Riverland Announcement Structure

The goal of the Announcement Structure is to improve communication with the Riverland community and to establish consistency in how messages are communicated by Riverland Leadership. This list will evolve.

All public information should be communicated to the Riverland community prior to informing external audiences and media outlets in our city communities. The Executive Director of Communications, Media Relations and Marketing will not send news releases until after the announcement has been made to our internal community. Sensitive announcements should be discussed with the Executive Director of Communications, Media Relations and Marketing prior to any public announcement, who will seek proper counsel if necessary.

To further streamline the timing of messages, work with the Executive Director of Communications, Media Relations and Marketing to coordinate the preparation and timely release of both internal and external announcements. The Executive Director is willing to assist with message content.

List of Riverland communicators and their types of communication.
Communicator	Type of Communication
President (Include assistant in all requests)	All College State and National Awards* All New Administration and Supervisor Hires (Management Teams)* Presidential Communications State, Federal, Corporate Grants* System Office Communications
Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs (Include assistant in all requests)	All Faculty Academic Accomplishments* Faculty Local Recognition* Faculty Assignments System Office ASA Communications
Vice President of Employee and Human Resources Officer (Include assistant in all requests)	All Staff Local Accomplishments* Position Postings Payroll/Retirement/Benefit Information System Office HR Communications All Separation of Service Announcements
Vice President of Finance and Operations	Budget Reports Semester Enrollment Reports as FYE New Information that affects Operations Overall Facilities Information System Office Finance Information
Vice President of Technology and Learning Resources	All Technology related concerns All Cybersecurity concerns Any outages and/or timed services that affect operations All system office Technology Communications
Dean of Institutional Advancement	Foundation Awards and Scholarships* Campaigns Donations (Equipment and Cash) Grants* (under $100,000) Alumni System Office Foundation Communications
Dean of Student Affairs	Student Announcements/Communications All Departmental hires (unless supervisors) All Student Athletes Messaging System Office Student Affairs Messaging
Supervisors	Assist Dean of Students with your department’s hires (Direct Reports) Department news that affects all employees
Executive Director of Communications, Media Relations and Marketing	College Communications Media Notifications Assist with Communications for all listed above System Office Key Communications

* Messages that may be announced to external audiences. Coordinate any external message with the Executive Director of Communications, Media Relations and Marketing so the content matches the internal announcement.

Media Contacts

James Douglass
Executive Director of Communications, Media Relations and Marketing
507-433-0611
james.douglass@riverland.edu
Sarv Mithaqiyan
Interactive Media Coordinator
507-433-0593
Sarv.Mithaqiyan@riverland.edu
Sandy Roe
Web Developer
507-433-0619
sandy.roe@riverland.edu
BJ Witts
Marketing and Graphic Design Specialist
507-433-0835
bj.witts@riverland.edu

Riverland Announcement Structure

Media Contacts

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