For the first time in the team’s history, the University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Team has won the prestigious Chief Justice Invitational tournament held by Marshall University. The tournament regularly hosts some of the top speech and debate teams in the nation, including current national champions Western Kentucky University. This year, 13 schools traveled to Huntington, West Virginia, for the competition.
UK Professors Recognized As Top 1 Percent of Prolific Scholars In Communication Studies and Research
Three faculty members in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information have been recognized as being in the top 1 percent of prolific scholars in communication studies and scholarly research productivity.
For the fifth year running, the University of Kentucky Speech and Debate Team won the John G. Fee Invitational speech and debate tournament held annually by Berea College. This year, 17 schools representing seven states participated in this two-day competition. UK earned the title of grand champion by amassing the most points from the speech and debate halves of the competition.
Chris Poore, media adviser for the Kentucky Kernel, has chalked up another award for his efforts.
A team of 13 students from the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information’s Department of Integrated Strategic Communication won Best Plans Book and placed seventh out of over 160 teams in the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC). The annual competition took place June 7-8 in New Orleans during the AAF’s national ADMERICA conference.
Phil Lynch, vice president and director of corporate communications at Brown-Forman, will deliver the 2017 James C. Bowling Executive-in-Residence Lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics' Kincaid Auditorium.
University of Kentucky Libraries is now accepting proposals for the 2018-19 Alternative Textbook Grant Program, which aims to encourage UK faculty to adopt open access textbooks or to create original learning materials for their courses. Faculty may apply for one of 10 grants of up to $1,500 each to implement curriculum change required for using an alternative textbook or to produce the content of an alternative textbook.
As is customary at the University of Kentucky, two students will be selected to speak at the December 2017 Commencement ceremonies, which will take place at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, at Rupp Arena.
Kyra Hunting, assistant professor of media arts and studies at the University of Kentucky, has been selected to participate in the Television Academy Foundation’s 2017 Faculty Seminar Program. Members of the Television Academy selected just 25 professors from colleges and universities nationwide for the annual program.
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