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Sept. 2, 2008 issue
Be in the know on campus with University Communications


By Ron Podell

 

With another school year at Eastern Michigan University starting, it's a good idea to know what's going on — the who, what, where and when of campus life. A number of informational avenues are available to you through University Communications (which is part of University Marketing and Communications).

University Communications offers a wide variety of services, including publication of the faculty/staff newspaper, media relations, public relations, crisis management, photography services and a daily events calendar distributed campus-wide by e-mail.

Important EMU information also can be found electronically. FOCUS EMU, the weekly faculty-staff newspaper, is published electronically weekly September through April, and monthly from May through August. It can be found at www.emich.edu/focus_emu/.

EMU Today, the daily electronic list of news items, campus events, athletic activities, meetings, lectures and seminars is available at 6 a.m. each weekday.

In addition, University Communications has a link on www.emich.edu, the University's official Web site. The University Communications site, at www.emich.edu/univcomm/, includes news releases; up-to-date, weather-related school closing information; and online versions of EMU Today and FOCUS EMU.

The EMU Newsline can be reached at 487-2460. The newsline is a taped service featuring late-breaking news, including weather-related school cancellations.

University Communications periodically conducts media seminars for faculty and staff. The seminars are designed to orient faculty and staff with how to effectively work with the media and to learn how to publicize their stories and events. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. Read EMU Today for upcoming media seminar dates.

University Communications can be reached by calling 487-4400. Contacts include: Pamela Young, director; Ward Mullens, associate director; Ron Podell, assistant manager of news services; Randy Mascharka, University photographer; and Marion Laskowski, administrative secretary. The office is located at 18 Welch Hall and is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.