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    Launch your career

    95% of Communication alumni land a first destination after completing their bachelor's degree

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    Get Experience

    The Internship Program connects students with employers. 

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    Internships During COVID-19
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    Prof. Travis Dixon on Media Stereotypes and Racial Bias
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    Remembering Tom Costello (1949-2020)

    Join us in remembering beloved colleague and teacher Tom Costello.

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  • Portrait of Professor Emeritus Ken Andersen
    The legacy of Professor Emeritus Kenneth Andersen (1933-2020) includes endowing new scholarship for Communication students
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  • Statement Condemning Anti-Black Violence

    The recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor by current and former police officers compel us both to condemn these specific acts as well as recognize and acknowledge the long history of systemic racism and anti-Black violence that perpetuates them. In doing so, we must also acknowledge that systemic racism and anti-Black violence take place in our own...
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  • Congratulations Class of 2020!

    The Department of Communication is pleased to share a video celebrating this year's graduates. It features alumni speaker, Graham Grady (a CMN alumnus and partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP), messages from a number of faculty members, and a personal recognition of each graduate. Although we can't gather together in our usual way in Krannert's Great Hall, we want all of our graduates...
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    Study: Communication graduates are most successful at landing first destinations

    The Department of Communication ranked number one among Liberal Arts and Sciences majors in a new study by the Illini Success Initiative. The study found that "new graduates from the College of LAS continue to be successful at securing a first destination soon after graduation... and those who have landed jobs are also drawing larger salaries for their work." First destinations include employment...
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  • Internships During COVID-19

    Communication Majors Continue to Secure Internships During COVID-19: Director Kate Ditewig-Morris discusses the success of the Department’s Internship Program As a socially distanced fall semester nears its end, students are applying for spring and summer internships. Before the COVID-19 health...
  • Is it possible to overcome our biases in the face of conflict?

    The images in the media have been strong and often disturbing in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police. We process them through our biases, both conscious and unconscious. That’s the domain of Travis Dixon, who studies media stereotypes and their impact as a professor...
  • Remembering Tom Costello, beloved teacher and colleague

    The Department of Communication lost a beloved colleague and longtime teacher when Tom Costello passed away on April 15, 2020. Tom taught decades of University of Illinois students, and was especially influential in the lives of our undergraduate majors. While many across Champaign-Urbana will...
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    Alumni Spotlight: Mike Dockum ('03)

    Mike works in marketing, where his communication training equipped him to think about the needs of audiences and craft messages that can help clients meet their goals. In this spotlight, Mike talks about how central his communication degree has been to his professional success, and offers advice...
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