Digital Communication

We provide the on-campus community with the support and resources you need to communicate online.

Guidelines for Content on College-Owned Digital Channels

Content on college-owned digital channels should align with our mission and adhere to the employee handbook, the student handbook, the college’s Technology Use Policy, and any other college policy.

Website

Web Editor Support

inHope

Along with Hope Daily, inHope is one of our primary ways of communicating to large internal audiences.

inHope

inHope is the college intranet, accessible only to faculty, staff and students.

General inHope announcements can be submitted through the form, and will remain on the site for three days by default. Contact inhope@hope.edu with questions.

EVENTS CALENDAR

Post your event to the campus calendar with the following process and promotion tips.

Begin by making your campus room reservation through EMS. Here you can request catering, AV, video services, a specific setup, etc.
In EMS, select Yes when asked if you would like this event to display on the Hope College public calendar. Include any descriptive text that should appear on the web in the “Event Details” section of the room reservation.
Approved events typically appear on the campus calendar in 1–2 business days.

Tips

Add your event to the calendar early for maximum visibility.
List all of your events on the calendar, even if attendance is not open to the public. If your event is invite-only, however, do not make your calendar listing accessible to the public.
Each event has a unique web address that can be shared on social media or linked in an email.
Promote your event by emailing a custom photo to calendar@hope.edu.
List your official off-campus event or events that span multiple days or locations by contacting calendar@hope.edu for details.

Questions

For assistance with room reservations, contact the Events and Conferences Office (events@hope.edu, 616.395.7222).
Questions about the campus calendar or edits to events that are already published should be sent to Public Affairs and Marketing (calendar@hope.edu, 616.395.7860).

Learn more about the Events Calendar

Faculty and Staff Profiles

Hope College has awesome people, and we want to tell their stories. Our website Directory and department/office faculty/staff pages contain links to profile pages of our employees.

If you work at Hope College—full-time, part-time, faculty, staff, administration—and don't have a profile page yet, please take some time to fill out our secure forms below. Or, you can email your information, bio, CV or a draft to Josh Bishop.

We typically edit all submissions for consistency and style. If we have any follow-up questions, we’ll contact you.

To update your employee information with Human Resources, fill out the Employee Directory Update Form.

Web Accessibility

Hope College is committed to ensuring accessibility of Web Content to people with disabilities. Our Web Accessibility Policy applies to web content on https://www.hope.edu/ (“Web Content”). Web Content produced by our organization will meet W3C WAI WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

To submit feedback on the site or report inaccessible web content, please contact web@hope.edu.

View the Hope College Web Accessibility Policy

Social Media

Public Affairs and Marketing administers Hope College's institutional social media accounts, which include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat. Additional Hope College department and office accounts are managed independently. Inquire to social@hope.edu to learn more or to set up a consultation with our digital strategist.

Blogs

blogs.hope.edu

BLOGS AT HOPE

A number of individuals, departments and programs use our local installation of Wordpress to tell the Hope story first-hand at blogs.hope.edu. Contact web@hope.edu if you're interested in setting up a blog.

We invite you to read posts about scholarship and innovation, on and off campus, in our Stories of Hope blog.

Email

Hope Daily

Hope Daily is the official email distribution system of the college. Along with inHope, Hope Daily is one of our primary ways of communicating to large internal audiences.

Contents:

Should be related to Hope events or to members of the Hope community
Must come from a current faculty or staff member (@hope.edu)
Submissions received by 3 p.m. each weekday will be distributed on the following business day unless specified otherwise

Complete the Hope Daily Submission form linked on inHope to add your news item to Hope Daily.

How to Submit an Item to Hope Daily

Visit inHope, hover over Resources and click the link for the Hope Daily Submissions form.
Complete the fields in the form:
- Primary/secondary name
- Primary/secondary email address
- Department/program name
- Headline (80 characters maximum)
- Announcement or news item (400 characters maximum)
- Web link for more information (optional)
  - Press release
  - Calendar item
  - Blog post
  - Google doc or shared file in Drive
  - Web page
- Date on which you would like to have your information shared in “Hope Daily” (if other than the next business day)
Click Submit

You will receive a confirmation email in your inbox.

Information submitted by 3 p.m. will be distributed in Hope Daily on the next business day unless specified otherwise.

This Week at Hope

“This Week at Hope” content should be directly related to Hope College student news and events only. This can include announcements, opportunities, policy deadlines and Student Congress updates.

Information shared in “This Week at Hope” must come from current Hope College official student group email accounts (e.g., congress@hope.edu), faculty or staff members (e.g., group advisors).

“This Week at Hope” is only sent during the academic year.

Email Newsletters

Contact web@hope.edu for assistance creating an email newsletter template.