Communications and Marketing Office
Collegewide support
Our office supports the CSE administrative offices, including External 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 Communications and Marketing 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