Announcement Requests - Policies and Procedures

Guidelines for Announcements:

The CNU community can have relevant news and event announcements posted by email through CONNECT to three university-wide groups (staff, faculty and students).

To request an announcement, key in your information using the appropriate form. Include target audience, subject, body of the message and the release date. When submitted, the form will transmitted to one of the trained announcers on campus who will release the announcement to the appropriate audience.

  1. Potential announcements should be submitted ready to email. They should be thoroughly proofread for grammar, spelling, punctuation and accuracy, especially for dates, times and places and contact information. Announcements will be released "AS IS. " The integrity of the message is your responsibility.
  2. Your entire announcement must be included in the body of the message (no attachments please). All announcements should be as brief as possible: "Just the facts!"
  3. All announcements must include the following:
    • Target Audience (staff, faculty, students or any combination of the three),
    • Title (e.g., "The Lady Captains Win 3rd Championship!")
    • Body of the message (Make sure to include an email address and  /or phone number for questions / comments regarding your announcement information.)
    • Date announcement is to be released.
  4. All announcements must pertain to CNU business or CNU sponsored campus activities or events only.
  5. Clubs and / or organizations requesting an announcement must be an officially recognized club or organization by the Office of Student Life.

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