INSTITUTION’S LETTERHEAD
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
[DATE], 2013
CONTACT:
[NAME AND PHONE]
COLLEGE HOSTS RENOWNED
WOODROW WILSON VISITING FELLOW
[CITY, STATE] – [NAME OF INSTITUTION] has invited Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow [NAME],
an internationally renowned [SPECIALTY (i.e., journalist)] for an intensive week-long visit on [DATES].
[LAST NAME] will conduct classes, seminars, workshops, and lectures and will meet with students and
faculty members informally throughout the week to share [HIS/HER] practical knowledge in the areas of
[ISSUES].
“[FELLOW’S NAME] will be a perfect fit for [CAMPUS]. Our students will have a chance to meet a
world-class [SPECIALTY] with a deep knowledge of [ISSUES], helping to create better understanding
and new connections between the academic and nonacademic worlds,” said [CAO/PROVOST NAME].
We’re delighted that [FELLOW’S NAME] will also have time to get to know our campus and to explore
in depth how the classroom and campus relate to the broader society.”
[INSERT FELLOW’S BIO]
The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, which is administered by the Council of Independent
Colleges (CIC) in Washington, DC, brings prominent artists, diplomats, journalists, business leaders, and
other professionals to campuses across the United States for a week-long residential program of classes,
seminars, workshops, lectures, and informal discussions. For 35 years, the Visiting Fellows have been
introducing students and faculty members at liberal arts colleges to a wide range of perspectives on life,
society, community, and achievement. The Visiting Fellows program is available to all four-year colleges
and universities. For more information, visit CIC’s website at www.cic.edu/visitingfellows.
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[INSERT BOILERPLATE ABOUT INSTITUTION]
The Council of Independent Colleges is an association of 640 nonprofit independent colleges and
universities and 90 higher education organizations that has worked since 1956 to support college and
university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance public understanding of private
higher education’s contributions to society. CIC is the major national organization that focuses on
providing services to leaders of independent colleges and universities as well as conferences, seminars,
and other programs that help institutions to improve the quality of education, administrative and financial
performance, and institutional visibility. CIC also provides support to state fundraising associations that
organize programs and generate contributions for private colleges and universities. The Council is
headquartered at One Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.cic.edu.