The Internal Communications office is responsible for providing news and information to Florida Atlantic University faculty, staff and students as well as other constituencies. The office is also responsible for creating and implementing internal communications strategies and helping facilitate the flow of information among the various departments and colleges of the University. It is also handles editorial services and proofreading duties for internal and external projects including publications and electronic communications.

Among the delivery vehicles the office oversees are:

• Twice-weekly e-mail Announcements contain time-sensitive information as well as news and reminders for faculty and staff. Announcements are sent on Mondays and Thursdays.
  Submit information at least two working days before the date you would like the item to run to Lynn Laurenti.
  
  
• MyFAU announcements are posted through the University's MyFAU system for faculty, staff and students.
  Submit information to announcements@fau.edu.
  
  
• The University's Calendar of Events lists public, FAU-sponsored events from every department and campus.
  Submit information to faucal@fau.edu.

When submitting information, please include:

• Event name
• Date
• Time
• Location (include room number, building, campus)
• Description (three sentences or less)
• Sponsoring college, department or group
• Contact information for event
• Contact information for listing (if different from event contact info.)

Internal Communications is also the central resource for important and late-breaking campus bulletins. Through e-mails, students, faculty and staff are kept informed about urgent news and University-wide issues.

Update is the web-based version of the University's long-running employee newsletter. It offers a more feature-oriented look at news of interest to employees including important university events, innovative programs and research initiatives, campus news and outstanding faculty and staff achievements. It also offers a look at what is happening at FAU's partner campuses as well as a gallery of images. Submit information by the 20th of the month preceding publication to update@fau.edu.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact Gregg Sekscienski, director of internal communications, at (561) 297-3797 or update@fau.edu.