UNMC Vitals

Vitals is a great communication tool for the following content:

• Interprofessional communication for registered student organizations and academies. A registered student organization is one that has an approved application for Student Organizations on file with the Student Life Involvement and Development Office (SLIDO).
• Organizational meetings and events such as faculty-led discussions, fundraisers, guest speakers, movie showings, musical events, and interprofessional student-funded events.
• Communications sent by UNMC administrative bodies (examples include Strategic Communications, McGoogan Library, and Alumni Association.)
• Vitals cannot be used to advertise items for sale or rent, including houses, books, etc.

How to Submit Content to Vitals

Registered student organizations and campus organizations can submit their events/announcements to Vitals up to three weeks ahead of the event (ensuring that it will run in two total editions of UNMC Vitals). Submissions must be made by Friday at 3 p.m. to be included in the following week’s edition.  

Events can be submitted to UNMC Vitals via one of two routes:

• Student organizations or campus departments can publish an event in ENGAGE. Published events automatically will be included in Vitals up to two weeks ahead of the event. 
• Student organizations or campus departments can directly e-mail their event/announcement to the e-mail address vitals@unmc.edu.
  • Specify which edition(s) of UNMC Vitals you would like to include your submission in: Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney, Norfolk, Scottsbluff, online students.
  • Include a UNMC ENGAGE event link or an RSVP form so you are able to collect names of interested students and follow up as needed.
  • Include an image in your submission to draw more attention to your event. Images that work best on ENGAGE are 1300 x 780 pixels.

Delivery & Readability Troubleshooting

If you suddenly stopped receiving the Vitals email . . .

If you have not received your issue of Vitals, please check your inbox for a user digest message that lists messages that have gone to your spam folder. Look for messages sent from vitals@unmc.edu. Click the link that says "Release and Allow Sender."

If you have received the Vitals email, but the links don't work . . .

We've discovered an issue with Microsoft Outlook and the UNMC Proofpoint URL Defense that may cause buttons and links in your Vitals email to result in a Proofpoint error. This may happen when viewing Outlook email from your browser.

To resolve this issue, try one of the following workarounds:

• Right-click on the link/button in the email and select Open link in new window.
• Use the Outlook client on your desktop (if available) and click on the link in the email.