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This Style Guide serves as a tool for maintaining the integrity of the Southwestern University brand. It is available to anyone and is to be used by those both in and out of the Southwestern community. Anyone who generate materials and content on behalf of the University including administrators, faculty, employees, suppliers, and partners, are responsible for complying with its standards.
Brand Strategy
But our brand is much more than logos, colors, trademarks, and business card formats. The Southwestern University brand is the product of many different factors that together help create an impression of our University. It’s the way that people think, feel, and respond when they hear the word “Southwestern University.” Here too we must act and perform in a way that is consistent with that image, or risk eroding our brand equity.
For this we have created the SU Brand Guidelines. It differs from the Style Guide in that it is accessible only to those within the Southwestern Community. As our Brand and Marketing “playbook” it is important that it remain confidential. Your personal password is all you need to gain access to the SU Brand Guidelines at southwestern.edu/brandguidelines.
Everyone within the Southwestern community is a brand ambassador and every contact is an opportunity either to strengthen or weaken the Southwestern University brand.
The Style Guide and SU Brand Guidelines will be updated on an as-needed basis as our Southwestern University brand evolves and develops.
If you have any questions on how to implement these guidelines, please see the Southwestern University Office of Marketing & Communications.