Penn State Altoona faculty and staff may use the form below to promote an upcoming event, request print or digital materials, and/or suggest a news item or story idea that promotes Penn State Altoona in a positive way. Story idea suggestions include students' successes in academics, student life, and/or community involvement; faculty and staff success in teaching/research; human interest stories; etc.

Event promotion requires advance notice—preferably two weeks or more. Strategic Communications will make every effort to accommodate requests submitted later, but cannot guarantee coverage.

Publication or graphic design requires advance notice—preferably four weeks or more, depending on the request. Strategic Communications will make every effort to accommodate requests submitted later.

Each submission will be reviewed. If further information is required to promote your news, story, or event, a member of the Strategic Communications team will contact you.

Requester Information
Penn State Altoona Affiliation
Request Details
What kind of information are you sharing?
What are you requesting?
Event Information
Is this a ticketed event?
Is this event open to the general public?
Please provide the name of the sponsoring organization, office, degree program, division, etc.
Print Materials
In order to accommodate your request, there must be adequate time for materials to be created and printed. The graphic designer will review your request and contact you for additional information.
Budget Information
To the best of your knowledge, please select the appropriate option from below.
Print Request
Advertisement Information
Please provide the width and height of the ad in inches.
Full Color or Black and White
Request Description/Notes
Please provide details about your request. We want to promote your news/event as much as possible, so please provide as much information as you can.
If there is a web site that offers more information, include the URL here.
If your request is time-sensitive, please provide a completion date. We will do our best to complete your request by this time, though we most likely will not be able to complete late or last-minute requests by the selected date.
Attachments
Please submit copy, images, and any other information necessary for the creation or editing of your news item, story idea, or event. Some files may be too large to attach to this form. For the sharing of large files or if you're sharing numerous files, we recommend creating a folder in Microsoft OneDrive and providing a share link in the Notes. Files should be shared with Michele Bettwy at [email protected] and Jonathan O'Harrow at [email protected].
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