Announcements Policy

The Student Union publishes a bi-weekly Announcements email for the Brandeis undergraduate community on Sunday and Thursday evenings. The Announcements email is used to communicate Union news, information, and events, and to promote club activities. Anyone may submit an announcement for consideration. Announcements should be submitted by 5:00pm the day before the announcement email goes out.

Because announcements are sent to the entire Brandeis undergraduate community, they should be broadly targeted. Other outlets for information dissemination include:

myBrandeis Classifieds for job postings, item sales, and property rentals.
myBrandeis Calendar for events and meetings.
The Justice for news reporting, arts and sports coverage, and opinion.

WBRS also covers some events and news, and Brandeis Television (BTV65) has a news show and allows "commercials" for clubs and events.

The Student Union Announcements email should be used for all campus-wide club communications. The "What's Happening?" emails put out by the Department of Student Life should be used for non-club events. For more information on "What's Happening?" emails, please contact Alwina Bennett, Assistant Dean of Student Life.

Anyone may submit an announcement for consideration using the web form. All announcement submissions must include a contact name and email. The contact name and email must correspond to a single responsible individual, not an office or group. The "notes" field can be used to explain the announcement or provide additional feedback. Email address and name WILL be included on all announcement emails. The notes field will not appear in the announcements email.

Clubs and organizations are limited to only one announcement per week. Incomplete announcements will not be accepted. Corrections will not be accepted once the email is sent. Therefore, it is imperative that you check over your announcement before submitting it. When you submit your announcement, you will receive a confirmation email. If you notice a problem in the announcement, you should respond to the email immediately.

The following announcements will never be accepted:

Any fraternity or sorority functions
Weekly meeting announcements
Duplicate announcements - events can be announced only once.
Personal commerce (e.g. classified ads)
Any announcement that is not broadly targeted and potentially of interest to a large portion of the community.

For events with multiple sponsors or performers, such as coffee houses, speakers, and Stein nights, announcements will only be accepted by the primary sponsoring organization, and not by performance groups or secondary groups. It is recommended that all sponsoring groups collaborate on a single announcement email. Failure to do so may result in announcements not being sent.

The Student Union Secretary has sole authority over the content of announcements emails. Additional non-Announcements email may be sent by the Secretary and the President at their discretion.