Diag boards are plywood advertisement boards in over 70 different locations on campus. Despite their popular name, they are not limited to the Diag. Locations range from the Diag and the Arch to the Hill Area and North Campus. Student organizations and university departments can rent these spaces to advertise for their events; they are not available to unaffiliated businesses or individuals.
Advertisers may reserve Diag board locations on a week-by-week basis, year-round. The minimum reservation is one week; the maximum reservation is one semester. Diag board advertisements are generally placed on Monday evenings. Advertisers create their designs, have the printed by a professional printer* and submit them to SORC staff before the deadline, and SORC drivers place canvases on the plywood boards. *Do-it-yourself is also an option. If you are on a tight budget but have creative people in your group, ask us about this!
Due to high demand for Diag boards, a random drawing is conducted each semester. Contact SORC staff for more information about this process or click here to get on the mailing list.
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Reservation Periods
Each organization can reserve as many as 32 Diag board spaces per semester, not to exceed 2 spaces per week, during the initial round of reservations. After first-round appointments have been completed, organizations may reserve more spaces if they are available.
There are three reservation periods each year:
- The Fall period goes from late August through early January
- The Winter period goes from early January through late April
- The Summer period goes from early May through late August
