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Readers of this blog might be interested in knowing that it has been nominated for an eduStyle Award in the best institutional blog category.
As academic departments, admissions representatives, athletics and other organizations prepare to go on the road to recruit students, here's a MS Word document that can be used to help get the word out about the name change.
Missouri S&T Fact Sheet
Also, don't forget to send out letters to your external audiences to notify them of the name change. Here's a sample letter you can customize for those purposes.
Sample Letter
Students, faculty and staff: Looking for an easy way to promote the upcoming name change? Use your email signature.
Just add a line to your email signature that says:
Here's an example from a real email signature already in use:
Effective Jan. 1, 2008, UMR becomes Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
Andrew Careaga
Director of Communications
University of Missouri-Rolla
Office: 573-341-4183
Mobile: 573-578-4420
Email: acareaga@umr.edu
Visit UMR on the web: http://www.mst.edu
UMR research blog, served fresh daily: http://visions.mst.edu
Effective Jan. 1, 2008, UMR becomes Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)