University Marketing & Communications

May 28, 2020

2020-21 Monthly Message Themes

Jack Martin

Coordinating our messaging around monthly themes has proven to be a great way to maximize the effectiveness of our communications. We’ll again be using monthly themes in 2020-21, and the schedule for those themes is outlined below. Stories and social media posts that align with these themes are also more likely to be shared using central assets, such as the UW home page and the UW’s social media channels.

New this year is a theme focusing on population health, which encompasses human health, environmental resilience, and social and economic equity. You can learn more about population health as a concept and about the work of the Population Health Initiative on the initiative’s website.

The themes for the 2020-21 academic year appear below and in this printable PDF. For more information, check out this blog post or e-mail Jack Martin.

Month Theme Strategic Considerations
July Proven Impact
#UWdiscovers
August Our Public Promise
#UWserves
September BeBoundless
#BeBoundless
Celebrating the impact of the Be Boundless – For Washington, For the World campaign and the UW’s many supporters
9/1: Application for fall 2021 freshman admission opens
9/30: First day of autumn quarter classes
October Population Health
#PopulationHealth
Highlighting the UW’s contributions to improving population health
November Leading-Edge Student Experience
#HuskyExperience
11/15: Application for fall 2020 admission to Seattle campus closes
December This is UW
#ThisIsUW
Celebrating student, faculty, staff and alumni accomplishments
January Our Public Promise
#UWserves
1/11: Start of 2021 legislative session
1/15: Priority application deadline for fall 2021 freshman admission to UW Bothell and UW Tacoma
February Proven Impact
#UWdiscovers
March Innovation Mindset
#UWinnovates
Early March: Admission offers go out
April Leading-Edge Student Experience
#HuskyExperience
May Be Boundless
#BeBoundless
5/1: Decision deadline for fall 2021 freshmen
June This is UW
#ThisIsUW
6/12: Seattle Commencement
6/13: Bothell Commencement
6/14: Tacoma Commencement