Purchasing & Central Receiving

Things you need to know when ordering shirts and other promotional items with the ISU logo:

Provide as much descriptive information as possible on your Banner requisition. Include details such as number of shirts needed, sizes and colors of shirts, material blend (all cotton or 50/50), and color(s) of your logo information. Also include whether or not this order is to be silkscreened or embroidered, and the date you need finished items by.

If you are planning on putting artwork or a logo on the items and you already have the art on disk or in faxable print; please fax a copy to purchasing and include the requisition number.  Specify in the line item text on the requisition how the art will be provided to the vendor (on disk or in print).

If you are planning to put artwork or a logo on the items and you DO NOT already have the art on disk or in faxable print: please contact Ted Wilson in University Publications for assistance in developing or sizing the art you need

To have artwork approved, contact Ted Wilson in University Publications. 

Make sure you have also listed on the requisition if the art should be silkscreened or embroidered, where the artwork should be placed on the item, and what color you want the art in if applicable.

The PMS color of ISU blue is #293.

Current restrictions from Marketing/Communications/Publications include the use of the ISU institutional mark (more. from day one.), on all printed materials (flyers, catalogs, etc). Promotional items such as pens, cups, etc, do not require the entire institutional mark and can use only "Indiana State University" if space limitations apply. Contact Tom Kellett in Purchasing if you have additional questions not answered on this page.

Currently, ISU has “local” licensed vendors:  Swags Silk Screening, Graphic FX, Tabco, Logo Connxtion, and Fast Track Apparel.  If these companies are used for orders $500.00 or less – Purchasing will not need to bid the orders out that are under $500.00, but a requisition still needs to be done and a purchase order should still be obtained before placing an order.  Procurement cards cannot be used on promotional logo-ed items.   If you would like other approved companies to be considered, Purchasing will need to send a bid out to the requested company along with bids to the licensed vendors as well.  Purchasing bids out every order over $500.00.