Alum credits faculty with helping shape his future
Chuck Carney
Chuck Carney is a graduate from the UA journalism department with his bachelor’s degree in 1985 and master’s in 1998.
Carney is the director of media relations and communications for the Indiana University School of Education in Bloomington, Ind. His responsibility is to disseminate information to alumni, students, faculty, friends and the world at large about the school, which is one of the country’s leading schools of education. Carney’s day-to-day tasks include writing news releases and making contacts with local, state and national media regarding events at the school or students’ achievements.
Carney is pursuing a doctorate in higher education at Indiana University School of Education. Carney is married to Connie who is a UA Law School graduate. They have two children: Claire, who is 12, and Caroline who is almost 3 years old.
One of Carney’s significant memories of the Journalism Department is when Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter joined the faculty. “They offered me a chance to help start and shape UATV, an experience that was great fun and really helped me learn things about management and organization,” Carney said.
That experience led directly to a job at the University of Florida and his teaching position at Indiana University, he said. One of Carney’s biggest turning points was when he left his full-time anchor job to come back to the UA and pursue his master’s degree. He said after making that decision it opened a new world of academia. “It’s never been dull, and that’s what I have always hoped for my career,” he said.
Story Credit: Paige Brown, Broadcast ’11
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