News Briefs Guidelines

Marquette University publishes its electronic News Briefs newsletter to keep Marquette students, faculty and staff informed about university-related news. News Briefs is published every Monday and Thursday, except during summer and academic breaks when only the Monday edition is published. The deadline for the Monday edition is noon Friday. The deadline for the Thursday edition is noon Wednesday. Highest priority notices as determined by university leadership are also sent periodically.

To comment, ask a question or submit news to share, e-mail, call 8-6712 or send your note in campus mail to News Briefs, Office of Marketing and Communication.

The Office of Marketing and Communication welcomes timely news items with campus appeal and encourages submissions from faculty, staff and students. OMC reserves the right to edit for spelling, grammar, style, length, etc., as well as to reject items.

Student and staff editions

Two different editions of News Briefs are distributed — one for students and one for faculty and staff. Many articles are appropriate for both audiences, but not all. Please indicate with your submission if you feel your article should be included in one or both editions.

Article Priority

Certainly, everyone would like his/her article placed at the top of the editorial content. Obviously, this isn’t possible. Article priority is determined by the topic’s level of importance to the university as a whole, as well as timeliness.

Monday editions usually include more articles than Thursday editions. To make your article stand out, consider submitting it for a Thursday edition.

Article frequency

Due to the immense amount of editorial content submitted for each issue, especially during the academic year, most articles run once. Some event-related articles can run as an initial notice to allow those interested to schedule it on their calendars, and again immediately before the event itself or before the response deadline. Only items involving the most prominent events and notices run in back-to-back issues.

Special Events

All event notices should include the event name, date, time, location, brief description, admission cost and response deadline. If the event is student-organized, it must be open to the entire campus community and have campuswide appeal. The Office of Student Development event approval number must also be included for OMC reference.

Contact information

Whenever possible, and especially for events, be sure to include with your submitted information the phone number, e-mail or Web link that interested individuals can use to respond or obtain more information.

Special editions

OMC does not send special editions of News Briefs or all-university e-mails except to announce highest priority matters, such as issues involving safety, closings, new business developments, etc.

Other suggestions

News Briefs is just one way to communicate your news to the campus community. It should never be relied upon as the sole “promotional” method, especially for campus events. In addition to inclusion in News Briefs, OMC recommends that event organizers communicate events, when applicable, through e-mails to friends and colleagues, departmental and organizational Web sites, AMU boards and information tables, the online calendar, posters, sidewalk chalk, etc.