Senior lecturer of advertising Marisa Peacock wins two campus awards

April 9, 2025 Marisa Peacock, senior lecturer of advertising, won both a Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and a Student Success Impact Award. Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, are given for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate and graduate advising and […]

New experiential learning opportunities for Media students include international, domestic trips

January 13, 2025 | Kelly Youngblood Three experiential learning opportunities are being offered to students this spring including two new trips—one to the nation’s capital and another to two Scandinavian countries—as well as a return visit to the West African country of Sierra Leone. Washington, D.C., March 19-22 Colleen King, clinical assistant professor of journalism […]

College of Media welcomes Fall 2024 with faculty promotions, new leadership roles, new faculty

August 23, 2024 This fall, seven faculty in the College of Media have been promoted, two faculty have taken on new leadership roles, and three new faculty have been hired. In the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, promotions include Chang-Dae Ham to full professor, Leona Su to associate professor with indefinite tenure, and Dionne Clifton and Marisa Peacock to senior lecturers. Two […]

Advertising recognizes faculty, graduate students with awards for exceptional teaching, research

May 14, 2024 The Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising has honored several faculty and graduate students with awards for extraordinary teaching, research, service, and mentoring.  The recipients received $500 to be placed in a discretionary account to support their teaching, service, or research, and a certificate.   Named after James Webb Young, a legendary advertising executive and […]

College of Media collaborates with University, community partners to offer local children access to new opportunities in education, technology

April 10, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood The College of Media is collaborating with University of Illinois and community partners to present educational workshops to local children this spring as part of a new public engagement effort. The collaboration between the College of Media and the Center for Social and Behavioral Science focuses on creating hands-on […]

Peacock receives Illinois Student Government Teaching Excellence Award

April 18, 2022 The Illinois Student Government Teaching Excellence Award recognizes instructors for outstanding performance both in and out of the classroom. Honorees have demonstrated a commitment to teaching and to students in every capacity of their experience at Illinois. Marisa Peacock, lecturer in advertising, was one of this year’s recipients. Peacock “went above and beyond […]

Sandage Social Media Lab positions advertising students to help local clients

  In a new program called the Sandage Social Media Lab, advertising majors are receiving tailored training, followed by the opportunity to consult with real clients.  After taking a set of digital advertising workshops through the lab, students will be prepared to assist select University of Illinois units and Champaign-Urbana organizations with their communications and […]

The rise of TikTok: From classroom practice to influencer status

  Sierra Reed, a junior in advertising, first joined TikTok in August 2019 for fun. Little did she know she’d go viral doing modern twists on Romeo and Juliet, and eventually become an influencer on the video-based social media platform. She first started gaining a following in November 2019. She posted a video and went […]

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