UM Marketing and Events Promotion
Here are some tools for marketing your campus event or promoting campus news.
News Releases
The UM News Service shares news that celebrates and exemplifies our public flagship mission. We seek positive stories to share about UM and the accomplishments and honors of its students, faculty and staff members, and alumni. Stories often are distributed to media statewide and published under UM News on the UM homepage. They also are shared through UM publications and social media. UM employees are weclome to . For more information, email news@umontana.edu.
Strategic Communications, a unit of Marketing and Communications, prioritizes stories that share goals with UM's Priority For Action No. 5: Proudly Tell the UM Story. General themes include:
- Stories of campus vibrancy.
- Stories of student academic achievement and rigor.
- Stories celebrating public impact from UM's research enterprise.
- Stories demonstrating UM's commitment to career readiness.
- Stories that illustrate UM's mission to positively transform lives.
Internal Communications
UM publishes two internal, employee-focused periodicials weekly: Under the M, an email newsletter published on Thursdays and Around the Oval, a website curated weekly showcasing events, employee news and UM highlights. Internal . For more information email internalcomms@umontana.edu.
Griz Hub Events Calendar
The first step to marketing your event is to enter your event information into , UM's events calendar and management tool. Events posted to Griz Hub are listed in the calendars appearing in UM Internal Communications periodicials and on the UM homepage. Visit Griz Hub for access and event tutorials. When you become a UM student or employee, you are automatically granted a Griz Hub account via your NetID. If you are having trouble entering your event into Griz Hub, email Emily Ferguson-Steger at emily.steger@mso.umt.edu or Karen Schlatter at karen.schlatter@umontana.edu.
TV Slides
UM has more than 70+ TV slide locations across campus managed via our RiseVision account. Departments and ASUM-recognized student groups are able to promote their events and initiatives across campus. To submit a TV slide, complete the
- Slides must be developed in 1920x1080 and have a sponsoring UM logo included on the slide. Slides should be horizontally oriented. 16:9 is the optimum width-height ratio.
- Slides will not be accepted for external organizations without a UM sponsoring department.
- All content must abide by all university policies, and may not promote use of drugs, alcohol, or tobacco, as our primary audience is ages 18-22.
Social media
University Marketing and Communications maintains UM’s central @umontana social media channels such as , , and . Several colleges, departments, offices and student clubs also manage their own social media channels.
If you would like your event highlighted on UM's Instagram account, tag @umontana in your stories to be considered. Please note, stories must adhere to UM branding guidelines to be considered. Questions? Email Emma Dorman, UM social media manager, at emma.dorman@umontana.edu.
University Logos
To receive the official UM logos for your college, department, office or unit, email Andy Chapman, director of brand strategy, at andy.chapman@mso.umt.edu. You can also find instructions on logo use on the University Logos webpage.
Banners and Signage
Marketing and Communications has a variety of UM-branded signage and banners available on loan for on-campus and off-campus events. . If you have questions, email Karen Schlatter at karen.schlatter@umontana.edu.
Additional Program/Event Support
Would you like Monte to appear at your event? .
If you would like to request a UM photographer attend your event, complete the photo request form.
For permission to table or have an event on the Oval, call Event Services at 406-243-4119. For more information on how to reserve indoor or outdoor spaces on campus, chalking or for more information on how to order catering on campus, visit the Conference and Event Services website or call 406-243-4119.
猎奇重口n Magazine
The 猎奇重口n is UM’s institutional and alumni magazine, in publication for more than 40 years. UM’s flagship print publication is mailed out to about 75,000 alumni and friends of UM on behalf of the UM Alumni Association. Email LeAnn Layton at leann.layton@mso.umt.edu for more information about the 猎奇重口n.
Vision Magazine
. Email editor Cary Shimek for more information: cary.shimek@umontana.edu.
猎奇重口 Kaimin
The Kaimin is UM’s student-run and produced newspaper. To request news coverage, call 406-243-4310 or email editor@montanakaimin.com. That paper is online at . To buy an ad in the Kaimin, call 406-243-6541 or email ads@montanakaimin.com. Kaimin ads directly target UM students and employees.
U猎奇重口 App
UM’s mobile app is available in phone app stores or online.
Scholarship Announcements
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