Students and others may contribute to this BYU GSCM news website. In order to contribute you must be identified as a contributor, which will give you access to the New Posts button at the top of the screen. If you do not see the New button at the top of the screen, either you are not logged in or are not identified as a contributor.
Before contributing an article, you should select a topic and have it approved by the GSCM News Editor-in-Chief.
News stories generally fit into one of the following categories:
- Program highlight – telling about some aspect of the GSCM program (e.g., a major course activity) or a program achievement (e.g., ranking or other program recognition).
- Upcoming event – telling about an upcoming GSCM program or club event.
- Prior event – telling about a GSCM program of club event that already happened.
- Advisory Board feature – telling about the perspective and advice of a GSCM Alumni Board member, based on an email or phone interview.
- Alumni profile – telling about an alumni that has done notable things in the Supply Chain Management field.
- Student profile – telling about the background, interests, and career aspirations of a student in the program (each student in the program is allowed one of these on the website).
- Current events – telling about some newsworthy world event that would be of interest to Supply Chain students and professionals.
- Best practices – telling about a company that is doing some exceptional things in supply chain management.
- Lessons learned – telling about an interesting or inspirational experience with valuable lessons.
The following type of posts can only be viewed by logged-in BYU students and faculty:
- Internship spotlights – students telling about their internship experience. For instructions about posting an Internship Spotlight click here.
Preparing posts
Articles (posts) are typically 250-500 words.
Articles must include a picture uploaded as the “Featured Image.” The picture must be your own photograph or be publicly usable. The picture should have resolution between 170×170 and 1000×1000 and be less than 2MB in size. Note that the featured image will appear next to the post, so does not need to be included within the body of the post.
Posts should put in appropriate categories, which are listed on the right side of the new post page. By default, posts show up in the “Uncategorized” category, which means it shows up on the website home page but not on any sub-pages. It is best to select the category for which it is appropriate so that it will show up on the corresponding page. Please do not spam the website by having a post show up in a bunch of categories it really does not fit in.
Posting for review
After login in, you can post an article by clicking the “+ New” button at the top and select “Post.” You can save the post as a draft, and when you are ready you can submit it for review.
After an article is posted on the website it will be reviewed by an editor. If the article is of sufficient quality, it will be posted on the website. The best articles have the possibility of being featured in our semiannual BYU GSCM e-newsletter.
Your name in the byline
Articles posted on the website list the name of the person submitting the article. By default, it is usually just the last name of the submitter. To show your full name, click the “Howdy” menu in the upper-right-corner of this screen (which appears after you have logged in). Select “Edit My Profile” and enter the display name you would like to use.