The Office of University Communications and Marketing has developed a new, easy to use tool to share news of your accomplishments. Accessible at drake.edu/accomplishments, you will now be able to write your own story and upload photos to share broadly with the help of the communications team. The form is designed to act like a minimalistic word processor, capable of adding links, bullet points, and other style choices. Additionally, you have the ability to upload photos, which we strongly suggest you do with each submission.

We found that the previously available form created a number of bottlenecks in our system, impacting this office’s ability to share your stories in a timely manner. When submitting the new form, you are actually creating a draft story on the back-end of our newsroom. Upon submitting that story, the communications team is automatically notified so that we can make any necessary changes to accommodate Drake’s style guide or other minor editorial changes prior to publication. This new process is designed to speed the process of sharing good news, and to help ensure accuracy of what is published online.

If you have any questions about the new process or run into any issues as we roll out this system, please reach out to Jarad Bernstein at jarad.bernstein@drake.edu.

Jarad Bernstein, Director of Communications