Campus Communicators Network

With April upon us, the campus is teeming with events and activities and many of you have asked how to get your events listed in the Web site calendar at www.umass.edu and from there how to get your event featured on the home page.

How to get your events listed in the UMass Amherst online calendar
The calendar works by you submitting your own events. You’re the best person to describe your event accurately and this is the most efficient way to get events accurately listed Simply click on “Submit an event” in the lower right corner of the home page (www.umass.edu). This will take you to a form where you can fill out all the details of your event. Any event happening on campus and open to the public may be listed. Any event happening off-campus, sponsored by UMass Amherst and also open to the public may also be listed. Form fields that contain required information are marked with a red asterisk. You may include one image in .jpg format up to 300 pixels wide with your listing. After you submit your listing, it comes to our office for any cleanup and approval. This typically takes up to 48 business hours (longer during campus vacation periods). You’ll receive an email confirmation when your event has been approved.

If you submit events frequently, we can give you a quick login to bypass some of the information on the event submission form. If you’re interested in this, please email me.

How to get your approved event featured on the UMass Amherst home page
Each day six events from among those already approved and in the calenda are featured on the UMass Amherst home page — one in the center box under the heading “UPCOMING EVENT” and five more in the lower right quadrant under the heading “ARTS & EVENTS.” These are chosen several days in advance of the date of the event, based on a number of criteria, including: how much the event appeals to a relatively wide audience, how thorough the event listing is, and how the event mixes with the other featured events (we try to show a mixture of types of events on any day). It is helpful for us to know which events are priorities for your department or area, so if you have a particular event that is already listed in the calendar and would like to suggest it for featuring on the home page, please call or email me about a week before the day of the event. We can’t always promise that the event will be featured, but it’s good to hear from you.

I hope this has been helpful and keep those events coming. Please let me know if you have any questions — email me or use the Comments tag below.

-Nina

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