CCI Recognizes Scholarship and Award Recipients at 2024 Scholars & Stars Reception

On November 14th, the College of Communication & Information hosted its annual Scholars and Stars Reception. This event recognizes incredible donors and scholarship recipients, as well as outstanding faculty and students for their leadership. For photos from the event, click here. CCI congratulates the following student and faculty award recipients: Student Leadership Award Recipients:  Carly Nelson …

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SCSD Professor Serves as Guest Editor for Top-Tier Journal

School of Communication Science and Disorders Professor Yunjung Kim was invited to serve as Guest Editor for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, a leading journal in the field. Her forum “Native Language, Dialect, and Foreign Accent in Dysarthria” was published in a collection of papers from international scholars. She also participated in the forum as an author of two articles, “Raising Awareness About Language-and Culture-Specific Considerations in the Management of Dysarthria Associated with Parkinson’s Disease within the United States” and “Does native language matter in perceptual ratings of dysarthria?”

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SCSD Professor travels to Australia and Japan to Present Research

Dr. Sladjana Lukic, assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, delivered two presentations at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia in Nara, Japan, and she gave a talk in a symposium at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference in Brisbane, Australia, in October. In Japan, Lukic presented …

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CCI Associate Dean and Alumna Present at Tech Conference

Associate Dean Ebe Randeree of the College of Communication and Information (CCI) attended the Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Network (ITEN) WIRED TechNet CyberCoast conference in Pensacola Beach, Florida, on October 16-18, 2024. The conference brings together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators for three days of learning, collaboration, and community building. “Representing the College gives me the …

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Double CCI Alumnus Publishes Third Book

Double CCI Alumnus Publishes Third Book

Michael Ciccarelli-Walsh, a double College of Communication and Information (CCI) alumnus and CCI Marketing and Communication Coordinator, has recently released his third book in The Zoboros Series, Beyond the Rift. Ciccarelli-Walsh described the series as a superhero space opera saga, “think Star Wars meets X-Men.” In this installment, the characters find themselves on the run, …

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School of Communication Faculty and Alumnus Contribute to Award Winning Student Film Project

During the 2021 Sunflower County Film Academy, 22 high school students–with the help of several School of Communication faculty and alumni–spent a week planning, directing, and filming the documentary An Army Rising Up while exploring their community’s connection to civil rights icons Emmet Till and Fannie Lou Hamer. Every summer, Fannie Lou Hamer’s America hosts …

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