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Show College Relations Specifically, a library of "sources of funds" resources and periodicals is available for the use of the faculty and staff in the Office of Research and Development. Staff guidance is provided in the use of the resource materials, and assistance is available to make contacts with the potential sponsors for members of the faculty. Workshops are provided at frequent intervals for members of the faculty and staff on proposal writing. Proposal editing and proposal processing are important aspects of the office function. Periodic contacts are made both in person and by telephone with potential sponsors of the sponsored projects. The Office of Research and Development maintains a current status of funding and project development information. Pamphlets and regulations of many potential sponsors are on file and available for Weber State College faculty and staff members. The Office of Research and Development provides cognizant administrative assistance to members of the faculty for project awards made to the College on their behalf. Project awards are activated by the Office of Research and Development, and ORD provides liaison assistance between the College and the awarding agency. Fellowship information is provided to students and faculty and the Office of Research and Development functions as liaison for the College, students and the government for tax exempt students. The Office of Research and Development has been designated by the College President as the coordinating and clearinghouse office for contacts with our congressional representatives. Expert and willing assistance is available for congressional contacts. COLLEGE RELATIONS The Office of College Relations combines a variety of public relations functions including fund raising from the private sector. News Bureau: The cultivation, production and distribution of news and information is coordinated through the News Bureau under the Office of Public Relations. Arrangements for campus tours, visitors, special guests and events, and requests for speakers and programs are likewise coordinated through the Office of Public Relations. Alumni Relations: The Office of Alumni Relations provides a variety of programs and events designed to maintain contact and support with all former students of the college. Alumni records, travel tours and alumni giving are among the programs sponsored. Cultural Affairs: The Office of Cultural Affairs provides outstanding programs of a cultural nature for the campus and community and assists with publicity and promotion of college productions. Development Office: The identification, cultivation and solicitation of prospective donors is coordinated through the Development Office to provide continuity, increased effectiveness and to avoid duplication of effort and proliferation of appeals directed to the private sector. All private gifts including real property, gifts in kind, cash, securities, etc., are officially receipted and acknowledged and a record of all donors maintained by this office in accordance with established audit procedures. An annual giving program appealing to alumni, corporations, businesses, foundations and friends of the college seeks to obtain private support for the present operational needs and capital campaigns. Additional funds are also sought through wills, trusts, bequests, life insurance and other forms of deferred giving for long-range needs of the institution. Publications: The Publications Department offers assistance in the production of brochures, promotional material and advertising for the campus community. Student Program Bureau: The Student Program Bureau, in cooperation with the Associated Students acts as an agency for the development of student talent and correlates community requests for programs for the various departments of the college. News Bureau: The News Bureau has primarily to do with the orderly production and dissemination of news worthy campus events and activities to all news media, printed and electronic. The News Bureau acts as a clearing house for 298 all stories originating on campus and assistance is provided faculty and students in all phases of news production. Sports Information: A Sports Information Office is responsible for the dissemination of all sports news and the coordination of press relations and publications dealing with college athletics both male and female. 299 |
