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print issue of Campus Journal is Friday By Lori Wright, Media Relations Friday’s issue of Campus Journal is the last print issue of the faculty and staff newsletter. In an effort to better serve faculty and staff with more timely information and as the result of growing budgetary concerns, Campus Journal is becoming a Web-only publication in January.
In addition, E-News @ UNH, an electronic newsletter launched in fall 2003 that complements the Web publication, allows constituents to receive Campus Journal stories, as well as press releases and links to positive UNH stories in the press, directly in their e-mail box. In order to serve staff who do not have regular access to an office computer, Media Relations has developed a system to ensure they continue to have timely access to Campus Journal. In August 2003, Media Relations launched its redesigned Web site, which included a more appealing and timely CJ Online. Since that time, Media Relations has been publishing both the print and online versions of CJ every other week, with the online version available earlier in the week of publication. Readership of Campus Journal Online has grown dramatically since spring semester 2004 when Media Relations began lightly promoting CJ Online in the print version. “CJ Online is one of the strongest and most accessed components of the Media Relations site,” Murray said. Over the last two years UNH has been moving toward a “paperless” campus. Virtually all standard communication from the Registrar’s Office and the Office of Financial Aid has shifted from paper to electronic communication. In September 2004, Business Services converted to electronic, online billing as a way to offer enhanced services to customers. Even the United Way Campaign moved online this year. This paperless effort includes the addition of the Blackboard student portal, which allows UNH to direct news and information to students electronically. Because of Blackboard, UNH is able to more efficiently serve students academically through electronic interaction with their professors and peers. “The decline in resources and financial support for public institutions has forced university communications departments to find more efficient, cost-saving methods to do their jobs in more effective ways,” Murray said. “CJ Online allows Media Relations to accomplish its strategic communications goals more effectively, as well as better serving faculty and staff who will find more timely news on the web.” |
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