GVSU’s University Communications team launched the University Communicator Network in January 2024 to share resources, solidify brand messages and offer a professional development network to GVSU’s communicators.
Meetings are held in-person and virtually. A monthly newsletter and Zoom chat channel (#UCN) keep UCN members connected.
Want to join UCN? Connect with Michele Coffill at [email protected].
Attendees listen to President Philomena V. Mantella during the inaugural GVSU CommCon, a day of keynote remarks and breakout sesssions.
GVSU CommCon participants chat in the hallway of the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health.
Are you a communicator?
Grand Valley communicators are faculty and staff who, for example:
- Write content for newsletters
- Maintain, write content for websites
- Manage social media channels
- Plan events
- Manage projects
- Strategize how best to recruit students and reach university audiences
Everyone who wants to tell the GVSU story is welcome!
Submit content for university publications
An important aspect of this network is opening the door for communicators to submit content from their areas for a publication produced by University Communications.
Here are examples of stories communicators have written for GVNext, GVSU's news website, and Forum, the faculty/staff newsletter.
- College of Computing WAIVE Lab
- Creative Innovation Lab opens, celebrates idea 10 years in making
- From numbers to meaning: Keynote will explore data's power in student support
- Student achievements celebrated in Detroit
Please connect with Michele Coffill, [email protected], if you have a story idea for Forum, and Peg West, [email protected], for GVNext.
Quick Links
Social Media Consultation
Create accounts, have questions about social, need to brainstorm an idea?
Photography
Quick access to portrait signups, photo requests, access to Widen and more.
Videography
Video services request form and policies for filming on campus.
AI Guidelines
Best practices, tools for communicators using artificial intelligence.