SUNY Niagara Today Procedure

What is SUNY Niagara Today?

SUNY Niagara Today is a daily email of college-related news and information of general interest submitted by college employees. Every college email inbox receives SUNY Niagara Today around 8 a.m. each morning. Employees cannot unsubscribe.

Items also appear on the public SUNY Niagara Today website, where anyone can see them. The college may also use SUNY Niagara Today items in other communications.

How to Submit an Item to SUNY Niagara Today

  • Create a WordPress account to get access to the online submission form. The form is the only way to submit an item.
  • You must submit your own items.
  • Each item may include one image.
  • Items cannot include attachments.

Filling Out the Submission Form

Sign in with your WordPress account and fill in these fields:

  • Subject (required): Your headline.
  • Category (required): Pick the best fit. Items marked “Uncategorized” are not included in the daily email.
  • Featured Image (optional): One image, 1000 Ă— 1000 pixels maximum. Don’t put important details only in the image.
  • Copy (required): The full description of your item. It appears on the SUNY Niagara Today website.
  • Excerpt (required): A short summary, 100 words or fewer.

Submitter Responsibilities

Submitters are responsible for the quality of their submissions. Each submitter must:

  • Submit only items directly related to SUNY Niagara
  • Type all text into the form instead of putting it inside an image, so screen readers and search can read it
  • Proofread their items
  • Make sure their items are accurate and complete

Special Approvals

  • Fundraising: Get approval from the vice president of your division before you submit any item about fundraising.
  • Death announcements: Only vice presidents may publish death announcements.

Review

The Marketing and Communications office may determine at its sole discretion that an item is inappropriate for SUNY Niagara Today.

Schedule

  • Daily deadline is 2 p.m. Items submitted by 2 p.m. will appear in the next morning’s SUNY Niagara Today.
  • Late submissions: Items submitted after 2 p.m. and before 8 a.m. the next morning may be included in the next morning’s SUNY Niagara Today.
  • Mondays: Items submitted on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday will be included in the following Monday’s SUNY Niagara Today, except as noted below.
  • Holidays: The email generally does not go out on holidays that the college observes.

No Repeat Postings

To keep SUNY Niagara Today useful and avoid repetitive messages, submitters cannot schedule items to be published more than once, and SUNY Niagara Today can’t be used for email blasts.

How Items Appear

SUNY Niagara Today automatically

Shows the submitter’s name.

Groups items by category

Sorts items in each category by date and time of submission