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About Torero Weekly
As part of an initiative aimed at reducing the number of campus-wide emails, the Department of University Marketing and Communications has developed Torero Weekly, which aggregates announcements and events aimed at the entire campus community (faculty, students and administration/staff) into a communication disseminated campus wide at the start of each week during the academic year.
Announcements and Events
If an announcement or event is relevant to the entire campus community... please submit your announcement or event to Torero Weekly rather than send a campus-wide email.
If an announcement or event is aimed at a targeted audience... please continue to send out your emails to those respective audiences as you do presently. (This would include, for example, an email about an event just for graduate students, or an announcement just relevant to faculty.)
Announcement posting guidelines: University Marketing and Communications recommends posting an announcement item 2-3 weeks in advance of the event you are looking to promote. Posting an announcement for an event for more than three weeks in advance of the event date requires approval from the Associate Vice President of University Marketing and Communications. To request advance event promotion in Torero Weekly, email cds@sandiego.edu
Event posting guidelines: If you are looking for your event to be included in Torero Weekly, create and submit your event post and contact your academic/service area's marketing/communications manager for approval. If you need to confirm the event's inclusion in Torero Weekly, email cds@sandiego.edu
The role of content managers: Content managers from different areas around campus are encouraged to submit announcement and event items for Torero Weekly. It is the responsibility of these managers to prioritize content for the week, and to inform the Content Development and Strategy team about the submitted posts by emailing cds@sandiego.edu
Weekly timeline
It is necessary to follow a timeline each week for aggregating announcements and events.
| Day | Step |
| Ongoing |
Using MyPostings, posters from around campus create announcement or event items for posting to the web. These items must be approved by the Content Development and Strategy team (cds@sandiego.edu). |
| Wednesday | By end of day, content managers have edited and alerted the Content Development and Strategy team (cds@sandiego.edu) about posts requested for inclusion in Torero Weekly. |
| Friday | CDS reviews submissions, and prepares the Torero Weekly for the upcoming week. |
| Monday | Torero Weekly is finalized and sent to campus community. |
Submit using MyPostings
Each Announcement or Event item should be created using the MyPostings system:
To include an item in Torero Weekly, please email cds@sandiego.edu with either the post title, or the post ID# (i.e., the last five numbers of the url generated when you submit your post). You may also use the "Approver Notes" field at the end of the form to request that an item be included in Torero Weekly.
Note: We will do our best to inform you if for some reason an item you submit is not appropriate to include.
Optimize submissions
Because readers are likely to scan the digest rather than read it, please optimize submissions for quick scanning. Here are some suggestions:
Headlines: Please use brief, descriptive headlines for your announcement or event.
Opening paragraph text: Put the most important information first, and use "information-carrying" words.
Thumbnail images: Please submit a thumbnail image to accompany your announcement or event posting. Images help provide visual interest, and can draw attention to your content. Please use an image editor to crop your image to the specified size of 640px wide by 480px high (a 4:3 aspect ratio).
Post images: Please submit a post image to accompany your announcement or event posting. Images help provide visual interest, and can draw attention to your content. Please use an image editor to crop your image to the specified size of minimum 870px wide.
Things to consider
To keep it relevant and manageable, Torero Weekly only contains events for the upcoming week or two. An event that is further out may be submitted, but may only be included "early" if it is a major event of campus-wide relevance.
USD in the News
The Office of Media Relations aggregates news coverage of the university on the USD in the News page, and selects stories for inclusion in Torero Weekly. If you have a recent story you would like to see included, please email news@sandiego.edu.
Torero Photo of the Week
We are always looking for photographs to include in the "Torero Photo of the Week" section in Torero Weekly. If you have a photograph that is beautiful, timely, highlights an event, or captures Torero spirit, please send it to us at cds@sandiego.edu
By submitting photos, you agree that:
- You have the rights to submit the photos and have received permission to do so from those featured in the photos.
- USD reserves the right to use all submitted photos for social media or other university marketing materials.
Ongoing enhancements
If you are having trouble uploading images to your post, or having any issues related to the MyPostings publishing form, please email mypostings@sandiego.edu.
Additionally, the Content Development and Strategy team can provide support or answer questions related to Torero Weekly content. Email cds@sandiego.edu or call (619) 260-7401 with questions or feedback.