{"id":21327,"date":"2009-12-17T19:37:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T23:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=21327"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:22:21","slug":"approvals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/approvals\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Constituencies and Required Written Approvals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specific approvals must be obtained when sending a Broadcast Message to constituent groups, as outlined below. When requesting an approval please include a “cc” to specmail@bu.edu<\/a>. <\/strong>The approver can then reply-all to include specmail@bu.edu<\/a> and notify the Broadcast team directly.<\/p>\n

Please review the Acquiring Recipient Lists<\/a> page for information about what university populations can be emailed through the broadcast system.<\/p>\n

Please allow at least one business day to acquire your approvals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Target Constituency<\/strong><\/th>\nRequires written approval from<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
University-wide<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStudents or faculty<\/td>\nProvost (B<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStaff<\/td>\nPresident (A<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFaculty and staff<\/td>\nPresident (A<\/a>), Provost (B<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFaculty, staff, and students<\/td>\nPresident (A<\/a>), Provost (B<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical Campus-wide<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFaculty and\/or staff and\/or students <\/strong><\/td>\nAssociate Dean for Communications\u00a0(C<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
College-wide<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFaculty or staff or students in a single college<\/td>\nDean of College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFaculty or students in two or more colleges<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCharles River Campus<\/td>\nDeans of each targeted college or Charles River Campus Provost (B<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMedical Campus<\/td>\nDeans of each targeted college or Associate Dean for Communications\u00a0(C<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStaff in two or more colleges<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCharles River Campus<\/td>\nDeans of each targeted college or President (A<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMedical Campus <\/strong><\/td>\nAssociate Dean for Communications (C<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAlumni and\/or Donors<\/td>\nRequests should be submitted to the online form at https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/email-request\/<\/a>. \u00a0All other approval requests: VP for Development & Alumni Relations (E<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParents of current BU students<\/td>\nVP for Enrollment & Student Affairs (F<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParents of former BU students<\/td>\nVP for Advancement (E<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProspective BU students or their parents<\/td>\nVP for Enrollment & Student Affairs (F<\/a>) and SVP for University Relations (D<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Approval Contacts<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
A<\/th>\nPresident’s Office: Christine Wynne, cwynne@bu.edu<\/a> and “cc” both Jennifer Horgan, jhorgan@bu.edu<\/a> and specmail@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B <\/strong><\/th>\nProvost\u2019s Office (Charles River Campus): Judith Sandonato, jsandona@bu.edu<\/a> and “cc” specmail@bu.edu<\/a>. When a University-wide constituency is involved, also “cc” the Office of Communications (C). In case Judith is unavailable, email Megan Funaro mfunaro@bu.edu<\/a> and “cc” specmail@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/th>\nCommunications Office: Maria Pantages Ober, mpober@bu.edu<\/a>, 358-7869 and “cc” Lisa Brown, brownl@bu.edu<\/a>, 358-9445 and specmail@bu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D<\/th>\nSVP for University Relations: Kamrhan Farwell, farwell@bu.edu<\/a><\/span> and \u201ccc\u201d Kristen Smarr, ksmarr@bu.edu<\/a>, specmail@bu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
E<\/th>\n\u00a0Advancement Communications: Julia Serazio, serazio@bu.edu<\/a> and <\/span>“cc” both webreq@bu.edu<\/a>, and specmail@bu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F<\/th>\nVice President for Enrollment and Student Affairs: Chris Sedore, cmsedore@bu.edu<\/a>, 353-1155, and “cc” specmail@bu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Specific approvals must be obtained when sending a Broadcast Message to constituent groups, as outlined below. When requesting an approval please include a “cc” to specmail@bu.edu. The approver can then reply-all to include specmail@bu.edu and notify the Broadcast team directly. Please review the Acquiring Recipient Lists page for information about what university populations can be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":1120,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21327"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161323,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21327\/revisions\/161323"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}