Marketing and Communications Office

Collegewide support

Our office supports the CSE administrative offices, including Advancement (External Relations and Alumni Relations), Collegiate Life, Academic Advising, CSE Career Center and other offices. Our responsibilities include:

• manage the college website
• produce Inventing Tomorrow, a printed magazine for alumni and friends
• edit and distribute mass emails regarding events and information to alumni, faculty/staff, or students
• produce a quarterly CSE Alumni Enewsletter for alumni and friends
• collaborate with departments and centers on publications and events
• promote the college at major events, including the Minnesota State Fair
• produce multimedia materials for student recruitment, including videos and the college viewbook
• produce communications distributed to current students
• produce communications distributed to alumni, donors, and corporate sponsors
• manage the college's social media channels (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+ and Flickr)

Department and center support

Our team serves as a primary communications and marketing resource for the college's 12 departments and dozens of research centers with the following activities:

• provide media relations services
• edit and distribute mass email messages and enewsletters to alumni, corporate partners, and friends of the college
• consult on marketing plans, and major communications and website projects
• consult on branding standards — to ensure compliance with University brand policy
• conduct training on specific topics to improve communications
• facilitate monthly meetings of communicators to share college-wide information and best practices

University liaison

The CSE Office of Marketing and Communications serves as the primary liaison between University Relations and the college with the following activities:

• serves as a primary media contact for the News Service
• contributes ideas and content for the University's fundraising campaigns
• distributes communications about legislative activities
• ensures compliance with University brand policy
• collaborates on University-wide events