{"id":131838,"date":"2026-08-27T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=131838"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:51:22","slug":"submit-news-for-owu-families-by-the-sept-4-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/submit-news-for-owu-families-by-the-sept-4-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Submit News for OWU Families by the Sept. 4 deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are accepting submissions for the <b>September<\/b>\u00a0edition of\u00a0<b>News for OWU Families<\/b>. Please submit news for parents and families using the<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=1787867367995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Hp501iY9xFJCX-nogD5-J\">\u00a0News for OWU Families form<\/a>\u00a0by noon<b> Friday, Sept. 4.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>What should families have on their radar this month? Send us your key academic dates, essential operational reminders, or upcoming student engagement\/belonging events.<\/p>\n<p>Your submissions ensure families have the information they need to empower their students for a strong start to the year. Suggestions for your submissions: 1) eliminate OWU jargon, abbreviations, or acronyms from your emails; 2) use \u2018family\u2019 or \u2018parents and families\u2019; 3) consider your voice and tone \u2013 direct your message to\u00a0<i>families\u00a0<\/i>(not students).<\/p>\n<p>The digest is typically sent the first Wednesday of every month, with submissions due the Friday before release. Please review key updates with your team monthly and set a recurring calendar reminder to submit content. The 2026-27 submission\/deadline schedule can be found on the News for OWU Families\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=1787867367995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Hp501iY9xFJCX-nogD5-J\">submissions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Help us spread the word about this communication tool!<\/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>We are accepting submissions for the September\u00a0edition of\u00a0News for OWU Families. Please submit news for parents and families using the\u00a0News for OWU Families form\u00a0by noon Friday, Sept. 4. What should families have on their radar this month? Send us your key academic dates, essential operational reminders, or upcoming student engagement\/belonging events. Your submissions ensure families [&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-131838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultystaff-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131838","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=131838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131839,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131838\/revisions\/131839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}