The UIS Communication Department is proud of the following:

• Special Recognition of Students:
  • Megan O’Dell (B.A. 2015) Reporter and Anchor-WAND-NBC
  • Ken Pacha (M.A. 2015) is a Co-Host at Hip Hop Hump Day on WQNA 88.3
  • Daymon Killiman (M.A. 2014) begins classes in the MA in English Digital Pedagogy this fall.
  • Erica Cullens ( M.A. 2014) was recently recognized for her success in her second-year of the national Whitney M. Young Scholar program.
  • Carley Reynolds (M.A. 2014) presented a paper at the University of Illinois Communications Collaboration Conference, Fall 2013, in Urbana.
  • Ashley Henry ( B.A. 2014) is The Journal (UIS campus newspaper) Editor-in Chief.
  • Note: Send your college career achievements to Allyssa Brown, Communication Department’s Graduate Assistant.
• ALSO …

• 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 One – 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