MyCalPoly Announcements
How To Submit Campuswide Announcements to MyCalPoly
MyCalPoly is an Internet portal system available to Cal Poly students, faculty and staff. MyCalPoly users can customize their portal pages to show a variety of information every time they log in to http://my.calpoly.edu -- similar to My Yahoo, My AOL and other "customized" Web sites on the Internet.
The Public Affairs Office maintains the Campuswide Announcements section of the MyCalPoly portal.
Student Affairs maintains the Student Announcements section of the MyCalPoly portal.
Information Technology Services controls and maintains the other areas of the portal.
STUDENTS: To submit an event or club announcement to the Student Announcements section of the portal, click here.
Faculty & Staff: to submit an event or other announcement to the Campuswide Announcements section of the portal, click here.
Guidelines for Campuswide Announcements Submissions
The MyCalPoly Campuswide Announcements section is intended to offer timely information on campus policies, academic and financial aid deadlines, academic workshops and other items of interest to the entire campus community.
Submission Guidelines for the Campuswide Announcements Section:
Announcements submitted will be given preference for posting by the Public Affairs Office based on the following descending order of importance:
- Messages critical to the entire campus community (emergency messages, urgent deadlines, etc.)
- Messages applicable to a majority of campus constituencies
- Messages applicable to a majority of a specific campus constituency
ONLY campus groups, entities and campus community members (students, faculty, and staff) may submit items to the MyCalPoly Campuswide Announcements section.
NO announcements from off-campus groups or entities will be considered.
Announcement Submissions to MyCalPoly should include:
- Suggested headline
- URL link to additional information -- INCLUDE http://
- Announcement text of 50 WORDS MAXIMUM, with information on WHAT, WHY, WHEN (date and time), WHERE (building and room number), WHO is involved or sponsoring, and CONTACT (name, telephone, e-mail) for more information.
- Requested start date
- Requested stop date (announcements may run for five working days maximum)
- Public Affairs may edit submissions for brevity.
Deadline & Email Address for Submissions
Announcements should be submitted to Public Affairs one week prior to the requested post date at portal-campuswide@calpoly.edu. Exceptions to this deadline will be made at the discretion of Public Affairs.
Departments and organizations wishing to publicize items of interest to an off-campus audience should send information to polynews@calpoly.edu for a possible news release and placement on the Cal Poly News Web site and public Events & Entertainment calendar.