Office of Development
Fund-Raising Priorities
- 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. The School of Library and Information Science
is the only program in Kentucky and is accredited by ALA.
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
in Rural Journalism housed in the School of Journalism and
Telecommunications.
*Contact Janice
Birdwhistell with questions.
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