Event Planning

Please list any events you plan on the BU Wheelock calendar. We’ll review and approve your event listing within one business day, and will reach out to you if we have any questions about your listing. You may be contacted if your event conflicts with another Wheelock event or if we have other suggestions to make your event more successful.

Note: Events must be on the BU Wheelock calendar to be considered for promotion by BU Wheelock Marketing & Communications.

For guidance on writing effective event descriptions, check out 10 Tips for Writing Great Event Descriptions.

For more information about promoting your BU Wheelock event, review the Marketing & Communications section on Event Promotion. Events must be listed on the BU Wheelock calendar to be considered for promotion.

BU Wheelock MarCom can assist with social media promotion; provide templates for you to develop one-pagers and social media posts; information about the BU Wheelock brand for materials; and guidance for listing your event on the digital lobby board at 2 Silber Way.

Eventbrite is BU Wheelock’s preferred method of event registration. contact us for more information. When setting up your Eventbrite registration, you may use these preapproved graphics.

BU Wheelock meeting rooms can be reserved through Outlook. For information on how to reserve a meeting room at 2 Silber Way or on the Fenway Campus, visit Room Reservations.

• To request BU Wheelock-branded promotional items to give away at your event, visit Swag.
• To request BU Wheelock-branded tablecloths and pull up banners to use at your event, submit an Events Request & Needs form.

Disability & Access Services

For information about creating accessible events, visit BU’s Disability & Access Services.

Boston University Disability & Access Services facilitates the presence of ASL interpreters or Real-Time Captioning (CART) at meetings and events. These requests should be made as early as possible, preferably two weeks in advance. Reserve interpreting services