpersonal and mass communication theories and social science research methods.

UK is the only Kentucky university offering doctoral work in Communication. The program benefits from the involvement of each of the college's units and currently ranks in the top 12 nationally in the area of health communication. Excluding emeriti members, there are currently 26 members of the Graduate Faculty.

The first year of the doctoral curriculum consists of a series of required courses, including theory courses in general, mass and interpersonal communication and quantitative and qualitative research methods. During their second year, students must take an advanced methods or statistics course as well as a theory construction course. They must also complete a three-credit hour research project. The Graduate Faculty adopted two new policies this year - one regarding standards for the Qualifying Examination and the other regarding criteria for satisfying the three-credit hour research project.

The Destination Master's program is being phased out, with the M.A. now focusing on communication theory and research. Effective this fall, all M.A. students must take a course in either mass or interpersonal communication theory in addition to the master's proseminar, a statistics course, general communication theory and quantitative research methods. The M.A. Program is one of only 11 at the university that participates in the Scholars Program in which particularly highly qualified undergraduate students concurrently pursue both the bachelor's and the master's. Our M.A. program has one of the largest enrollments in University Scholars at the university.

The deadline for applications for admission for both courses is now February 1. There is no longer an October 1 deadline. New students are admitted only for the summer or fall, not for the spring. The number of students admitted is established each year by the Graduate Program Committee.

The Ph.D. Program in Communication celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2002, and in a special ceremony this past spring we recognized the graduation of our first and 100th doctoral students. The first graduate was Dr. Libby Fraas, currently a Professor in the Department of Communication at Eastern Kentucky University, and the 100th graduate was Dr. Ajlina Karamehic, a native of Bosnia, who is now an Assistant Professor at the St. Louis University Health Communication Research Laboratory in the School of Public Health.

This year our students have been very productive. Their activities and recognition include:

• The Communication Graduate Student Association had four students present papers at the National Communication Association Convention in November 2003, with 14 other students attending the conference.
• In March 2004, almost 65 people registered for the 8th Annual Graduate Student Association Communication Symposium, which was combined for the first time with the annual Visiting Students Weekend. Keynote speakers were Dr. Matt Kreuter of St. Louis University and Dr. Michael Stephenson, a 1999 doctoral alumnus and a faculty member at Texas A&M University.
• The 2003 Sypher Memorial Graduate Scholarship was presented to doctoral student Mary Lee Matuza.
• The Bruce Westley Memorial Scholarship was awarded to doctoral student Hung-yi Lu.
• The two Dean's Scholarship winners were doctoral students Wai Hsien Cheah, who recently accepted a position at St. Louis University, and Davide Girardelli.
• This year the Graduate Student Association (GSA) was co-chaired by doctoral student Deborah Stigall and master's student Judy Taylor.
• Doctoral student Adel Iskandar co-authored a book with Mohammed El-Nawawy entitled Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East. He has been interviewed on ABC's "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher and National Public Radio.
• Doctoral graduates have been placed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of North Carolina, the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Alabama, the University of Tennessee, the University of Georgia, the University of Nebraska, Porter Novelli Health Care Group, the federal Citizenship and Immigration Service, Wake Forest University and West Virginia University.

We have had several changes and additions to our faculty.

• Two new members have joined the graduate faculty this year --Dr. Seth Noar, who received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Rhode Island, and Dr. Beth Barnes, who received her Ph.D. in 1990 from Northwestern University. Dr. Noar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, and Dr. Barnes is the new Director of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and Professor of Integrated Strategic Communication.
• During spring 2003 Emeriti Faculty Member Dr. Lewis Donohew served as Acting Associate Dean while Dr. Moore was on sabbatical.
• Dr. Roy L. Moore was appointed as Associate Dean through June 30, 2005. Dr. Moore was recently elected to a three-year term as Faculty Trustee on the UK Board of Trustees. Dr. Moore is the Principal Investigator for the UK Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Project funded by the Ford Foundation and the Knight Foundation. Dr. Moore will teach a course for UK and other university students on British media in London during the summer of 2004. He has previously taught the course three times in London.
• Several faculty members also participated in the National Communication Association Convention in November 2003.

School of Journalism and Telecommunications

The School of Journalism & Telecommunications trains students in informative and persuasive communication and communications delivery options within a liberal arts context. We offer undergraduate degrees in Journalism (print and broadcast emphases), Integrated Strategic Communications (emphases in advertising creativity, account management, public relations, and direct response), and Telecommunications (emphases include voice and data management, audio and video production, media management and social effects). Our graduates are leaders in media and telecommunications industries throughout the Commonwealth and across the nation. Our program was re-accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications in 2003. The School has a proud history of public service to the Commonwealth dating back to 1914.

Our students have the opportunity to participate in a number of extracurricular activities as well as work with several independent campus media organizations. We offer chapters of the American Advertising Federation, Public Relations Student Society of America, and the National Association of Black Journalists. We're also home to the Society of Telecommunications Scholars and the Grehan Recording Group. UK's award-winning daily newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel, is housed in our building; many of the Kernel's editorial and advertising staff members are JAT students. A number of our students also work on UK's yearbook, the Kentuckian. Students learn first-hand working at radio stations WRFL and WUKY, and on JAT News, our student newscast. The school also promotes the free flow of information through its First Amendment Center, and focuses on rural areas through its Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues.

Our students are a busy and diverse group. Here are some student achievement highlights from 2003-04:

• For the second straight year, and third time in four years, our student AAF team won the District 5 National Student Advertising Competition and will go on to the national level competition in Dallas. Professor Rick Roth is the team advisor.
• 2004 Journalism graduate Michael Brent won the Carol S. Adelstein Outstanding Student Award, given to a student with a physical, learning or medical disability who has been an inspiration to others through academic achievement, leadership, extracurricular activities, or social and personal qualities. Michael, who was paralyzed in a car accident in 1997, was nominated by Professor Yvonne Cappe and Lisa Brown, Director of Student and Multicultural Affairs.
• Members of PRSSA and NABJ attended the national conventions for their parent professional organizations. Dr. Scott Whitlow is our PRSSA advisor; Lisa Brown advises NABJ.
• Telecommunications students working with Professor John Clark established the Grehan Recording Group. The GRG provides audio recording and post-production expertise to local bands and other groups, both on-site and in the School's audio facilities. Professor Clark also received the College's 2003 Teaching Excellence Award.
• The School finished eighth in the nation in the annual Hearst Foundation news writing competition. The Kentucky Kernel was a finalist for a Pacemaker Award, and Kernel staffers won a number of awards in competitions sponsored by the Kentucky Press Association and the Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association.

In addition to working with various student groups, School faculty members have been active in scholarly work and professional development. Some highlights:

• Dr. Richard Labunski is working on his fifth book, this one on James Madison and the Bill of Rights. A commentary by Dr. Labunski tying Madison's efforts with the Bill of Rights appeared in a number of newspapers around the country and on the History News Network.
• Dr. Chike Anyaegbunam presented two papers at the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communications' Midwinter Conference; moderated an e-forum for the World Bank focused on methods for developing strategic communication programs that help ensure the success and sustainability of rural development projects; was appointed a research associate of the UK Appalachian Center; and received the Thomas P. Rogers Endowment grant from the UK Gerontology Program.
• Dr. Roy Moore co-edited a new book, Mass Communication Education, published by Blackwell Publishing
• Professor Buck Ryan received the 2003 Provost Award for Outstanding Teaching. Professor Ryan also directs the Citizen Kentucky project.
• Professor Yvonne Cappe coordinated the National Press Photographers Association's Advanced Storytelling Workshop, which took place at UK in April. She was also a panelist on "Producing Producers" at the Broadcast Education Association meeting.
• Dr. Tom Lindlof completed his term as editor of the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.
• Two members of the School's faculty were on sabbatical leave in Spring 2004. Dennis Altman spent his leave studying the changing needs of advertising and PR agencies in mid-sized markets. Jim Hertog studied the campaign experience of minor party candidates for public office
• Professor Mike Farrell worked with the Children's Law Center of Northern Kentucky to study how 11 Kentucky and Ohio newspapers are reporting on juvenile crime and juvenile justice
• Professor Scoobie Ryan organized a summer workshop for high school journalists and advisors. Designed as an advanced course, the workshop gave students the chance to hone their skills as well as produce content for use back home. Professor Alyssa Eckman supervised the visual communication aspects of the workshop.
• Dr. Deborah Chung will join the School's faculty in the fall. She is completing her Ph.D. at Indiana University, and will teach courses in publications production and diversity in the media. She brings a background in print journalism and research interests in web design for journalism.

Three persons with connections to the School were recognized for their outstanding contribution to Journalism and were inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. Eliza Piggott Underwood (inducted posthumously) was the first woman to graduate in Journalism and also the first female editor of the Kernel and the Kentuckian. Maria Braden retired as Professor of Journalism in 2001. John Egerton holds two UK degrees.

In its second year, the Richard G. Wilson Alumni Speakers Symposium series welcomed a number of prominent alumni back to campus. Jody Carbiener Dreyer, a 1983 graduate who is now senior vice president of Disney Worldwide Outreach, spoke in the fall on the topic of corporate philanthropy. In the spring, former U.S. Senator Walter "Dee" Huddleston and Scripps Howard White House reporter Bill Straub spoke on "Covering the Big Race." Judy Clabes, president of the Scripps Howard Foundation, served as discussion moderator.

Daniel J. Edelman, founder and chairman of Daniel J. Edelman, Inc., one of the world's leading public relations firms, visited campus in the fall as the fourth James C. Bowling Executive-In-Residence. James C. Host, founder of Host Communications, Inc., and now Secretary of Commerce for the state of Kentucky, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Relations.

Civil rights era journalist Earl Caldwell was the 2004 Creason Lecturer. In a wide-ranging conversation moderated by David Hawpe, Mr. Caldwell reflected on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Caldwell was the only journalist present at the time), the importance of learning the journalism craft at small newspapers, and credibility challenges facing today's journalists, among other topics.

School of Library and Information Science

For the past seventy-one years, the School of Library and Information Science has played an important role in supporting the mission of the University of Kentucky. The School has been an integral part of the University by providing excellence in library and information science education, research, and service. The School's program of study leads to the master's degree. It is the only master's-degree program in Kentucky and one of only 56 in the United States and Canada accredited by the American Library Association. Enrollment is approximately 230. Through both its on-campus and distance-learning efforts, the School has provided graduate-level, professional training to students from a variety of backgrounds. The high caliber faculty has a demonstrated record of quality research productivity, innovative teaching, and service to the Commonwealth. Moreover, faculty serves the profession nationally and internationally. The School continues to evolve to meet new challenges in information studies and librarianship, and it has been an important resource for individuals seeking to become contributing members of the information profession. Through its school media certification master's program and its long-standing emphasis on children's literature, the School plays an important role in implementing the Kentucky Education Reform Act. The School's annual McConnell Literature Conference attracts several hundred participants and is seen by many as an important opportunity for continuing education. The 2004 McConnell Conference was the 36th.

In 1993, the College of Library and Information Science combined with the College of Communications to form the College of Communications and Information Studies. The primary instructional and administrative locations are at UK's main campus, in Lexington, where three "smart" classrooms are available to the School, the first phase of a project that, when completed, will bring together classrooms and administrative and faculty offices in renovated space. Other instructional sites are Northern Kentucky University and Louisville. Moreover, courses offered in non-traditional formats (e.g., via the World Wide Web, interactive television, or through other distance-learning technologies) are being developed to further meet the accessibility needs of our student population. To this end, the School plans to offer a distance-learning version of the master's program by 2005.

The School joined with similar programs at Auburn University, Louisiana State University, and the University of South Carolina to form the Southeast Archives Education Collaborative, which is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and provides students at the four institutions a more extensive program in archives management than any single participating institution could provide. Courses in the SAEC are taught by faculty at the institutions and make use of distance education technology.

Members of the School faculty regularly receive national and international recognition and honors. Among examples are:

• Dr. Donald Case's book, Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior, was selected as the 2003 American Society for Information Science and Technology Best Information Science Book of the Year award winner.
• Dr. Lois Chan is a Standing Committee member, Section on Classification and Indexing, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
• Dr. Timothy Sineath is a member of the Board of Directors of Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society.
• Professor Jackie White is a member of the American Association of School Librarians Teaching and Learning Committee.

Some changes have occurred with our faculty:

• Dr. Thomas Waldhart has retired. Dr. Lillian Lillard is returning to Emporia State. Dr. Ling-hwey Jeng was appointed to direct the LIS Program at Texas Woman's University. Dr. Jim Andrews has accepted an offer with the University of South Florida.
• Four new faculty members will join the School in the fall. Dr. Kimberly Black-Parker, Dr. Sujin Kim, Professor Lisa O'Connor, and Professor Kwan Yi.

Student recognition included:

• Kimberly Wicke was the recipient of the Hallie Day Blackburn Scholarship Award.
• Ania Lasota was the recipient of the Rovelstad Scholarship in International Librarianship.
• The Michael J. Lach Fellowship for Computer Technology was awarded to Dr. Jennifer Brueckner in the College of Medicine. The fellowship specified that a student from the School was eligible to be selected to assist the faculty member in developing the selected project. Graduate student Robert Trader was the first student to be selected for this award.

In the master's degree program, the student is required to take a set of four required courses and at least one from a set of four technology courses. The remaining seven electives provide the student ample opportunity and considerable freedom to design a program of study to suit the student's individual needs and interests. The curriculum is sufficiently varied to permit opportunities to build both breadth and depth into the course of study. The student is assisted in this endeavor by a faculty advisor who provides guidance and counsel.

Students enrolled in the School may take courses in the Graduate Program in Communication. Admission to the Ph.D. program in Communication is a separate process, normally initiated after completing at least 12 hours in the master's program. Once admitted to Ph.D. studies, students have the opportunity to undertake interdisciplinary studies related to information transfer, drawing on the faculties and other resources of Library and Information Science, Communication, and Journalism and Telecommunications.

Our Future

The convergence of a number of societal trends offers many exciting possibilities for the future growth of the College of Communications and Information Studies.

Preparing our students for the future. We continue to have the fastest growing undergraduate programs at the University of Kentucky. This reflects a national trend that mirrors the explosive growth of interest in communications and information studies. We hope to be able to add an undergraduate program in information studies that will complement our existing programs and satisfy the needs of one of the fastest growing sectors of our economy. We will continue to sponsor our students for national awards, participation in honors conferences, and various other competitions.

Not only will we continue to have the hottest majors on campus, but we also have the potential to contribute in significant ways to the education of all University of Kentucky students in our core undergraduate studies programs. Traditionally we have been central to the preparation of University of Kentucky students in oral communication, a vital workplace skill, that also is increasingly recognized as central to a liberal education. In the future all of our citizens will need to be literate in the rapidly exploding information and media environment in which we live. We also need to arrest the decline in civic culture by: increased attention to libraries and media institutions, the universities of the people, and focusing on the fundamental principles embodied in the First Amendment that are central to all of our College's programs

Addressing the Kentucky "Uglies." Our graduates working for the state's major media outlets will continue to be instrumental in increasing awareness of our fundamental problems, such as chronic disease and substance abuse. Our internationally recognized grant programs in health communication will provide the basic research necessary to developing sound public policy to address such problems. We also will play a continuing role in enlivening the cultural and intellectual life of Kentucky through the numerous events we sponsor, including the work of the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues.

Promoting the economy of Kentucky. The grant monies we attract from the Federal government match the budget provided to us by the University and the State, enabling us to attract top quality graduate students and professionals to the Commonwealth, as well as making a substantial contribution to the local economy. Many of our students and alumni, especially in telecommunications and integrated strategic communication, have started small businesses that are entrepreneurial engines for Kentucky.

In short, we have demonstrated that investments in our programs are returned many fold. Currently our faculty productivity indicators demonstrate we are the most efficient college at UK. We also are looked to as a model for the development of other college's at leading universities across the country. We hope we can continue to expand our operations to better serve our future students and the many needs of our community, commonwealth and nation.

Alumni News, Events and Activities

Each year the College of Communications and Information Studies hosts numerous events. In 2003 we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the College during our annual College Awards and Recognition Dinner. The event was co-sponsored by the UK Alumni Association and was attended by 110 guests that included faculty members, students and their parents, UK administrators and our alumni. Information on college events is included on our web page and in each unit's newsletters.

Those publications include:

• The Department of Communication publishes a printed newsletter once each year and sends out electronic newsletters on a quarterly basis.
• The Graduate Program in Communication publishes a spring and fall newsletter. The newsletter is also available on-line and is distributed to all alumni and current graduate students and faculty.
• The Journalism Alumni Association and The School of Journalism and Telecommunications publish spring and fall newsletters and an electronic newsletter. Publication of the printed newsletter is made possible by contributions from the UK Alumni Association and the Richard G. Wilson Alumni Symposium and Printing Fund. Affiliate Memberships to the Journalism Alumni Association are offered through the UK Alumni Association.
• The School of Library and Information Science publishes a newsletter twice each year. The newsletter is sent to members of the SLIS Alumni Association and is available on-line. There is a small charge for membership dues in the SLIS Alumni Association. Membership dues are paid directly to the School.

The College welcomes your help in keeping our alumni files current. We want news of your current accomplishments, personal news and your pictures, too. If you have information you would like to send to us or would like information on college events, please contact Janice Birdwhistell at (859) 257-4241, by email at Jebird2@uky.edu, or complete the information form on www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/jbmail.html.

If you would like information on the UK Alumni Association, please call (859) 257-8905 or 1-800-269-ALUM or refer to their web page www.uky.edu/Alumni/#. The web site is also a great place to keep up with campus news, events, career services and alumni events.

Development

In 2004, the University of Kentucky extended its Capital Campaign for an additional two years. During the previous four-year campaign, the College received a great deal of support from many of our alumni and friends through our annual Phonathon and with major gifts to each of our units. Some of the gifts and the awards from those gifts include the following:

• In January 2004, Dr. Enid S. Waldhart was named the first holder of the Gifford S. Blyton Endowed Professorship in Oral Communication and Forensics. Dr. Waldhart will serve in this position for three years. This endowed professorship in the Department of Communication honors Dr. Gifford Blyton. Dr. Blyton taught speech and communications from 1948 to 1975 and coached the university's debate team for 21 years. Money from the endowment is used to support public speaking, oral communication education and research.
• Mr. Marvin Burdine established the Williena Burdine Broyles Memorial Endowed Scholarship in the School of Library and Information Science in January 2004. The award honors his sister Williena, a graduate of the University of Kentucky Library Science Program and librarian in the Somerset Kentucky school system for 25 years. To be eligible for the award students must be from one of Kentucky's Appalachian counties (as defined by the ARC), demonstrate financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Need and are declared majors in the area of Library Science. The first award will be presented in 2005.
• The Alumni Speakers' Symposia and Printing Fund in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications was renamed for its founder, Richard G. Wilson. In 2003-2004, the series held two programs and also published two newsletters. This was the second year for the series.
• The annual fall Phonathon raises money for all of the scholarship, endowments and funds in our college. This year we raised $32,000 and received gifts from 700 alumni. Each unit of the College determines the fund or scholarship programs that alumni are asked to support with a gift. Alumni may also make gifts to the fund of their choice.
• The R. Lewis Donohew Fellowship Fund was established in 1999 when Dr. Donohew retired from UK after nearly 35 years of service. The fund provides professional development support to new and continuing doctoral students with research interests in the behavioral sciences. The fund was endowed in 2003 and we were able to present the first award to Teressa Fraze in March 2004.
• The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues will be established in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications in July 2004. It is a multi-disciplinary consortium dedicated to strengthening and invigorating local newspapers, broadcasting stations, and other mass media instruments in central Appalachia and will focus on the role of the media in community infrastructure, stimulate reporting of local and regional social and economic issues, and seek to energize public discourse. The Institute will receive its initial funding from the Knight Foundation and the Ford Foundation. The College must raise additional funding to match the gifts from the Knight Foundation and to receive RCTF Funding.

These funds, along with other private contributions have allowed us to expand our scholarship opportunities, provide funding for student travel, support student and faculty research efforts, and provide students with special programs and guest speakers. Several major gifts from our graduates have been made as bequests and will benefit our students and faculty in the years to come.

These resources provide our students with a cutting-edge education while innovatively serving the Commonwealth, the region and the nation. By supporting the College through gifts to our scholarships and endowments, you help us to make a difference in the lives of our students.

During the next two years we will continue to ask our alumni to support various programs and scholarships in the College. We have developed four main priorities. Those priorities are:

• To improve our facilities by seeking financial support and funding for the continued development and improvement of the Media Center for the Future, the First Amendment Center and for the renovation of space in the School of Library and Information Science of its classrooms, labs and office space. The College's Media Center for the Future is a state-of-the-at facility for teaching, research and public service. The First Amendment Center was begun in 1981 and promotes the free flow of information. Space for the Library School has been under renovation for the past two years and cannot be completed until additional upgrades are made to the facility.
• To obtain needed equipment for the units in the College and to continue to upgrade existing equipment currently available to students in the College. The School of Journalism and Telecommunications would like to develop programs to support funding for the repair and replacement of audio and video equipment and computer software used for instruction in the School. The School of Library and Information Science would like to continue developing financial support for the equipment needs in their lab, their classrooms and to develop a Center for Applied Information Technology.
• To increase the amount of support for existing scholarships, fellowships, and assistantships and to create opportunities in each unit for new scholarships. The School of Journalism and Telecommunications would like to create new scholarships for students in ISC and Telecommunications. The Department of Communication would like to create an undergraduate travel fund to support travel to honors conferences. The Graduate Program would like to create a Graduate Student Travel Fund and a new scholarship for students interested in international/intercultural communication. The School of Library and Information Science wants to create funding for graduate assistantship in the McConnell Children's Literature Center.
• To increase the number of Chairs, Professorships, and Lectureships available for the faculty in the College. The School of Journalism would like to obtain support for an Endowed Chair in Health/Medical Journalism (to work with students, journalists and the Medical Center in bridging the gap between medical research and public health knowledge); an Endowed Professorship in Communication Law (an add-on to an existing faculty position for a professorship in the First Amendment Center) and Photojournalism (to create an endowed faculty position with emphasis on photojournalism). The Department of Communication would like to create an Endowed Professorship in Health Communication. To secure funding for an Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues.

To learn more about activities, funding scholarships, endowed chairs or professorships, contact our Development Officer by phone at (859) 257-4241, by fax at (859) 323-9879, or by e-mail at jebird2@uky.edu. For a complete list of scholarships and endowments please refer to our web page. For additional information on planned giving opportunities contact UK Office of Development at (859) 257-3911 or (800) 875-6272.

Added: 3/15/2005

Office of the Dean

Dean's Letter to Prospective Students:

• Message from the Dean

Strategic Plan:

• Strategic Plan 2002-03

Annual Report:

• Annual Report 2003-4
• Annual Report 2002
• Annual Report 2001
• Annual Report 2000

Dean's Progress Letter:

• Dean's Progress Letter, 2003
• Dean's Progress Letter, 2002
• Dean's Progress Letter, 2001
• Dean's Progress Letter, 2000

CCIS Recognition:

• Awards Ceremony