Any events added to your group should appear on your main page at the bottom, mixed with your recent stories.  Widgets are also available to show events on other pages.

All “live” events are automatically included on the campus calendar. This calendar is intended to be comprehensive, allowing users to sort and filter events to find something to do or a good time to hold their own event.

Upcoming events are listed on digital signage screens across campus, reminding the campus community of your event one or two days beforehand.

You can share your event with other groups, and they can choose to share your event on their pages.  This can be done when editing the event in the sharing section towards the bottom of the editor.

Some examples:

• The event is a collaboration two or more offices. One office makes and maintains the event, then shares with the others to promote it. This way, there’s only one instance of the event, which when updated, updates everywhere.
• The event may be of interest to their audiences. For instance, an lecture by/about an author of Japanese fiction may be of interest to Modern Languages, English (creative writing), Comparative Literature, and International Education.

Users can still easily find events through the campus calendar, so don’t overdo the sharing. Be judicial when sharing and accepting events: each group should focus on what would be most useful or interesting to their audiences.

On News & Events, there is a list of upcoming public events. To have your public event appear here, be sure to categorize it as “Open to the Public”.

To be clear, “public” means any and everyone off campus can attend and participate. Be sure not to mislabel campus-only events as open to the public, as the public relies on that tag to find the events they can attend and be a part of.

This feature was removed during the pandemic and is unlikely to return. Alternative methods to promote events are in the works.

The homepage’s event map is intended to promote public events which best represent the college, both by its description to users and by it execution to attendees. Obvious examples would be signature events such as visit days, residency keynotes, homecoming, etc.

To be considered for inclusion:

1. Add the event to your group, making sure to include a location and following best practices.
2. Accurately categorize it as “Open to the Public”.
3. Share it to the “Core: Homepage” group.

Events shared will be reviewed periodically for approval.

If your event is private or invite-only– meetings, dinners, etc– you likely do not need to promote your event on the website. 

The said, it can be helpful to at least add the event to make the campus community that an event is taking place:

• Campus Committees: while not normally open to anyone but members and invitees, others still will want to know when the committee will meet so they can prepare proposals or make contributions to business.
• Board of Trustees, Showcase, and other major events: others may want to know when these events are happening, especially when event resources and support will be limited at that time.

If the event is intended only for your group, then no additional promotion on the website is needed. Add the event to your group then share it by other means (email, word of mouth, etc) to those who can intend.

Even if others cannot attend, the information can still be useful to know for event planning and avoiding conflicting events.

Add the event to your group, then share the event with any other groups involved or with audiences who will likely be interested.

“Public” means any and everyone off campus can attend and participate.

Add the event to your group and be sure to categorize it as “Open to the Public”. Any public users will rely on this category to find the events which they can attend.

If you believe the event is representative of the college, then also share it with the “Core: Homepage” group for consideration on the homepage event map.