How to submit an announcement for the Campus Announcements web page

We encourage campus organizations and university departments to submit announcements for the Campus Announcements web page. Please follow these simple guidelines in submitting your request:

• All announcements must be written in paragraph format not to exceed 150 words. Please proofread all announcements before submitting. Any announcements submitted in different formats or containing grammatical or spelling errors will not be posted.

• Be sure to include a local or campus "for more information" contact name and e-mail address or phone number.

• We can include a link in your announcement to more information on your web site. However, we will not link to pdf files or stand-alone documents.

• Please send your announcement at least ONE WEEK prior to your event or activity. If your submission arrives later than that, it may not be posted.

• Please submit your announcement in the body of an e-mail message or as an MS Word attachment to an e-mail sent to TTUNEWS@TNTECH.EDU.

Take advantage of the Campus Calendar, too:

It could become one of the most useful tools on the TTU website — a comprehensive calendar system that allows users to see everything scheduled on campus in one location, and to tailor the information to their own interests or needs.

The calendar program, located at http://calendar.tntech.edu, features 42 separate calendars. It allows anyone with web access — both on campus and off — to submit an event. As a safeguard, trained campus maintainers approve or deny all submissions before posting.

Users can view selected calendars of interest or roll them all into one comprehensive schedule. The selected calendars can be viewed in daily, weekly or monthly formats. You can even "subscribe" to the calendars and receive e-mails about upcoming scheduled events.

As with any calendar or scheduling software, the program is only as good as the people who use it. Everyone is urged to submit events to the calendar as they are planned — even up to a year in advance. If used properly, the calendar will also help avoid scheduling conflicts and the overuse of e-mail announcements.

To access the calendar from the TTU homepage, click on the "Calendars" link at the bottom of the page, from the "Quicklinks" button, or go to calendar.tntech.edu. There you will find instructions on how to use the calendar, submit an event, and subscribe for e-mail notices.