Campus Relations

Our Objectives are:

• To market and promote PNC primarily as a baccalaureate granting university to prospective students, decision makers, and stakeholders
• Through media relationships, raise community awareness of PNC as a university resource
• Support PNC departments in the creation of their materials - ongoing and special events
• Advance PNC as a cultural, artistic, and educational resource

Campus Relations/Marketing Services:

• Conceives, designs and executes communication strategies through campaigns, events, which include print, outdoor, web, electronic (TV), plan and buy media
• Provides graphic design services to the campus community, including design, production and print management for all items produced by campus relations
• Provides photographic services. Maintains online imagery catalog and photo archive
• Produces campus publications, applications, view books, literary journals, events-related items
• Enforces campus-wide graphic standards
• Programs digital billboards
• Creates and distributes all media advertising including print, electronic and outdoor advertising
• Promotes campus events to students and surrounding communities
• Administers, designs, maintains and ensures policy enforcement of the PNC website
• Updates online version of PNC general catalog
• Administers the official PNC fan page on Facebook
• Maintains campus event calendar on PNC website
• Designs, creates and publishes monthly PNC e-newsletter
• Provides through media and community relations, strategic stream of news releases, media relations, copy, proofing, editorials and news columns; also writing of brochures and print information, web information for public
• Distributes and tracks PNC news releases to media outlets. Maintains news archives.
• Supports PNC departments in production of print publications - Dialogue magazine, EconTrends, Purdue West Lafayette informational requests,
• Responsible for Odyssey Arts and Culture program. Compiling and disseminating campus information via all media and engaging and encouraging community on-site visits.
• Organizes and hosts Odyssey Arts and Cultural events including on-going sculpture and art exhibits, film showings, special speakers, etc.
• Arranges and hosts custom welcoming field trips for youth and adult groups
• Showcases PNC at selected off-campus community events and meetings
• Archives and installs art holdings
• Hosts Academic Bowls and other invitationals suggested by Chancellor Dworkin
• Plans and executes chancellor-sponsored events throughout the year
• Develops and promotes branding of the University image and experience

Staff:

Judy Jacobi Assistant Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Community Relations (219) 785-5593	Carol Connelly Director, Media & Communication Services (219) 785-5267	Karen Prescott Coordinator of Graphic Design, Photography and Printing (219) 785-5280
Dana Krill Coordinator of Website, Communication Specialist (219) 785-5676	Liz Bernel Coordinator of Special Events and Marketing (219) 785-5719	Rose Pomeroy Secretary (219) 785-5268

Mailing Address:

Campus Relations
1401 S. US Hwy 421
Westville, IN 46391

Contact Numbers:

• Toll-Free in Indiana: (800) 872-1231, ext. 5268
• Michigan City: 872-0527, ext. 5268
• LaPorte/Westville: 785-5268
• Valpo/Portage: 462-4197, ext. 5268
• Fax Number: (219) 785-5447
• campus_relations@pnc.edu