Online employee profiles

When it is time for potential students to decide which university they want to attend, one of the things that can help them choose Western Oregon University is the ability to see friendly, welcoming faces on the university website.

If they can make a visual connection with the faculty members they will be learning from and the staff members who will be helping them throughout their WOU journey, they are more likely to choose our university. In addition, robust employee profiles allow them to learn more about the people who will be part of their campus community for several years.

 

To make this a reality, you play a role! It is time to update your employee profile. (Everyone has one!) It only takes a few minutes to upload a color photo (make sure it’s just you!), paste in the URL for your personal website and include some bio information that can help potential students gain valuable insight into your background, teaching philosophy/work responsibilities and your personality.

 

Get a feel for what potential students will see by using the refreshed Find People function on the website (English Studies is a great example).

 

We’ve put together this helpful tutorial to get started. Feeling confident? Skip directly to the form. It is in your Portal under My Programs. Click on Update your employee profile.

 

Do you need a new profile photo? We can help! Choose “photography” on our work request form and we will let you know when photo sessions are planned.

The Work Request Form Demystified

In order to track and organize the work we do in MarCom, we ask that employees who want our help contact us through our work request form. Select the type of work you need from the drop-down menu, then submit all the other relevant info to that type of request and send it off to us (a copy even comes to you for your records).

Check out this closer look at the different services we offer from the work request form:

  • Business cards – when cards are needed due to running out or a change of information
  • Department-specific stationery and logos – customized versions specific to your area
  • Digital marketing – propose artwork/info to be included on digital signage, portal ads or other online-only messaging
  • Editing – submit completed text. We’ll edit for grammar/punctuation/university style. Especially helpful for work to large and/or external audiences.
  • General marketing consultation – don’t know where to start or how to spread the word? We can help!
  • Graphic design – posters, pamphlets, fliers, oh my. New projects or updates to a previous project, such as new dates and times. Need to take information, make it pretty and share it with the world? Select this category.
  • Logos and branding – club-related branding or logos for independent university programs. To find out which you are, use the Visual Identity System.
  • Photography – need a photo for a publication or your webpage, request one from our photo database or for us to take a new photo.
  • Story idea – let us know about people, events or programs who deserve recognition and attention. We use story ideas on the website, in social media and to create press releases.
  • Web design – change or update the content of a WOU webpage
  • Other – only for projects that don’t fit any above category

Getting to Know wouTV

Tucked away in University Computing Services are Deborah Rezell and wouTV, formerly known as Digital Production Services. Although not directly a part of MarCom, video is a critical part of our overall communication with the world. Many people on campus have worked with Deborah in the past, but for those of you who are unfamiliar with wouTV, here’s a quick introduction!

wouTV creates just about every video that is filmed on campus. From addresses by the president and Athletics events to guest lectures and on-campus community events, Deborah and her student workers are the team that films it all. There is an amazing studio with digital backdrops in ITC, but wouTV shoots on-location on campus most of the time.

Did you know you could hire wouTV to film your lecture, event, student organization or other university-related happening? Here’s the fee breakdown:

  • On-campus production: $100
  • Studio production: $50
  • Live stream/multi-camera event with student crew: Fee above plus student worker hours.
  • Studio/classroom lecture needed for a course: FREE

Learn more about Deborah and wouTV on WOUStories. Need the services of wouTV? Email Deborah at rezelld@wou.edu.

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