Marketing & Signage
Here at the UC we have a wide variety of marketing options to get your event noticed on campus.
There is one general bulletin board in the UC and it is located on the first floor near the elevator. Materials will be posted in accordance with existing University posting guidelines as well as the following requirements specific to the UC:
- All postings must have a date, location, time, and name of host group.
- Use thumbtacks, not staples or tape, when posting.
- Do not cover other fliers/posters.
- No signage postings allowed on the outside of the building.
- No postings will be allowed to be placed on any trashcans, windows, doors, tables, bathrooms stalls, walls, painted surfaces, glass, brick or vinyl walls anywhere on the interior or exterior walls of the UC or its surrounding environments.
- Only one (1) flier/poster per event/information and postings are limited to no larger than 11" x 17" nor smaller than 3”x 5”. Materials must be delivered to the UC Information Desk for stamp dating. The stamp dating indicates when the material is to be removed.
- Handwritten posters/fliers will not be accepted.
- The standard posting period is two (2) weeks. Bulletin board may be cleared of all flyers/posters on the day the stamp is marked to expire as well as any fliers/posters that do not comply with these guidelines.
- Commercial business fliers with services or products that have a specific benefit to the campus community must be approved by the Director of University Services in UC 303.
- The UC accepts no responsibility for any flyers/posters taken or removed from the bulletin board.
- Permission for exceptions to any of these guidelines should be requested in writing to the UC Director.
Additionally, fliers will only be allowed to be posted for a period of 14 days from the date that they are stamped and approved for posting.
Elevate your marketing impact by promoting your event through the University Center (UC). To display banners in the University Center and Bell Library Breezeway, departments and student organizations must secure reservations via UC Scheduling. Space reservations are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis through the University Center. All banners will need to be vinyl banners with a minimum of three grommets.
Locations Include:
- The UC Rotunda
- Banner locations will accommodate a maximum of 8ft length and 3ft in width. There are 16 banner locations and are reserved on a first come first serve basis on a 14-day reservation bases. Banners that are larger than these dimensions must receive approval by UC Scheduling.
- Bell Library Breezeway ($20/banner/reservation for semester requests only)
- Banner locations will accommodate a maximum of 8ft in length and 4ft in width. There are 6 banner locations and are reserved on a first come first serve basis on a 14-day reservation bases outside of pre scheduled semester bookings. Banners that are larger than these dimensions must receive approval by UC Scheduling.
Content Required
- The name of department or student group hosting the event must be on the banner. In the event of a cooperative arrangement between a university organization and an outside organization, both names should appear on the banner. Banners must relate specifically to a TAMU-CC institutional activity, or resources hosted event.
- Banners cannot promote, advertise, or otherwise advocate illegal activity or violate any UC, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, state, or federal laws and/or policies.
Stake/Lawn signs must relate specifically to a TAMU-CC institutional activity or hosted event. Determination of allowing stake/lawn signs for same event to be installed at multiple locations will be allowed if space permits. Space for departments or organizations to place stake/lawn signs in the designated areas may be scheduled through UC Scheduling. Reservations for all spaces are made on a first come, first-serve basis.
- Stake/Lawn sign space may be reserved for seven consecutive days. Stake/Lawn sign space may be extended through the Scheduling Office (space permitting).
- Stake/Lawn signs must be placed in the proper locations (see temporary signage guidelines).
- The name of the department or student group hosting the event must be on the sign.
- Stake/Lawn signs should be metal frames meeting university specifications and may not be placed more than 12” into the ground.
- Stake/Lawn signs need to be removed by 5pm on the last day of the scheduled reservation and may be discarded if not removed on time. Facilities Services may charge a $25 removal fee to the reservation holder.
- Stake/Lawn signs cannot promote, advertise, or otherwise advocate illegal activity or violate any UC, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, state, or federal laws and/or policies. This includes alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and/or other commercial endorsements of similar product.
- The UC is not responsible for missing or damaged stake/lawn signs.
- The UC reserves the right to modify or suspend these guidelines at any time, for any reason, especially during times of special University-wide events/programs (i.e., Island Day, Homecoming, Student Government elections, etc.)
Students, faculty, and staff are eligible to post information concerning upcoming events on the monitor system. To post an announcement on the monitor, students, faculty, and staff must meet the listed criteria and complete the proper form through UC Scheduling.
- Only university-related advertisements are permitted. Examples include student events, meeting announcements, class registration deadlines, financial aid information, important university deadlines and other university dates, etc. Commercial advertisements from off-campus businesses are not accepted.
- Submit monitor requests on I-Engage before Wednesday at Noon each week. All slides need to be 16” x 9” in dimension.
- Announcements may be posted for up to a full semester.
Student Organizations may only have 40 flyers stamped and approved. Postings by recognized student organizations may be placed on all bulletin boards throughout the campus (unless otherwise noted on board). All postings must be stamped by the UC Information Desk. The stamp will say, “University Center and Student Activities” and will display the expiration date. It is the organization’s responsibility to hang their own postings and take them down after the advertised event. Failure to do so may result in the termination of bulletin board privileges.
- Personal Student Postings
- Personal student postings must be stamped by the UC Information Desk and may be placed on all bulletin boards throughout the campus (unless otherwise noted on bulletin board). The stamp will say, “University Center and Student Activities” and will display the expiration date. Personal student postings include flyers advertising personal items for sale, recitals, roommate requests, etc. Postings regarding student-run businesses, bands playing at local clubs, etc., are not considered student postings and should follow the commercial postings regulations.
- Departmental Postings
- Departmental postings may be placed in designated departmental bulletin boards as well as all bulletin boards across campus. If general bulletin boards are used, the UC Information Desk must stamp them. The stamp will say, “University Center and Student Activities” and will display the expiration date.
- Commercial Postings
- All external commercial business postings must be reviewed by the Director of University Services in UC 303. Reviewed postings may be placed on all general bulletin boards throughout the campus (unless otherwise noted on bulletin board). Commercial postings may not be placed on bulletin boards designated for specific departments or student organizations.
- Posters/Fliers for Distribution through Campus Mail