As you may be aware, University Communications (UC) underwent a departmental reorganization this spring. With the new fiscal year about to begin, here are answers to a few common questions about working with UC.
Who should you contact?
Please work through and with the directors within UC based on the audience you’re trying to engage:
- Alumni: Beth Wilson
- Donors: Beth Wilson
- Faculty/Staff: Alyssa Young
- General Public: Jarad Bernstein
- Prospective Students: Alyssa Young
- Current Students: Alyssa Young
If your needs don’t fall neatly into one of the audience categories above, or if you have a need that crosses multiple audiences, please contact me, and I will assess and assign as appropriate.
An additional note: Digital communications are led by Jeremy Sievers, and include digital assets such as photography and videography. His team’s responsibilities with the website cross all audiences; they also support content for the intranet, as well as digital marketing and other related efforts.
What services are available?
UC continues to provide strategic planning, writing/editing, graphic design, photography/videography, media relations, web development, and all of the core services you would expect from a communications department.
UC priorities in order, are:
- University-wide initiatives, with an increased emphasis on those that drive student recruitment and student retention
- Academic units and particularly those academic programs that need help growing
- Other departments and units around campus, with an emphasis on those that directly support and improve the student experience
- Affiliated organizations such as Harkin Institute, Ray Center, etc.
What self-serve resources are available?
To help address the issue of limited capacity, UC has created and launched an online toolkit to provide campus with a number of self-serve resources:
Please bookmark this link. You should be able to use these tools to fulfill many of your needs, or to better understand how to partner with UC.
What if I still have questions or concerns?
Please reach out to one of the directors listed above or me.
Thank you for your patience the past few months, while UC reengineered our team to operate in more of an audience-centered, data-driven, and digital-first mindset.
We look forward to an exciting and productive academic year ahead.
—Dave Remund, University Communications