They wanted to develop a means of informing the student body upcoming campus events. The message boards have met this need through their multiple locations on campus and access to all students. Funding for the message boards was granted through the Divison of Student Affairs who believe that the message boards will be an effective way for all student organizations to inform the student body on their activities. The Division of Student Affairs has placed the responsibility of operating the message boards with the Student Body President. However, the Division of Student Affairs is the body that owns the message boards.
Any student organization can submit a message to run on the message boards.
There are a few guidelines that messages must comply with, but the cost of running a message on the boards is free. Guidelines for Messages 1. The message will be approved by the Student Body President and displayed on all message boards for one week. Messages will be held to a 90 character limit - including spaces between words. Student organizations will be allowed only one message per week.