Additional Faculty Resources

Click on the above link or the picture for instructions and assistance in organizing an event.

Reserving a Space for an Event

Astra Schedule is a web-based solution that ushers in "Enterprise Calendaring" - a central calendar for rooms, events, classes, equipment, service providers, catering, students, faculty, and event attendees.

http://astra.utb.edu/Astra/Portal/GuestPortal.aspx

Request can be submitted by the Faculty Department Clerical Staff

Promoting Events or Activities

Scorpion Announcements

UTB and TSC provides a bulletin announcement service for broadcasting messages to the campus, including students, faculty and staff. Please review and use these guidelines to help submit a message for Scorpion Announcements.

Scorpion Announcements form is only accessible to staff and faculty. University related student organization announcement must be submitted by the organization’s advisor.

Go to Faculty/Staff Login to post an announcement. (Please review the Scorpions Announcement Guidelines before submitting a request).

http://www.utb.edu/newsinfo/announcements/Pages/faculty.aspx

Request can be submitted by the Faculty Member or Faculty Department Clerical Staff

Center for Civic Engagement Website or Facebook Page

Information about the event can be emailed to civicengagement@utb.edu

Information about an event can be submitted by the Faculty Member

Creation of Flyers, Advertising, Design or Editing by the University Creative Services Department

http://www.utb.edu/vpia/creativeservices/Pages/default.aspx

Creative Services is a department of the University Marketing and Communications division. Their labor is free to university departments. Only charges are for printing, non-English translation and editing, and ad placement.

Creative Services Design Request Form

http://www.utb.edu/vpia/creativeservices/Documents/12-031_Creative_Svcs_request_form.pdf

Request can be submitted by Faculty Member or Faculty Department Clerical Staff

Brownsville Convention and Tourist Bureau

Larger events open to the general public could be of interest to the Brownsville Convention and Tourist Bureau and they may wish to promote the event. The faculty member should submit this request.

To create an account and submit an Event

http://brownsville.org/

Media Promotion

University News and Information

http://www.utb.edu/newsinfo/Pages/NewsAndInformation.aspx

The Office of News and Information can help publicize events. Having media cover events often requires special expertise. Major events that require additional security and reporters may have particular equipment or needs. The Office of News and Information can help you plan for this part of an event and ensure these issues are addressed in the early stages of any events planning process.

Request for Services Forms

http://www.utb.edu/newsinfo/Pages/ServicesGuide.aspx

Suggest a Story

Have a story idea? News and Information is always looking for new stories and ideas to tell about our university. Submit your suggestions to leticia.fernandez@utb.edu.

Requests for University News and Information can be submitted by the Faculty Member

As part of the service learning tasks students can also submit information about the event or project to the local media outlets. Below are some useful links. This is not a comprehensive list. Students can search for more contacts. Please check homepage of media organization for the latest links or email addresses.

Student Media Office

http://utb.edu/sa/studentmedia/Pages/default.aspx

contact The Collegian collegian@utb.edu