Welcome to the Public Affairs Web Site
Publicizing Your
Cal Poly
News
Off Campus:
News Releases
Faculty, staff and students:
If you would like to submit your information for a news release for the off-campus public, click here for instructions.
Cal Poly University Home Page. What goes there? Click here for university home page guidelines.
On Campus:
Cal Poly Report
Cal Poly Report is the weekly e-newsletter for campus employees, published every Wednesday during the academic year.
Deadline for Submissions is 4 p.m. Friday prior to publication. Click here for details on Cal Poly Report submissions.
The MyCalPoly portal run by ITS is open only to the campus community for SHORT items about campus events.
Students & Clubs -
Use the Student Announcements section.
Departments -
Use the Campuswide Announcements section.
What we do in Public Affairs
The Public Affairs Office handles media inquiries and requests for information about the university and its colleges and programs. The office also creates web sites and publications to promote information about the university.
The Cal Poly Public Affairs Office is part of Cal Poly's University Advancement Division, headed by Associate Vice President for Strategic Communications Chip Visci and Vice President for University Advancement Sandra Ogren.
Public Affairs staff respond to media requests and research and write university News Releases.
Public Affairs staff also research and write other university publications, including the Cal Poly News Web site, Cal Poly Magazine, and Cal Poly Update, the monthly e-newsletter for University friends, supporters, alumni and the general public.
Since December, 2009, Public Affairs has provided content (news items, news links, and photos) for the Cal Poly University Home Page at www.calpoly.edu.
The department manages the News and University Photo Galleries sections of PolyLink, Cal Poly's free, private social network for alumni, faculty, staff and current seniors, and the Cal Poly Alumni Facebook Page.
Public Affairs also posts daily news on the Cal Poly News RSS Feed and on Twitter.
For the university community, the office also produces Cal Poly Report. Cal Poly Report is the weekly newsletter for campus faculty and staff.
Public Affairs maintains a digital image gallery of campus photos and logos in web and print-ready formats on the Kennedy Library Digital Commons. The public portion of the gallery includes photos for media. There is a private "Insider Photos" gallery for Cal Poly employees needing photos and logos for official university publications. Employees can contact Public Affairs for the password to the insider gallery.
Cal Poly logos and wordmarks belong to the California State University System and may not be used by non-Cal Poly employees without permission from the university. Contact Public Affairs for questions about Cal Poly logo information.
Public Affairs also works with Information Technology staff to update campus news and campuswide announcements channels on the MyCalPoly portal.
The Public Affairs Office reviews all publications intended for off-campus distribution. And the department maintains the university's graphics standards and guidelines.
Looking for Us?
Public Affairs Staff Directory
CASE VII Awards:Five and Counting
Cal Poly Public Affairs has won five awards of excellence since 2002 in the CASE VII region. Cal Poly communications are judged against private and public university entries from California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii in CASE competitions.
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