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Congratulations to ISC student Faith Turner for virtually being crowned UK’s 2020 Homecoming Queen. COM junior Alec Elmore was a finalist for Homecoming King as well. Full story here.
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CI FACULTY UPDATES:
Congratulations to Diane Francis, Kyra Hunting and Montina Jiang on their acceptance to take part in the Spring 2021 Faculty Success Program through the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity. The Faculty Success Program is a 12-week, online program that was designed to teach tenure-track and tenured faculty the skills they need to increase both their research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Daniela DiGiacomo's work with the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team: UK Faculty Support Statewide Research Study on Pandemic Disruption
Kelly McAninch is co-author on a paper accepted for the Top Paper Panel for the Health Communication Division at NCA: “Predictors and Outcomes of Communal Coping for Couples Managing Health Stress: A Test of the Extended Theoretical Model of Communal Coping.”
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DEBATE UPDATE:
In October, the team hosted its 48th annual college tournament and only the third online tournament in its history. More than 100 teams from 27 states participated in the three-day event and the eventual champion was Dartmouth.
Last month, Chris Eckert and David Griffith, UK’s top debate partnership, were invited to the prestigious Harvard Round Robin. This is special format invites the top nine partnerships around the country. Eckert and Griffith earned a fourth-place finish, even more impressive considering they were tied for being the youngest partnership in the field.
Bluegrass Debate Coalition update: Director Lily Nellans began the first afterschool classes recently. Currently, 34 students from 12 schools around the state are taking classes and the first online tournament will be in early November. Read more about the Coalition here.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT:
Our November Alumni Spotlight shines on William Downey, a 2008 communication graduate. William is now the director of government affairs at RJ Corman Railroad Group. Read William’s full bio here.
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Join us via Zoom on Thursday, November 12 from 5 – 7 p.m. ET for the annual State of the First Amendment Address delivered by Stephen Bates. More information and Zoom link here.
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