With another school year at Eastern Michigan University
starting soon, 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. As part of the recent
Web redesign, EMU Today has a fresh look.
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,
a campus calendar of events, information on the Board of
Regents, 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: Walter Kraft, vice president for communications
(487-6895), 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.
