student newsletter. A student newsletter is a collection of information about the happenings of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College and will be utilized to assist in keeping the student body informed on campus activities and issues.
candidates or other advertisements that are in any way offensive to the staff, students, or community.
Social Media Policy
Policies applying to student publications
Social media are powerful communications tools that have a significant impact on organizational and professional reputations. Because they blur the lines between personal voice and institutional voice, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College has developed the following policy to help clarify how best to enhance and protect personal and professional reputations when participating in social media. Social media are defined as media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Examples include but are not limited to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Snapchat and YouTube. Lurleen B. Wallace Community College created a Facebook page in 2009, and the College welcomes your questions, comments, and concerns. Our goal is to provide a community where friends of LBWCC can share content, ideas, and experiences and find helpful information. To keep the site fun and lively, we ask that you respect the rules of the social media site as well as the rules listed below. The College reserves the right to remove posts that do not comply with these rules.
include the following:
1. In all phases, student publications shall be published, so as to reflect credit upon Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, as an institution, and upon the student body. 2. Principles of sound business practice will be followed. 3. Recognized principles of journalism ethics will be followed, including the following practices: a. Student publications should be edited in a spirit of tolerance, restraint, and good will, both in its attitude toward persons on and off campus. b. Recognizing the fact that student publications have circulation off- campus, care should be taken to follow standards of good taste. Vulgar, crude, and uncouth expressions have no place in publications and will not be published. c. The editor and advisor shall be conscientious to avoid libelous statements. 4. Publications must be submitted at least two (2) weeks prior to printing for approval by the Dean of Student Affairs. 5. Advertisements must be approved in advance by the advisor and may not include advertisements for alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, political
Be respectful
Understand that content contributed to a social media site could encourage comments or discussion of opposing ideas. Responses should be considered carefully in light of how they would reflect on the person posting and/or the College and its institutional voice. The College is committed to respecting the dignity of others and to the civil and thoughtful discussion of opposing ideas. It is okay to voice
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2022-23 College Catalog and Student Handbook
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