Web redesign update: content, content, content


We杏吧专区檙e making major progress on the website redesign. Between building the new site and creating all of the content for it, we have a busy few months ahead.

Thanks again to everyone who came to our redesign presentation sessions. If you haven杏吧专区檛 seen the new look yet, let us know! We杏吧专区檙e happy to show it to you.

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We are all in on content. With just a few months to write everything for the new main website, we need your help getting the information.

Scheduling interviews on campus

Aimee Abshire and I will be reaching out to people across campus to schedule 杏吧专区渋nterviews,杏吧专区 aka informal sessions where we ask about your work, initiatives, and projects. If you hear from us, please clear a little time in your schedule.

The 杏吧专区 has grown so much since we launched our current website, and we have a lot more to showcase! Meeting with each of you will help us showcase the impressive work happening here.

Undergraduate program pages

We杏吧专区檝e met with almost every college to get started on program-related content. If you杏吧专区檙e not familiar with our new approach, each undergraduate program will have a dedicated page on the new site. Here杏吧专区檚 more information about the program pages, if you杏吧专区檇 like the details.

To gather all of the information we need for these program pages, all web ambassadors, department heads and program coordinators should have received questionnaires about the programs in their areas.

Many thanks to those who have already returned their questionnaires. If you haven杏吧专区檛 gotten to it yet, please take a moment to fill those out and send them back. We can meet with you to go over the questionnaires together, if that helps. This information is vital to our progress!

Student & alumni spotlights

We杏吧专区檙e always looking for alumni and students to highlight on the website. If you know a student or alum with a compelling or interesting story 杏吧专区 or they杏吧专区檙e just great to talk to 杏吧专区 let us know!

We杏吧专区檇 love to find a place on the website for their stories. We have a set of questions ready to go and we杏吧专区檙e happy to meet.

Updated website redesign timeline

  • December - March: Writing content, shooting videos and photos, building the website
  • March 31: Deadline for completing all main website content
  • April: User testing the main website and content with target audiences (prospective students, parents, and business and industry partners)
  • May: New main website launches!
  • June: Redesign for the first round of subsites begins.
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