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Tower to glow orange tonight and Thursday for promotional film of campus

The Tower of The University of Texas at Austin will be illuminated bright orange tonight Wednesday (Aug. 25) and Thursday evening (Aug. 26) so it can be filmed as a focal point of the campus in a production to be used in promoting the university. The strategic planning and positioning firm GSD&M and the university’s Office of Public Affairs are coordinating the production.

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AUSTIN, Texas—The Tower of The University of Texas at Austin will be illuminated bright orange tonight Wednesday (Aug. 25) and Thursday evening (Aug. 26) so it can be filmed as a focal point of the campus in a production to be used in promoting the university. The strategic planning and positioning firm GSDandM and the university’s Office of Public Affairs are coordinating the production.

The Tower will be orange tonight from 8:45 p.m. until midnight for filming from a downtown building.

On Thursday, it will be orange from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for filming with a camera mounted on the nose of a helicopter. The helicopter also will be used in filming on campus from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and later from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday (Aug. 27).

For more information contact: Robert D. Meckel, Office of Public Affairs, 512-475-7847.

Office of Public Affairs
P.O. Box Z
Austin, TX 78713

512-471-3151
Fax 512-471-5812