College of Communication and Information

$80,281

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80% of $100,000 goal

294

Donors

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Donation Leaderboard

Fund Name	Donors	Raised ($)
School of Communication Studies Alumni Council Study Abroad Endowment	4	$1,250
CCI Media Center Enrichment Fund	9	$1,710
Williams Reporting Fellowship	0	$0
Drs. Judith and Mark Hector WUOT Public Media Endowment	2	$50
Alfred & Julia Hill Lecture Series Fund	2	$200
Eugene And Sammie Lynn Puett Endowment (PRSSA)	44	$8,183
Anne Holt Blackburn Endowed Scholarship	0	$0
CCI Career Development Endowment	6	$280
Student Media Enrichment Fund	2	$10
John C. Tyson Quasi-Endowment	0	$0
Gary R. Purcell Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Alisa Harrison Enrichment Endowment	2	$100
Jeff Copeskey Editor-In-Chief Endowment	0	$0
Tombras Advertising and Public Relations Enrichment Fund	12	$821
College Fund for Communication & Information	74	$47,989
JEM Student Experiential Learning Fund	5	$275
Journalism and Media Enrichment Fund	7	$1,900
Adam Brown Excellence Fund	0	$0
Social Media Fund	0	$0
Clement Family Study Abroad Scholarship	0	$0
Communication Studies Student Experiential Learning Fund	7	$620
William A. Price CCI Student Success Scholarship Endowment	2	$700
Whit & Rosalie Lee Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Nathan Boals Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
CCI Student Success Fund	2	$8
Nancy Purkey Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Tenopir/King Information Science Professorship Endowment	1	$100
Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture Series Endowment	0	$0
Dr Beth Foster Student Relief Fund	6	$700
Isaac Wright Family Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Luigi Lemoncello Library Scholarship	0	$0
Lamar Family SIS Undergraduate Scholarship Fund	0	$0
Faye Julian Undergraduate Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
David B. Everett Memorial Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Escar Thompson Memorial Fund	0	$0
Dr. James Russell Church Debate Endowment	0	$0
Linda Jennings Higgins UT Knoxville Alumni Tri-Star Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
School of Information Science Undergraduate Scholarship Fund	1	$196
Cynthia Nixon Mastro Graduate Student Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Glenn E. Estes Fellowship Endowment	1	$50
Carter Holland Memorial Scholarship Fund	0	$0
CCI Building	0	$0
Karl and Madira Bickel Scholarship Endowment	1	$200
CCI BOV Faculty Support Endowment	0	$0
CCI Technology Fund	1	$200
Matthew Dirsa Memorial Scholarship Endowment	2	$25
John Haas Director's Chair Endowment	1	$100
Nancy Purkey Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Medal of Honor/Land Grant Films Fund	5	$265
Kelly Leiter Scholarship Fund	3	$350
Norma Cox Cook Speech and Debate Endowment	0	$0
CCI Research and Innovation Center Enrichment Fund	4	$385
Wallene Threadgill Leek Scholarship Endowment	0	$0
Faye Julian Dean's Chair Endowment	1	$10
Jean A. Segner Endowment	0	$0
Donald G. Hileman Scholarship	1	$5
Faye Julian Dean's Chair Fund	1	$10
Dr. Margie Morrison Endowed Legacy Fund	0	$0
Bonnie Hufford Fund	6	$600
Sellers UTK Daily Beacon Endowment	4	$222
Public Media Endowment	9	$816
Speech Communications/Communication Studies Enrichment Fund	2	$75
Advertising and PR Student Travel Fund	9	$1,195
UT Debate Team	0	$0
Communication and Information Leadership Collective Student Organization	6	$4,075
UTK College of Communication and Information BOG Match	2	$50
Alder Middleton WUTK Endowment	11	$723
Dr. William C. Robinson Scholarship Endowment	5	$575
SIS Enrichment Fund	19	$2,411
International Journalism Scholarship Fund	0	$0
Journalism Scholarship Fund	0	$0
CCI Study Abroad Fund	17	$923
Advertising Student Support Fund	33	$1,925