{"id":131607,"date":"2026-07-27T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=131607"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:13:48","slug":"submit-to-news-for-owu-families-by-aug-7-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/submit-to-news-for-owu-families-by-aug-7-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Submit to News for OWU Families by Aug. 7 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions are open for the August edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/new-at-owu-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/new-at-owu-submissions\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1784894988598000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ye-8P0yk7jDC3Q99UJAVC\">News for OWU Families<\/a>. Please submit your updates by noon on Friday, Aug. 7 (issue date Wednesday, Aug. 12).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For this issue, please focus on information that supports a smooth transition to OWU, including business items and belonging opportunities that help families partner in their student\u2019s success. We had a\u00a0<b>60-65<\/b><b>%<\/b>\u00a0average open rate this past academic year, so families are actively reading!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Consider Best Practices for Submissions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Address families directly, rather than students. Use &#8220;family&#8221; or &#8220;parents and families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Avoid OWU-specific jargon, abbreviations, and acronyms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Going forward, News for Families will typically be sent on the first Wednesday of each month, with submissions due the preceding Friday. You can view the full academic year schedule on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/new-at-owu-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/new-at-owu-submissions\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1784894988598000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ye-8P0yk7jDC3Q99UJAVC\">submission form<\/a>. Please consider developing a calendar of monthly submissions to share valuable resources and keep OWU families engaged!<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office: Alumni &amp; Family Engagement<br \/>\nContact: Nancy Rutkowski at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:nbrutkow@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nbrutkow@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions are open for the August edition of News for OWU Families. Please submit your updates by noon on Friday, Aug. 7 (issue date Wednesday, Aug. 12). For this issue, please focus on information that supports a smooth transition to OWU, including business items and belonging opportunities that help families partner in their student\u2019s success. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultystaff-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131608,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131607\/revisions\/131608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}