Templates and Tools

Streamline your presentation slideshow—and keep it consistent with the UB brand guidelines—by using our PowerPoint templates.

Make your Zoom meetings sleek and professional with our branded Zoom backgrounds.

Follow the instructions below to have an email sent from the “School of Engineering and Applied Sciences” email account. To get started, send an email to James Friedman that includes the following information.

Specify who should receive the message:

• The main groups are faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students, and alumni.
• Note that there are many subsets and combinations of these groups. Please contact James Friedman for guidance.

Your message should include the following information:

• Subject line for the email:
  • Make this very specific; it should be something that will be useful and informative when a recipient is visually scanning their inbox or other email folder.
  • Include specific date, time, location; avoid “Big event tomorrow.”
• Message:
  • Every email needs text, not just an image. In addition to an image, be sure to restate the event details in your email message. This is necessary to be in compliance with accessibility standards, since screen readers don’t read images.
  • Avoid using space-before and space-after formatting. Use blank lines instead.
  • For events, at a minimum, be sure to include the day, date, time and location, the title of the event, the names and titles of the presenter(s) and how to attend (i.e., pre-registration information, capacity limits, etc.). Dates should be specific; do not use “today” or “this week” or “tomorrow” since emails are not always read the day that they are received.
• Closing/signature with job title

Specify when the message should be sent:

• The sooner we receive your message the better. Allow at least 3-5 business days for standard messages and 5-7 days for event publicity.

Social media:

• In addition to sending an email to the SEAS community, if we determine that your event or activity is of interest to our community, we may post it on our social media channels, primarily the SEAS Facebook page. If you do not want us to do this, please let us know when you submit your message.

Email campaigns are an effective way to promote your department. These resources will help you connect your message to the UB and SEAS brand identities.

For university branded email templates and formatting information, visit the UB Identity and Brand website. For SEAS-specific email headers and footers, the following resources are available.

These Microsoft Word letterhead templates make it easy to create customized digital stationery to use in email, web and other electronic applications.

Please be a good UB brand ambassador and refrain from printing these templates.

University stationery is a tangible expression of our brand identity. These standardized designs ensure consistency and impact in our print communications. Stationary items include business cards, letterhead, envelopes and memo pads.