The Center for Communication and Information Technology (CCIT) is an evolutionary concept for the collaborative study of graphic arts, communication studies, human computer interaction, journalism and information sciences. The Center provides an opportunity for the interdisciplinary study and application of new media and their impact upon society. The concept behind CCIT was to offer a common space where students and faculty from a variety of programs could work together in both creative and research centered activity.

CCIT is indicative of a trend across higher education institutions that find diverse academic disciplines forming new partnerships as innovations in digital technologies impact resources, both monetarily and in terms of in-house expertise. Like similar centers at other institutions, CCIT is made up of several academic disciplines. Common interests across the CCIT constituency are data visualization, theoretical and applied forms of communication, evolving relationships between technology and communication, and the impact of new media on society.