The University of Arizona

The Office of University Communications

The Office of University Communications serves as the world’s portal for news and information about the UA and provides message management services to the University and its various subdivisions. This office coordinates the release of news at the UA and articulates the University’s critical contributions to society. It also manages all crisis communications activities for the University.

The office oversees the University’s relationships with the news media and publishes UANews.org, the primary source of information and news about the UA, and UANow, an e-mail summary of the top UA news sent every weekday morning to more than 100,000 subscribers. For more information on external communications contact Johnny Cruz at cruzj@email.arizona.edu or 520-621-1877.

University Communications also provides internal communications services to the UA’s community of 14,000 employees through the online publication Lo Que Pasa and coordination of the UA Master Calendar. For more information, contact Director of Campus Communications Pila Martinez at pila@email.arizona.edu or 520-626-4348.

Contact Information:

Johnny Cruz
Assistant Vice President for Communications
Office of University Communications
University Services Building, 4th Floor
PO Box 210158
Tucson, AZ 85721
Telephone: (520) 621-1877
Fax: (520) 626-4121
Email: cruzj@email.arizona.edu

Johnny Cruz, Assistant Vice President for Communications
From 2005 to 2009, Johnny served as director of media relations at the UA, leading a team responsible for communicating the University’s story to external audiences and news media outlets around the world.

Before coming to the UA, Johnny managed the marketing and communications unit at the Kyrene School District in Phoenix. Prior to that, he served in various communications roles at the national headquarters of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. At the Foundation, he managed national media relations and marketing initiatives in English and Spanish – including the organization’s first Spanish-language public service ad campaign.