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May 06, 2008

It's an honor just to be nominated

Readers of this blog might be interested in knowing that it has been nominated for an eduStyle Award in the best institutional blog category.

June 04, 2007

Name change fact sheet for departmental use

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

Just save the document, customize it for your department (or use it as is), and print copies off on your departmental letterhead.

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

Promote the name change in your email signature

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:


Effective Jan. 1, 2008, UMR becomes Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
Here's an example from a real email signature already in use:

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)