Policy Library

60.5.8 Stevens Announcements Policy

Approval Authority: Chief Financial Officer

Responsible Executive: Procurement Director

Responsible Office: Procurement Director

Originally Issued: March 1, 2006

Revisions/Updates:

1. Policy Statement

   This policy establishes specific guidelines and procedures for making a Stevens announcement request through printing@stevens.edu. All individuals requesting a Stevens-wide e-mail distribution must comply with the conditions and procedures that are outlined in this document for formulating, issuing, and approving a Stevens announcement. Stevens announcements should only be used to carry out the instructional, research, or educational mission of the Institute. Advocacy messages, advertisements, solicitations, and all similar messages may not be distributed via the Stevens e-mail announcement process.

2. Reason/Purpose for Policy

   Announcements distributed through Stevens electronic mail must pertain directly to the instructional, research, or educational mission of Stevens. It is therefore critical that all electronic announcements are centrally distributed and approved by the appropriate Stevens official

3. Who Should Read Policy or Policy Applies To:

   This policy applies to all Stevens faculty and staff.

4. Related Documents

   None

5. Contacts
   1. Director of Procurement
   2. Office of Development/External Relations
6. The Policy

   The use of Stevens electronic e-mail system for large-scale announcements, such as events, notices, and newsletters to a general segment of the Institute are to be coordinated and approved by authorized officials within the originating department and approved by the appropriate vice president, dean, director, and department head. The purpose of this coordination and policy is to:

   1. Avoid dissemination of overlapping or conflicting information.
   2. Provide guidelines for issuing announcements through the Stevens e-mail system.
   3. Ensure proper coordination and approvals within the departments.
   4. Provide a simple and consistent means of identifying acceptable and unacceptable announcements.
   5. Assure that the proper electronic mailing lists (Distribution Levels) are used.

   ALL announcements must adhere to the following guidelines:

   1. All announcements should be thoroughly proofread for grammar, spelling, punctuation and accuracy, especially for dates, times and places. Announcements will be released "AS IS". The integrity of the message is your responsibility.
   2. All announcements should be as brief as possible.
   3. All announcements must include the following:
      1. Target Audience (staff, faculty, etc?or a combination from the distribution list)
      2. Title (e.g., "The Melting Artic" ? Talk by NY Times Reporter)
      3. Body of the message (If you are requesting responses to your message, make sure to include an email address and/or phone number)
      4. Date announcement is to be released.
   4. All announcements must pertain to the instructional, research, or educational mission of Stevens. Announcements for events not directly related to Stevens will not be released. Announcements of a "Personal" nature (promoting your favorite charity event, soliciting commentary, etc?) will not be released.

   5. All announcements must be approved and include proof of proper approval prior to dissemination to the Stevens community (see examples below).

      Examples of approval levels for large-scale electronic announcements thru printing@stevens.edu:

      Office	Content/Type	Intended Audience
      President, or designee	Emergency alerts, e.g., Late openings, safety/security threat, very extreme weather, Stevens announcements	ALL Faculty, Staff, the entire Stevens Community
      Finance	Town Hall Meetings, Policies and Procedures	ALL Faculty, Staff, the entire Stevens Community
      Deans	Survey of all faculty re research interests or involvement in international work, special announcements of topical speakers or forums	Faculty voting and Faculty invited
      AVP for Student Services	Reminder for grade submissions or correspondents from the Registrar?s office	Faculty voting, Faculty invited and Adjuncts
      Finance	Announcements for payroll deadlines and schedules	ALL Faculty, Staff, the entire Stevens Community
      Department Heads (Academic/Administrative)	Announcements for faculty seminars and new appointment	ALL Faculty, Staff, the entire Stevens Community

       

      Standard Distribution Levels:

      Level 1: Faculty Voting - Individuals with a vote, including Academic Department Heads and Deans.

      Level 2: Faculty Invited - Individuals who are not on the faculty but are invited to attend faculty meetings.

      Level 3: Department Heads - Academic and Administrative, Department Heads and Managers.

      Level 4: General List - ALL Faculty, staff, the entire Stevens Community.

      Level 5: Staff - Administrative Assistant, Secretary, NO FACULTY.

      Level 6: Adjuncts - All Adjunct professors.

      Level 7: Emeritus - All Emeritus professors.

      Level 8: Combined 1, 2 - All Faculty Voting and Faculty Invited.

      Level 9: Combined 1, 2, 3 - All Faculty Voting, Faculty Invited and Department Heads.

      Level 10: Combined 1, 3 - Faculty Voting and Department Heads.

      (Vice presidents, deans, directors, and department heads of major units, or their designees may approve the creation and use of distribution levels and can approve announcements on either a standing or ad hoc basis, in accord with this policy.)

      Procedures

      The following steps are to be used when sending a message through printing@stevens.edu:

      1. Review the targeted population and message content. Please refer to the distribution levels above for reference.
      2. Forward a sample of the announcement to the appropriate Stevens official to obtain approval to send your message. If your request is approved, the appropriate official or designee will send you an electronic mail message authorizing the distribution.
      3. After the approval has been granted, the sender must send the following items to: printing@stevens.edu:
         1. a copy of the electronic mail message that contains the approval from the appropriate Stevens official, o the text of the electronic message or the attachments,
         2. the subject that message should have,
         3. a description of the target population or the distribution level, and
         4. An estimate for when you want the message sent.

         Upon receipt of all of the information above, the Printing office will oversee the distribution of the message. Requests for assistance with large-scale mailings or additions and changes to the distribution levels, should be directed to printing@stevens.edu or directly to Maribel Quinones (201) 216-5110.