The Elm

Guidelines

Recognize a notable UMB faculty member, staff member, and/or student and their accomplishments.

If the above doesn't accurately describe your content, please return to the previous step and choose a different option.

Summary

Summarize your content in a brief sentence or two. The summary will appear as the first paragraph of your content, before the main text.

Copying & Pasting

If you wish to paste content from another source into the main text field, please use Ctrl+Shift+V (or Command+Shift+V on Mac) to do so. Pasting content with this keyboard shortcut strips out extraneous formatting, which can invisibly sneak its way in alongside the content you have pasted. Failure to do so may result in a delay before your submission can be published.

Images

Images should be approximately 300 pixels in width. Avoid submitting images which include text.

Image Alt Text

Unlike the other types of Elm content, there is no need to enter image lat text for an accolade. The recipient's name will be used as the alt text for whichever image of them you choose to include.

Publication Date

The publication date indicates at what date and time you would like this content to be published on the Elm website. Content must undergo an approval process before it can be published, and so may be published later than the date and time you indicate.

The Elm Weekly

The Elm Weekly is an email newsletter which highlights recent content on the Elm website. To be eligible for inclusion in the next Elm Weekly, your content must have a publication date of no later than the current Wednesday. Not all content on the Elm website will be included in the Elm Weekly.

Appropriate Content

We do require that all content remain civil and, on behalf of the University, we reserve the right not to publish content that we believe is inappropriate for any reason. Inappropriate content includes, but is not limited to, material that is defamatory, profane, culturally insensitive, offensive, or under copyright.