Using data furnished by the Registration and Records Office, MarCom staff forward appropriate information to The Link for publication in newspapers throughout the country. Newspapers selected for a particular student are based on the zip code of the home address entered by Registration and Records upon enrollment.
The service reports newsworthy information: Chancellor's Award recognition, graduation, awarding of scholarships, cooperative education placement and other notable activities. When a release is submitted each student receives an email with options to link the story to Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites.
Selecting a different town for news releases
In some circumstances, students, or their parents, may wish to have news releases sent to a paper other than their local home paper. In these cases, the student will need to update the news release field in the UW-Stout database by logging into AccessStout and making changes on the Campus Personal Information page. For help with this process, read Verify Your Hometown Newspaper Notification on the Registration and Records website.
If students do not intentionally indicate a different city and zip code, news releases will be sent to the newspapers serving the permanent home address.
Only the student is able to make this change. Also, only one city and zip code can be used for news releases.
Questions?
With questions, individuals may call 715-232-2381.
The office can't require newspapers to print the information supplied to them but will do the research necessary to ensure that correct data was sent.
Students and family members need to be patient and understand that it is at the newspaper's discretion as to when the information appears.