UM-Flint University Relations

Coming to a computer screen near you…. The University of Michigan-Flint is proud to launch the new Leadership Video Series on the official UM-Flint You Tube site. This set of eight videos features the Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, and Deans of UM-Flint, speaking about their particular areas of oversight.  These videos give viewers a bit of […]

Admit it: Anytime you see the posting that there will be a fire drill or tornado drill in the building in which you work, you try to figure out how to be out of the building during the drill. Yeah, yeah….I know: you’re too busy to have to get up and leave, why do they […]

Before my days of social networking, web writing, editing, and all things marketing in University Relations, I lived in the world of special events. As event professionals often do, I learned many a valuable lesson by way of trial and error. Let’s pretend that you’ve asked me to share these pearls of wisdom. After all, why […]

I have never cared much about cars. It’s an odd dichotomy. I owe so much of my comfortable middle-class life to the automotive industry, where so many of my family members spent long hours on an assembly line, and yet, I barely notice anything about cars. As Alanis Morrissette might say, “Isn’t it ironic?” The […]

As a senior at UM-Flint, I have had my share of different courses and various professors. However, no matter what, I always am happy to hear those magic words from my professor; “We’ll be watching a video for today’s lecture”. In the middle of a week that has been spent juggling numerous courses and work, […]

How many meetings have we all been in when someone talks about promoting an initiative, an event, a program, etc., and the first thing people usually talk about is print materials?  Website marketing is usually mentioned much farther down the list. In University Relations, we have flipped the paradigm.  Web is first.  Web is foremost. […]

I am helping my husband plan his family reunion.  We have immersed ourselves in nostalgia, going through old photo albums, connecting with Aunt Hazel’s kids on Facebook, and remembering the unique family history that only members in that exclusive club can appreciate. As part of the fun, we are trying to create a feeling of […]

Having recently returned from the 2010 eduWeb Conference in Chicago, I’m feeling energized! I was sure that I would come back with great ideas for search engine optimization (SEO) or tips for website redesign projects. And I did. There were great presentations about brand messaging online, SEO, social media, web development, and more. The biggest take-away […]

Social Media Facts and Figures Below, a summary of our social media efforts in the month of July. Our Audience: The UM-Flint Twitter page (@umflint) has grown to 473 followers. In June, UM-Flint’s Facebook fan page gained 124 fans (up to 3,791 from 3,667). The UM-Flint YouTube channel’s videos had now been viewed over 38,598 […]

If you walk by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, you will notice the new furniture, and all of the people sitting on the new furniture.  The reason is simple:  August is the season for transfer students at UM-Flint. In celebration of the season of people transferring to the fastest-growing public university in the state, we […]