Tombras School of Advertising & Public Relations

Join Tombras School of Advertising & Public Relations junior Eberle Mayes on our Instagram story tomorrow as she studies abroad in Siena, Italy, on a day trip to a nearby historic Tuscan town! 🇮🇹

Follow along for a behind-the-scenes look at student life abroad and exploring new cultures: https://www.instagram.com/utkcci/

Join us in congratulating CCI doctoral students Richard Mensah Adonu and Sung Wan Jee on being named Spring 2026 Graduate Student Research award winners!

The UT Graduate School provides students with funding through these awards to advance their research and creative work. Recipients are selected from departments across the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus.

Richard is researching how journalism associations in Ghana are orienting their members towards AI adoption, and Sung is investigating how specific greenwashing strategies and subsequent crisis responses to accusations influence public perceptions of corporate accountability.

So proud of both of you and what you are doing to advance research and scholarship at CCI!

Plans after graduation? 🎓 We’d love to hear them! Learning our students’ outcomes post-graduation helps us stay connected, tell your stories, and elevate the college. Let us know here: tiny.utk.edu/G5oa7

🇮🇹 Tomorrow's Instagram takeover comes to you from Siena, Italy!

Join Zoey Warfield, an incoming senior majoring in Public Relations, and Titziana Liuzzi, an incoming senior studying Advertising and Communication Studies, as they share their study abroad experience through our Instagram Stories.

From classes and cultural experiences to everyday adventures, they'll give you a firsthand look at what it's like to study abroad as a Tombras School student.

Follow along tomorrow:
https://www.instagram.com/tombrasutk/

Our summer study abroad takeovers continue tomorrow with Advertising majors Sophie Miles and Grace Sharp.

Sophie and Grace, both members of the Class of 2028, are currently studying abroad in Rome and will take over the Tombras School Instagram story tomorrow morning to share their experience traveling and learning in Italy.

Follow along for a behind-the-scenes look at their study abroad journey.

📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombrasutk/

Before the semester came to a close, the Tombras School faculty and staff gathered to celebrate two growing families during a special baby shower 🧡👶

Assistant Professor Seyi Adegbola and his wife, Ruth, are preparing to welcome their second child, a baby girl, this spring. Assistant Professors Katie Kim and Bugil Chang are also excited to welcome their first child, a baby girl, this summer.

It was such a joyful afternoon filled with laughter, celebration, and support for these wonderful members of our Tombras School community. We are so excited for both families as they begin these new chapters.

Congratulations to the Adegbola and Chang/Kim families! 🎉