Alumni editor also to present at December conference

The Wayne State University Alumni Association’s e-communications will be recognized in December with a first-place award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District V.

The Teresa du Bois Exline Award for Best Practices in Communications and Marketing honors the alumni association’s overhaul of its Web site and e-newsletters and the launch of the new WorldWideWayne online community.

Specifically, the award recognizes the alumni association’s ambitious undertaking to redesign its electronic communications, which resulted in streamlining costs and developing processes to reduce burden on staff members. The process was completed early this year and included the implementation of a user-friendly content-management system.

In addition, alumni association editor Michelle Franzen Martin will be a presenter at the conference, held in Chicago, to discuss the steps the alumni association took to revamp its e-communications.

The Wayne State University Alumni Association has been building loyalty and support among alumni for more than 70 years. No matter where they are in life or in the world, alumni association members stay connected through special events, personal and professional development, exclusive discounts, member-only publications and many other benefits. For more information about the Wayne State University Alumni Association, visit www.alumni.wayne.edu or call (313) 577-2300.

Contact: Michelle Franzen Martin
Voice: (313) 577-5579
Email: michelle.martin@wayne.edu