Where to send your letters

Where to Send your Letters

Audience Motivations

Please be mindful of your audience when you write and consider what might motivate the recipient of your letter. I have placed some motivation suggestions below each contact but I'm sure there are more.

Contact Info

School of Music Dr. Green*	Penn Stater Magazine	Send Suggestions who else can we write?
University President Spanier*	Centre Daily Times	Copies to Marty
Alumni Association	The Collegian	Reference campaign kick off email

Don't forget to send copy to Marty Egna

*Most important. At the very least, please send Dr. Green an email and cc President Spanier.

School of Music

Dr. Richard Green, Director
Penn State University
School of Music
233 Music Building 1
University Park, PA 16802

email: rgreen@psu.edu
phone (814) 863-4421
fax (814) 865-7140

Some suggestions for motivating topics

Increased music program diversity
Obligation to support SLs with a director just as the department provides other music ensembles
Increased department exposure to wider audience (potential donors, potential students)
SLs represent Penn State music department at Commonwealth campuses

University

Dr. Graham Spanier, President
Penn State University
201 Old Main
University Park, PA 16802

Email gspanier@psu.edu

phone (814) 865-7611

Some suggestions for motivating topics

Exposes wider audience to Penn State
Penn State Ambassadors
Alumni Clubs and University uses group to help promote Penn State and entertain donors
Group small, travels with own equipment, sets up own equipment and has experience performing all sorts of environments (easy to use group to promote Penn State)
SLs represent Penn State music department at Commonwealth campuses
Teaches team work, confidence, persistence, benefits of hard work, communication skills, business skills, presentation skills--skills that Singing Lions alumni use regularly in business, law, medicine, teaching, social work, (more?)

Penn State Alumni Association

Anne Riley, President
Penn State Alumni Association
University House
University Park, PA 16802-1439

Fax: 814-865-3325

Diane Ryan, Executive Director
Penn State Alumni Association
University House
University Park, PA 16802-1439

dryan@psu.edu

Fax: 814-865-3325

Some suggestions for motivating topics

SLs have been devoted promoters of Penn State Pride for 19 years

SLs have performed for many alumni clubs throughout Pennsylvania and around the country

This past season, SLs performed for the Delaware chapter, which received an Penn State Alumni Association award on April 23, 1999, for student interaction. When presenting the award, the alumni association specifically noted the success of a student interaction event due to a Singing Lions performance. The event was the reception that Delaware hosted for area high school students who were offered admission to Penn State. The prospective students had an opportunity to speak with SLs who were majoring in many different fields.

Variety of music and staging appeals to a wide audience

Performed at many alumni association events

Penn Stater Magazine (Letters to the editor)

When writing letters to the editor, make sure you ask your audience to do something concrete like "tell Dr. Green, Director, Penn State School of Music, that Singing Lions should be saved." Vague requests for "help" do not tell your readers what to do to help. Be conscious of your audience when tailoring specific requests for help.

Tina Hay, Editor
Penn Stater Magazine
University House
University Park, PA 16802-1439

tinahay@psu.edu

814-865-2709
Fax: 814-863-5690
Some suggestions for motivating topics

See Alumni Association motivating topics above.

Centre Daily Times (Letters to the Editor)

When writing letters to the editor, make sure you ask your audience to do something concrete like "tell Dr. Green, Director, Penn State School of Music, that Singing Lions should be saved." Vague requests for "help" do not tell your readers what to do to help. Be conscious of your audience when tailoring specific requests for help.

Courtney (Graham) Hall investigating
Some suggestions for motivating topics

SLs have entertained central Pennsylvania civic and business organizations

SLs have performed for area senior citizen centers

The Collegian

When writing letters to the editor, make sure you ask your audience to do something concrete like "tell Dr. Green, Director, Penn State School of Music, that Singing Lions should be saved." Vague requests for "help" do not tell your readers what to do to help. Be conscious of your audience when tailoring specific requests for help.

Do you want to volunteer to find info for Collegian letters to editor?

regular address

fax

phone

email

word limit

I'm not sure if the Collegian takes separate submissions for the daily edition and the weekly edition (weekly is what gets mailed out to alumni with subscriptions and maybe Commonwealth campuses). The editors may just select appropriate letters for the weekly out of the ones they print in the daily edition.

Some suggestions for motivating topics

Current SLs are probably best able to gauge what would motivate their fellow students to support the continuation of the SLs.

Send suggestions to Marty Egna at m.egna@worldnet.att.net.

Other Letter Recipients

Send suggestions to Marty Egna m.egna@worldnet.att.net

Copies for SLs Alumni Web Site

m.egna@worldnet.att.net (preferred method)

fax (630) 604-4857 (second best if you can't email me text or a Microsoft Word document)

Marty Egna
314 Alles Street
Des Plaines, IL 60016

home (847) 699-2594
work (847) 267-2259

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