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MSIS student wins first place in his division at CCI Research Symposium

February 23, 2024 by Kristen Gallant

From the sunny beaches of California to Norway’s northern lights and beyond, School of Information Sciences masters student Christopher Hastings is on a mission to find answers regarding mammoth ivory hunting in Siberia.  Hastings won first place at the 46th Annual College of Communication and Information Research Symposium in his division. His research presentation was […]

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Info Sci Club Provides Hands-on Projects for First-Year Student

February 9, 2024 by Kristen Gallant

School of Information Sciences (SIS) first-year student Kyler Misenheimer is getting involved right away with student organizations at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Misenheimer is from Knoxville and went to Bearden High School where he was part of a program called Virtual Enterprises International (VE). VE provides students skills-based career experiences through hands-on projects and […]

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Chad Lanctot on What it is Like Being a Veteran and a Student

April 21, 2022 by Hillary Tune

It took a decade for Chad Lanctot to finish his undergraduate degree, and for good reason: Lanctot was in the U.S. Coast Guard and was taking online classes while he actively served. It was tough going but once he was done and retiring from the Coast Guard, he knew that more higher education was his […]

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Student Spotlight: Kristina Larsen Becomes Rare Map Librarian After One Semester in MSIS

April 8, 2022 by Hillary Tune

Featured student: Kristina Larsen Location: San Francisco, California Education: Undergraduate degree in studio art and sculpture from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. What is your professional background? For my undergraduate degree I studied painting and sculpture at Hampshire College. After graduation, I didn’t have plans and went on a road trip with a friend to […]

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Student Spotlight: Amy Snyder Lands Fellowship with Library of Congress

March 11, 2022 by Hillary Tune

Featured student: Amy Snyder Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Education: Undergraduate degree in English and minor in art history from University of Virginia Why information sciences? I went to undergrad at the University of Virginia and was an English major over there and an art history minor. I started working in the small special collections library and […]

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BSIS Student Makayla Lerner Wins CCI Poster Competition with Research on Rural Communities Adopting Broadband

March 4, 2022 by Hillary Tune

Makayla Lerner is the first undergraduate School of Information Sciences student to complete a practicum, and just this last week she won first place in the College of Communication and Information’s 44th Annual Research Symposium’s Research Poster Kaleidoscope contest. The research she presented in her poster stemmed from the practicum and undergraduate research assistantship work […]

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A Trio of Friends Journey Through Work and the MSIS Program Together

February 18, 2022 by Hillary Tune

It’s not unusual for students to take a meandering path that ends with them entering the MSIS program—some wander a little, and others even make hard turns into a drastic career change. But rarely do those paths intersect the way that those of three current MSIS students have: Carolyn Shafer, Jenny Huffman, and William Judd. Not […]

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Student Spotlight: Jessica Woofter on Databases and Data Analysis

February 1, 2022 by Hillary Tune

Featured Student: Jessica Woofter Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Education: Bachelor’s in General Studies with a focus on Business and Technical writing Career: Data Analyst at the University of Tennessee’s Environmental Health & Safety Why information sciences? I am definitely not a traditional student. I did not take a straight path to complete my college degree or […]

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SIS Grad Student Songhee Kim Becomes CCI’s UX Lab Manager and Graphic Designer

December 8, 2021 by Hillary Tune

At her heart, Songhee Kim is an artist, and she’s found ways to incorporate that into her career path over the years. She earned an undergraduate degree in 3D animation and visual effects from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and went on to work for projects such as Disney Junior’s “Sophia the […]

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Student Spotlight: H.B. Fach Discusses Neurodiversity and Information Sciences

October 22, 2021 by Hillary Tune

Featured student: H.B. Fach Location: Lavergne, Tennessee Career Background: I’ve been in libraries in one form or another since 2008, ever since I started part-time at Lavergne Public Library. I went to Nashville Public Library after that, and then the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Currently I’m with HCA Healthcare in their Knowledge Management division. […]

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