Submit a Midweek item

Midweek submission page

Submission guidelines, sample and tips on creating a good submission

Please choose one of the links below to send an e-mail to the Midweek account. If the link doesn't work or if the link does not open the e-mail account you want to use, just create a blank e-mail with your normal e-mail software and make the subject line "Category:" (including the colon) plus one of the categories below. For example, "Category: Health / wellness / fitness / sports" would be an appropriate subject line. Please keep your announcement to fewer than 75 words.

Administrative announcements – Only the university president and vice presidents can submit items for this category.
The Bank of Kentucky Center – Events and announcements about the arena.
Black and Gold and Green All Over – “Green” items, including energy conservation and recycling. Only Facilities Management can submit items for this category.
Board of Regents – Announcements about dates/times of Board of Regents meetings.
Campus Campaign – Announcements and events regarding the faculty/staff fundraising campaign.
Change in operating hours – Announcements about temporary or permanent changes in operating hours of any NKU-related entity.
Combined Giving Campaign – Announcements and events regarding the United Way/Community Shares annual fundraising campaign.
Corrections – Changes to previous announcements and events.
Entertainment / art / theatre / dance / music – NKU-related entertainment and fine arts events and announcements.
Facilities / IT – Events and announcements regarding buildings, roads, hardware, and software. This category is not for IT classes.
Health / wellness / fitness / sports – Events and announcements pertaining to physical activity and health of NKU faculty, staff and students.
Human resources / benefits / payroll – Events and announcements concerning employment at NKU.
In memoriam – Announcements of the passing of NKU faculty and staff or their immediate family members. May include visitation/service dates and times as well as memorial donation information.
News from the colleges – Information about new courses, changes in courses, events/fundraising for a specific college and similar items.
NKU Foundation – Announcements about NKU Foundation accounts, policies, procedures and board meetings.
On-campus seminars / classes for faculty and staff – Announcements and events that are free of charge for NKU employees.
On-campus services – Announcements and events concerning the campus nurse, food service, bookstore, and other services available to faculty, staff and students of NKU. Does not include changes in operating hours.
Seeking donations for worthy causes – Announcements and events that request any kind of charitable donation for NKU-sponsored activities. Midweek cannot publicize organizations that are not affiliated with NKU.
Special offers / advertisements – Advertisements about special offers that are available exclusively to the NKU community or as part of an NKU sponsorship. If an offer is available to the general public, it cannot be advertised here.
Speeches / presentations / book signings – NKU-related events that are about a single individual giving some kind of presentation. This could include NKU employees performing book signings at an off-campus location or a speech/presentation on NKU’s campus.
Other announcement – All audiences – Any announcement that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to faculty, staff, students, alumni and the NKU community. If items are for both faculty and staff, they should be included in this category and should specify that they are for faculty and staff only.
Other announcement – For faculty – Any announcement that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to faculty only.
Other announcement – For staff – Any announcement that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to staff only.
Other announcement – For students – Any announcement that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to students only. NOTE: Students do not receive Midweek, so announcements under this category are really targeted to faculty and staff who interact with students.
Other event – All audiences – Any event that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to faculty, staff, students, alumni and the NKU community. If items are for both faculty and staff, they should be included in this category and should specify that they are for faculty and staff only.
Other event – For faculty – Any event that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to faculty only.
Other event – For staff – Any event that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to staff only.
Other event – For students – Any event that does not fit one of the above categories that is open to students only. NOTE: Students do not receive Midweek, so events under this category are really targeted to faculty and staff who interact with students.

Other ways to contact the Midweek account:

For help or more information: midweek@nku.edu subject "Request for more information"
Suggestions to improve Midweek: midweek@nku.edu subject "Suggestion for improving Midweek"
Correct an item already submitted but not yet published : midweek@nku.edu subject "Correct an item"
Correct an item published in a previous Midweek : midweek@nku.edu subject "Category: Correction" (You should write an entirely new item for your announcement/event with all the pertinent information and include at the end which piece of information this announcement is correcting.)

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