WMDigest

The WMDigest provides an avenue of communication for faculty and staff at William & Mary. The digest email is distributed Monday - Friday, between 8:30 and 9:00 AM as a moderated and digested list. This means all announcements are approved by a moderator and combined into one email message that is sent out daily.

To ensure an announcement will appear in the WMDigest on a specific day, it should be posted via the Services tab in myWM no later than 8:30 AM of the desired day.

Posting of announcements to the WMDigest is limited to William & Mary faculty and staff and should be university-related/sponsored.

Announcements that do not follow the guidelines below will not appear in the WMDigest.

1. Use concise language in the Subject field but be descriptive.
2. Keep messages as short as possible. Detailed information related to an announcement should be posted on a web page and the related URL for more information included in the digest announcement.
3. Topics in the digest generally include:
   
   • announcements from IT, HR, Parking and other College offices
   • meeting notes and agendas
   • promotions of events (e.g., workshops, seminars and brownbags)
     W&M Events is an official and effective way to promote an event! We recommend that digest messages include a link to the event details in W&M Events.
   • new instructional resources
   • general campus service announcements (parking, construction and utilities)
   • other university-related announcements
4. Topics such as the following are not acceptable for the digest:
   • confidential information (e.g., Social Security Numbers)
   • advertising items for sale or rent (I'm selling . . .)
   • inquiries about items for sale or places for rent (I'm looking for . . .)
   • other similar "classified ad"-type posting
   • commercial or partisan political announcements
   • announcements that are not W&M-related/sponsored