Communicating with your faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends is an important aspect of your work. The type of information to feature in your newsletter could include:
Letter from the chair or director.
Student success stories – Be as detailed as possible. If the student won an award, what does the award recognize? What does the student see as the impact of the award? If the student has published a paper, led a community engagement effort or completed similar work, what is the impact?
Faculty success stories – be sure to include a head-shot of the faculty member and details. What is the impact of the story you are telling? How does it relate to the faculty member’s research, teaching and community engagement? You will want to include a short bio of the faculty member.
Research stories, faculty or student – Be sure to include some type of photo of the people doing the research, or at minimum a group photo or head-shots. Include details about the impact of the research, including any community engagement and student impact. Include links to the study or other research reports. Remember to obtain a photo release from the student(s).
Alumni success stories – You will want to include a head-shot of the alumni member and details about the subject. What is the impact of the story you are telling? How does the education and experiences the alumni member gained in your department and our College impact this story?
Donor story – You can include a head-shot or other photograph of the donor, if the donor desires. Another photo option is to show the impact of the contribution. Also, in these type stories, you should confer with your department chair or center or program director.
Department or Center news that would be of interest to a broader audience, such as alumni, students or donors.
Published books – Be sure to include a head-shot of the author and/or a photo of the cover of the book. You would want to include a description of the book’s subject, any reviews that are pertinent and a short biography of the author. Good information to include is the impact of the book and how the author will use the knowledge in the classroom.
Ways to contribute to the department, center and program – Communications Director can assist you with appropriate wording and methods for seeking support through your newsletter.
The College Communications Office also can assist your department, center or program with brochure design. You will be responsible for printing contracts and expenses and for the words and photographs used in the brochure. We can help you with the design, using design options we have available.
Request support from the College Communications Director. We will need several weeks’ advance notice.
We will provide access to designs we offer and choose one that suits your needs. Some of the designs can be modified if you need fewer or more pages in a design you prefer.
Consult the corresponding specifications document and gather your words and images based on those specifications.
The designer working with you will provide guidance for submission of the materials so work can begin on your brochure.
You will receive a draft for review. The College Communications Director also will review for approval.
You will receive the final files in a format ready for you to send to your printer. Find approved printers in 49er Mart, by choosing the “contracts” option.
Note: Be sure to comply with copyright law as you choose your photographs and illustrations. The University’s copyright website can guide you. In some cases the Communications Office can assist with images.
We also work with various UNC Charlotte entities and publications to spread the news from our College. We invite you to consult with the College Communications Director on ideas. These encompass print, online and video options.
Inside UNC Charlotte, which is produced and maintained by the Office of University Communications. Faculty and staff members can submit news, event information or story/video ideas for consideration through the Communications Director. Content published on Inside UNC Charlotte also often appears on Niner Insider, UNC Charlotte's daily internal newsletter.
UNC Charlotte Magazine, published quarterly and covering current academic and research initiatives as well as alumni and athletics events.
UNC Charlotte social media channels.
Office of International Programs and its newsletter.
The news site of the Office of the Provost.
The University’s Spotlight and Rotating stories on the main website.
The Graduate School and its news section.