The following communication tools are available to faculty, departments and divisions within the college:
COEfyi
Audience: Faculty, and staff
Content: Twice weekly email digest of general interest information from course offerings to talks and symposiums to news and other COE announcements formerly on the COE-Memo list serv.
Home page/submit online: http://fyi.coe.uga.edu/
Contact Jen Williams: 706-542-1637 or jenw@uga.edu
Digital Signage in Campus Buildings
Audience: Faculty, staff and students
Content: General information and public events sponsored by units in the College.
Click here for digital signage guidelines
Contact Jen Williams: 706-542-1637 or jenw@uga.edu
coeNEWS
Audience: Faculty, staff and students
Content: News and features on faculty, staff and student accomplishments and activities. Links to articles in which faculty, staff and students are quoted or featured in local, regional and national media. Links to COE rankings, fast facts, points of pride, videos and past publications. Includes calendar of Coming Events and links to UGA news and publication sites. All coeNEWS items automatically post on the COE Facebook page.
Website: www.coe.uga.edu/news
Contact Michael Childs: 706-542-5889 or mdchilds@uga.edu
News Releases
Audience: Local, state or national news media
Content: Research findings, major research grants, gifts greater than $1 million (or of a high level of public interest), major faculty honors (generally interdisciplinary, e.g. AAAS Fellows, NSF Early CAREER), student academic honors (generally internationally competitive), events that are open to the general public and targeted to lay audiences. Priority is given to news releases that have the potential to generate publicity for the college on the national level.
Website: UGA Today
Contact Jen Williams: 706-542-1637 or jenw@uga.edu
UGA News Service
Audience: Faculty and staff (Columns), faculty/staff and students (UGA.edu)
Content: Faculty and staff profiles, news on new programs and centers, faculty awards (Columns ‘Kudos’) and new faculty books (Columns ‘Weekly Reader’). All news releases sent to media are posted on UGA.edu.
Website: Columns, UGA.edu
Contact Jen Williams: 706-542-1637 or jenw@uga.edu
Twitter Feed
Audience: Faculty, staff, current and prospective students
Content: Taking advantage of the searchable nature of Twitter, all news releases, content for internal publications and mentions of the College of Education in external media will be posted on Twitter. In addition, the Twitter feed will include information for current students about scholarships, curriculum changes, events and closings.
Website: https://twitter.com/#!/ugacoe/
Contact Michael Childs: 706-542-5889 or mdchilds@uga.edu
Facebook Page
Audience: Current and prospective students, young alumni, faculty and staff
Content: Information of interest to current/prospective students (e.g. student profiles, campus scenes and videos) and young alumni (e.g. tailgates, alumni events). It offers occasional reminders about scholarships, internship opportunities and study abroad, but these will simply refer students to the appropriate web pages (e.g. Office of International Education). Also includes a news feed from coeNEWS.
Website: www.facebook.com/uga.coe
Contact Michael Childs: 706-542-5889 or mdchilds@uga.edu
Electronic Departmental Newsletters
Audience: Faculty, staff, alumni, current donors
Content: Unit-generated, although Communications staff will assist with design, layout and distribution.
Website: http://issuu.com/uga-coe
E-newsletter templates: (coming soon)
Contact Troy Bassett: 706-542-0894 or tbassett@uga.edu
Paper Departmental Newsletters
Audience: Alumni, faculty, students
Content: Department news of events and activities, general news of faculty, students and alumni.
Print newsletter templates: (coming soon)
Contact Troy Bassett: 706-542-0894 or tbassett@uga.edu
YouTube Channel
Audience: Prospective students, alumni, faculty/staff, media, development partners
Content: Short (10 minutes or less) videos that highlight teaching, research and service.
Website: www.youtube.com/user/UGACOE/
Contact Jen Williams: 706-542-1637 or jenw@uga.edu
Issuu.com
Audience: Prospective students, alumni, faculty/staff, media, development partners
Content: Online library/archive for COE publications.
Website: http://issuu.com/uga-coe
Contact Jen Williams: 706-542-1637 or jenw@uga.edu