The Concordia University, St. Paul Marketing & Communications department is a multifaceted office that manages the university’s enrollment marketing efforts, as well as internal and external communications.
Explore the dropdowns below to submit a request, download resources, or get in touch with the department.
Forms & Resources
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Office Sign Request Form – *Please contact HR for name signs*
Social Media Post Request Form
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Email Signature – see dropdown below
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As our main form of communication in the information age, email is one of the easiest ways to communicate Concordia’s brand to others. This includes current and prospective students, alumni, donors, vendors, and many others in our community. Anyone that receives an email from someone with a csp.edu address expects a level of professionalism in its presentation, and an email signature helps to communicate Concordia’s excellence. Therefore, it is important that the email signature is not altered in a way that would dilute or compromise the brand of Concordia St. Paul. This includes the alteration or addition of colors, fonts, text sizes, or images. However, there are in some cases acceptable additions to the signature, depending on position or department. If you have any questions about your CSP email signature, please contact University Marketing & Communications.
Every csp.edu email signature must include the following:
- Full name
- Concordia University, St. Paul
- Title
- Office Phone
- CSP Shield logo
Acceptable additions
- Cell phone numbers
- Advancement-related buttons, such as “give now”
Unacceptable Additions
- Links to any personal social media channels
- Links to any personal websites, including blogs
- Any images, up to and including headshots, non-CSP logos, or photos of cats.
- Personal quotes
- Links to any websites not affiliated with Concordia St. Paul
- Social media icons (they tend to break when viewed in different email platforms)
- Non-standard fonts
General University Email Signature Line.
For faculty and staff working exclusively with CSP Global students, please use the following footer bar.
An image of how the email signature should display is shown above. When applying the CSP email signature, the text should only be copied and pasted, never typed out. If you do not yet have the CSP email signature applied, ask a co-worker to email it to you, where you can then copy it and apply it in your preferred email client.
Instructions for adding an email signature in Microsoft Outlook
- Click on the File tab. Click Options.
- Click Mail.
- In the Compose messages section at the very top, click the Signatures button.
- Either select Delete, New or just highlight a signature and edit. When you are finished, click OK until you are out.
Instructions for adding an email signature in Google Apps Webmail
- Click the gear icon in the upper right, then select Settings.
- Enter your new signature text in the box at the bottom of the page next to the Signature option.
- Click Save Changes.
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Microsoft Word
Letterhead supporting University brand standards is integral to bolster Concordia University, St. Paul’s brand identity and consistency across all University communications.
You can download these templates to your computer for use in any university-related communications. The letterhead template is a Microsoft Word document that can be used on both PC and Mac platforms.
Guidelines:
- Do not alter the watermarked design, margins, or fonts.
- The document is designed with two editable fields:
- Department name
- Body Text
Downloading templates:
To download a template, position your cursor over the link to the document. Take note of the file name.
If you’re on a PC, “right click” to bring up the menu. Then choose “download link to disk” or “save target as.” This will download the file to your computer. Look for it in your download file.
If you’re on a Mac, just click to download the file. Then look for the file in your download folder.
Note to Mac users: If you store the files with a “.dot” suffix in the “My Templates” folder in Microsoft Word, you will be able to access them easily via “My Templates” in your Microsoft Word “Project Gallery.” Saving them there allows you to open a new unnamed document based on the template, while still maintaining your original.
If you have any problems loading or using this Letterhead Template, please contact the Concordia University Technology Help Desk.
Google Docs
The CSP Google Docs template can be accessed by any csp.edu email address, without needed to install or download any templates. This general template can be used for university presentations, student assignments, or any other university activities.
- Before beginning, ensure you are signed in with your csp.edu email address. The template will not appear if using a personal account.
- Visit www.docs.google.com.
- In the top panel named “Start a new document,” there will be lists of standard Google templates to pick from. On the top right side of this panel, there is a dropdown marked with arrows which defaults to the selection titled “template gallery.”
- Click these arrows, and the template panel will expand, revealing more templates, with tabs in the blue bar across the top, which are marked “General” and “Concordia University, St. Paul.” Click the CSP tab.
- Click on the CSP Document Template, and begin creating your document. Do not adjust the headers or footers.
- To save your document, change the name, and it will be saved to your Google Drive. Use your Drive to find your document later to edit, present, or download.
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PowerPoint
Whenever faculty or staff speak on or off campus, it is essential to proudly represent Concordia University, St. Paul. A PowerPoint template has been designed to facilitate a professional presentation design that aligns with University brand standards. Please download, install, and use this template whenever you are speaking.
- Download the CSP PowerPoint template and save it to your desktop
- Open PowerPoint
- Click the File tab
- Click options
- Click save
- Paste C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\ in the Default personal templates location box
- Ok
Then the templates will appear in PERSONAL.
NOTE: Make sure to replace UserName in the previous folder names with your own username.
NOTE: You must be an Administrator on the computer you are using in order to install the template files.
NOTE: On Mac, the templates folder is “Applications folder/Microsoft Office/Templates/My Templates”If you have any problems loading or using this PowerPoint Template, please contact the Concordia University Technology Help Desk.
Google Slides
The CSP Google Slides template can be accessed by any csp.edu email address, without needed to install or download any templates. This general template can be used for university presentations, student assignments, or any other university activities.
- Before beginning, ensure you are signed in with your csp.edu email address. The template will not appear if using a personal account.
- Visit www.slides.google.com.
- In the top panel named “Start a new presentation,” there will be lists of standard Google templates to pick from. On the top right side of this panel, there is a dropdown marked with arrows which defaults to the selection titled “template gallery.”
- Click these arrows, and the template panel will expand, revealing more templates, with tabs in the yellow bar across the top, which are marked “General” and “Concordia University, St. Paul.” Click the CSP tab.
- Click on the CSP Template Standard, and begin creating your branded presentation.
- To save your presentation, change the name of the presentation, and it will be saved to your Google Drive. Use your Drive to find your presentation later to edit, present, or download.
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Location
The Marketing & Communications Office is located on the 2nd floor of the Lutheran Memorial Center (LMC 200).
Staff
Nick Schroepfer
Director of Marketing
Courtney Place
Communications Manager
Daniel Appel
Digital Content Creator & Project Manager
Mackenzie Grubbs
Digital Content Writer
Brett Tamblingson
Graphic Designer
