The UIS Communication Department is proud of the following:

• Special Recognition of Students:
  • Stephanie Willig awarded the prestegiousDavid and Marcia Chicoine, Science and Technology-Based Economic Development Scholarship
  • Carol Schulte received the Outstanding Service to Communication Department award.
  • Sue Huskins received the Outstanding Master’s Project in Communication award .
  • Christina Xamis received the Outstanding Master’s Thesis in Communication award.
  • Graduation Marshals Marissa Sumrell (undergraduate) and Carol Schulte (graduate).
• Broad curriculum offerings in both interpersonal communication and journalism/media studies

• Faculty members with diverse backgrounds in teaching and
  professional experience

• Internship opportunities for undergraduate students in newsrooms, public relations offices, non-profit organizations, multi-media production companies and other locations throughout Central Illinois

• Close relations between the department and professional organizations
  such as the Illinois
  Broadcasters’ Association, the Association for Women
  in Communication and the Association for Women
  Journalists (Springfield Chapter)
  • Excellent multi-media resources on campus, including:
    • Fully equipped television studio
    • Photography studio
    • Campus radio station (STAR 96-The Prairie Star)
    • Several multi-media labs
    • UIS Office of Electronic Media
      
    • The Journal student newspaper
    • UIS Theatre Minor , which provides opportunities to speak, act,
      direct and produce
    • Affiliation
      with Lambda Pi Eta, a communication honor society