Staff
Janine Sikes
Director, Communications Integration
Janine Sikes joined the University Relations team in July 2007 as director of communications integration. She tracks issues of concern to the university and develops communications strategies as needed.
A summa cum laude graduate of UF's College of Journalism and Communications, she worked for eight years at The Gainesville Sun as a reporter covering business, county and city government, state government, higher education and politics. She earned several awards for investigative stories during her time at the newspaper.
In 2005 as an editor at The Gainesville Sun, she led the development of a student-focused version of the city daily called The Campus Sun, which features the work of UF journalism students. It continues to be distributed five days a week across UF's campus. Sikes also served as a weekend news editor.
Prior to her work as a journalist, Sikes attended Santa Fe Community College on a full speech and debate scholarship and later coached numerous award-winning teams in regional, state and national competitions. She earned an associate degree in business administration.