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CI Alumna is Official Artist of the 148th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks

Aimee Griffith, a 2006 integrated strategic communication graduate, was recently named the official artist of the 148th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks to be held May 6-7, 2022.

UK CI Alumna Elle Smith Trades Miss Kentucky Title for Miss USA

With beauty, brains and the Big Blue Nation supporting her, a University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information (CI) alumna has traded her Miss Kentucky title for Miss USA. Elle Smith has won the 2021 Miss USA pageant.

CI Alumnus Builds Business to Help the Black Economy

In June 2020, Savon Gray, a 2018 journalism graduate, started Black Business Boxes with his best friend, Robbie Dobbs. The Louisville native had watched as the outrage over the killing of former UK student Breonna Taylor had grown into ongoing protests in his city. Gray decided to take action by addressing the underlying issues of race and economics in America.


Spotlights

Julie Booher
Integrated Strategic Communication

Chief Strategy Officer at PepperPointe Partnerships
James Beard Foundation Award nominee as Outstanding Restaurateur and Best Chef Southeast

Jennifer Pizzurro
Communication

OMD, Media Strategy Supervisor - PepsiCo Account

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