External Affairs :: Policies & Procedures

The University of Georgia Web site (www.uga.edu) allows opportunities for the University to promote information relevant to those who visit the site as well as provide another mechanism by which UGA news is made available to its audiences.  The top portion of the home page contains a feature that appropriately reflects one of the University's strategic communications themes.

Other key news information areas on the home page include UGA News where major news is highlighted; Events at UGA, highlighting major events (with wide audience appeal); and "Amazing Students," "Focus on Faculty" and "Discover UGA".  This area provides interesting information about programs, activities and students at UGA.  Web-based services are performed in accordance with the following policies:

• The home page top feature should be updated twice weekly during the academic year and once weekly during the summer and class breaks.
• Items posted to the UGA home page must be approved by the public relations coordinators in the Office of Public Affairs, the News Service director or the Vice President for Public Affairs.
• UGA's top feature, news box, "Amazing Students," "Focus on Faculty" and "Discover UGA" sections of the home page must contain an image that helps tell the story.
• The home page news box should be updated with interesting news releases frequently and breaking news as appropriate.
• The home page events box shall be updated routinely with an upcoming event. Exceptions: Weekends, holidays and class breaks.
• Events are selected from the Master Calendar or may be submitted to the Web page editor at least two weeks in advance of theevent.
• Priority posting is given to events that are free or low cost and have a general audience appeal.
• All UGA news releases are archived at www.news@uga.edu
• News releases with a higher relevance to UGA's strategic messages are placed on the UGA Today site at www.news@uga.edu
• "In the news" items are updated daily with news summaries from eGaMorning.
• Construction and other advisories are posted as necessary when submissions are received from various UGA departments or from the Master Calendar.