Directions for Submitting Donor Rosters

When submitting a donor roster to Creative Services in a Word or Excel document, please DO NOT use colored boxes or symbols for your donor categories. The boxes and symbols do not convert properly into our layout software — all formatting is lost, and we will return your roster for additional formatting.

The best practice is to designate each category with an acronym and ALL CAPS, see below. Any additional categories you need to add should follow this same style (Acronym and ALL CAPS). Various BU schools and colleges may use differing names for special donor categories, so we request that you provide a distinctive acronym designation and your roster key for your donor categories for your school/college. At Creative Services, we will convert your key into colored boxes for donor categories as they will appear in published donor rosters.

Do not use honorifics like “Dr.” or social titles such as “Mr.,” “Ms.,” or “Mrs.” in donor rosters, in accordance with BU Editorial Style.