HOLLE CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION ARTS

An international, interdisciplinary hub for storytelling whose mission is to support creative activity and scholarship that advances human dignity, breaks down barriers and encourages empathy.

Holle Center

The Holle Center for Communication Arts is an incubator and a creative collaboratory designed to shape the future of 21st-century nonfiction storytelling. The center convenes researchers, practitioners, community partners and student interns to foster innovative, arts-informed research and narrative projects that are crucial to advancing the notion that everyone has a story to tell and a story worth telling. This idea, rooted in fairness and equity, drives the center’s work to tell meaningful stories that reflect the world as it is, and as it can be.

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HOLLE CENTER INTERNSHIP

The Holle Center for Communication Arts is seeking undergraduate interns for the 2025-26 academic year. Ideal candidates are creative, proactive, and eager to support and represent the Holle Center’s mission. This internship offers hands-on experience in a professional setting focused on innovative storytelling. Interns will lead student-driven projects, engage with the community, and collaborate with staff to amplify stories that connect people.

OUR TEAM

Dr. Robin Boylorn

Distinguished Research Professor, 
Holle Endowed Chair and Executive Director, 
Holle Center for Communication Arts

Michelle Bordner

Program Manager,
Holle Center for Communication Arts
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THE HOLLE AWARDS

The Holle Center for Communication Arts oversees the national Holle Awards for Excellence in Creativity and Communication, which highlight and celebrate creative expression in seven categories including book arts, filmmaking, forensics, media writing, public speaking, screenwriting and sports media.

The awards, which were established by Everett Hughes Holle and funded by the Holle Family Foundation, include a $10,000 prize for the winner of each category.

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