Campus Connections
University Housing Services operates cable channel 2-1, which is broadcast to all digital televisions on campus with on-campus cable, including students living in the residence halls and Cardinal Court apartments. Campus Connections also runs continually on televisions in the lobbies of Watterson Towers, Tri-Towers, and Hewett and Manchester Halls.
This channel is populated with informational and promotional slides. The opportunity to post slides on Campus Connections is open to university departments and registered student organizations (RSOs).
Campus Connections is free of charge to all campus departments and RSOs.
Guidelines
- Only campus departments or RSOs may advertise with Campus Connections. Slides may not promote external companies, products, or political campaigns.
- Slides will only be allowed to run for a max of ten days. Please keep this in mind entering a start and finish date related to an event.
- Slides must measure 1654 pixels wide by 982 pixels high.
- Ads can be submitted as a jpeg file only.
- Simply-designed slides with basic fonts and minimal text are easiest to read.
- Please submit requests at least five business days in advance of when you would like your slides to run.
- All slides must contain at least one method for contacting the group sponsoring the ad (phone, email, or website). For example: For more information, please contact University Housing Services at Housing@IllinoisState.edu.
- All slides will be reviewed by Housing staff and changes can be requested if needed (i.e., if the University logo is used incorrectly, font size is too small, contact information is not included). If requested changes are not made, Housing staff has the right to deny the request.
- Housing staff will respond to all submissions with a status of their request (approved or denied).
- Housing staff reserves the right to deny any request if it does not meet the above criteria or is deemed to include inappropriate content (i.e., vulgar language, alcohol, etc.).
Submitting a Request
To submit a Campus Connections request, send it to Kristen Johnson at kcjohn2@IllinoisState.edu
In the request, please include your organization's name, date you would like the slide to be run, and the image in JPEG format. Please follow all guidelines as outlined above.