Communication & Events

Communications | Event Planning

If you are getting ready to plan an event, workshop or symposium, or you are interested in creating a departmental newsletter, promoting a lecture, or publicizing faculty accomplishments, Event Planning and Communications staff are available to assist in every step of the process. Departmental faculty and administrators are encouraged to rely on these readily accessible, skilled staff for all departmental programming needs. Whether it is securing a location for a conference, promoting a lecture, or finding accommodations for visiting guests, these assigned staff are prepared to provide you with planning and promotional resources.

Communications

The Division's Office of Communications directs all internal and external communications for the Humanities Division. The Director of Communications works closely with the Dean of the Humanities, humanities departments, and University Communications to coordinate divisional messaging, ensure the humanities departments and centers are well represented in university-wide communications, and celebrate faculty achievements and honors.

The Office of Communications maintains this web site, assists in publicizing departmental lectures supported by the Division, provides advice and support in creating promotional materials (fliers, newsletters, postcards, event programs, etc.) for departments within the Division, and oversees the division's news and events blog (a regularly updated tool for promoting events, faculty awards, publications, and other divisional news). The Office of Communications publishes, compiles and edits Tableau, the bi-annual magazine for friends and alumni, and serves as a liaison between the division and the University News Office to develop articles for the Chronicle, university web site features, and other promotional support for departmental programming. The Director of Communications also serves as a link between humanities and other divisions within the university by serving on a variety of communications and planning committees.

The Division's Director of Communications, Stefanie Rothman White can be reached at 2-4847 or srwhite@uchicago.edu.

Event Planning

The Humanities Division Director of Events is an expert in all aspects of event planning for conferences, lectures, receptions, memorial services, and other gatherings. The Director can offer a wide array of planning help, including:

• Assessing the budget, staffing and supply needs for an event;
• Assisting with organization and task assignments;
• Hiring and training of student events assistants and other support staff for events, according to schedule availability.

Working closely with the Director of Communications, the Director of Events can ensure that publicity needs for a divisional or departmental event are met.

Faculty with event planning needs should contact the Humanities Division Director of Events, Carl Nash at 2-6305 or csnash@uchicago.edu.

Faculty and staff are also encouraged to visit the Event Planning Frequently Asked Questions in the Divisional Resources Wiki.