Monthly themes and calendar
To guide our communications, we use monthly message themes based on our brand pillars. Focusing around a given theme helps punch through the clutter of the modern media landscape, as well as make it easier to choose which stories to pursue at which time.
We use the UW homepage and our social media channels to help drive these themes. Being on theme and using the theme’s accompanying hashtag makes it more likely that a story created by a college, school or department will be picked up by one of these central assets.
The themes are not meant to be rigid and uncompromising — we don’t exclusively promote stories that align with the theme during a given month. If you have a great story about the student experience, you don’t need to wait for a Husky Experience theme month to promote it. (Though when the next Husky Experience month does roll around, it would be a great opportunity to resurface that story!)
For more information, see this blog post introducing the concept of message themes. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Jack Martin.
2023–24 Monthly Message Themes
| Month | Theme | Strategic Considerations |
| July | Proven Impact #UWdiscovers |
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| August | Our Public Promise #UWserves |
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| September | BeBoundless #BeBoundless |
9/1: Seattle application for fall 2024 first-year admission opens 9/8: Annual Recognition Gala 9/27: First day of autumn quarter classes |
| October | Husky Student Experience #HuskyExperience |
10/12: Annual President’s Address 10/20: W Day 10/20-21: UW Family Weekend & Homecoming |
| November | Population Health #PopulationHealth |
11/11: Veterans Day 11/15: First-year student application deadline for Seattle |
| December | This is UW #ThisIsUW |
Celebrating student, faculty, staff and alumni accomplishments |
| January | Our Public Promise #UWserves |
1/10: Start of 2024 legislative session (projected) 1/15: First-year student application deadline for Bothell and first-year priority application date for Tacoma 1/15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| February | Proven Impact #UWdiscovers |
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| March | Innovation Mindset #UWinnovates |
Early March: Seattle admission offers sent |
| April | Husky Student Experience #HuskyExperience |
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| May | Population Health #PopulationHealth |
5/1: Deadline to accept fall 2024 admission at Bothell and Seattle; confirmation priority date for Tacoma |
| June | This is UW #ThisIsUW |
6/7: Tacoma Commencement 6/8: Seattle Commencement 6/9: Bothell Commencement 6/19: Juneteenth |