{"id":36174,"date":"2025-02-10T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=36174"},"modified":"2025-02-12T09:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:04:53","slug":"tom-eveylyn-vp-of-communications-takes-trinity-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/tom-eveylyn-vp-of-communications-takes-trinity-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Evelyn, VP of Communications, takes Trinity post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Evelyn, vice president for University Communications at Furman University, has accepted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinity.edu\/news\/trinity-university-welcomes-tom-evelyn-vp-strategic-communications-and-marketing\">new role<\/a> as vice president for Strategic Communications and Marketing at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. His last day at Furman will be February 28.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn came to Furman in August of 2016 from the University of Florida, his alma mater. &#8220;During his tenure at Furman, Tom has been instrumental in elevating our brand and professionalizing our marketing and communications,&#8221; said Furman University President Elizabeth Davis. &#8220;His leadership and thoughtful strategies contributed to Furman\u2019s moving up eight spots in the U.S. News &amp; World Report &#8216;Best Colleges&#8217; rankings as well as a three-point improvement in our peer assessment score and recognition multiple times as a &#8216;Most Innovative&#8217; university.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evelyn was also integral in shaping key initiatives that have defined Furman, Davis said. He created the brand and messaging platforms for both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/furman-advantage\/\">The Furman Advantage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/clearly-furman\/\">Clearly Furman<\/a>, the Campaign for Our Third Century, creating narratives that have helped Furman double applications and fundraising while growing its national reputation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emily Schuck, vice president for Enrollment Management, will serve as interim vice president for University Communications until a replacement is found. Assistant Vice President for University Communications Christine Velasquez will manage day-to-day operations for the department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trinity is a national liberal arts and sciences university. It is ranked No. 40 by U.S. News &amp; World Report and No. 20 by Niche. It&#8217;s the top-ranked liberal arts university in Texas, and is situated in the heart of San Antonio, a city of 1.5 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evelyn&#8217;s last day at Furman will be Feb. 28. Under his watch the university saw improvements in rankings, fund raising and student applications. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":36175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36174"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36227,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36174\/revisions\/36227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}