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Looking Back at 2011

Photo by Jeff Kubina, Flickr.

This year saw not just the launch of this blog, but also my beginning to contribute to two new blogs in higher education – the UF AHC External Web Services blog, and the journal LINK. Here’s a run-down.

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Higher Ed Web Round Up

Don't try to understand 'em. Just write them, code them, brand 'em.

I saddled up and ambled down Austin way to present and attend the HEWEB Association conference to share and collaborate with the wranglers of web development, marketing, communications, and applications development that make the Higher Education ranch bar none.

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Student Ambassador Programs

Smiling Students

In her presentation at heweb11, Mallory Wood discussed the need for institutions to have a robust student ambassador program to meet the changing needs of both students and parents in making their decisions about the institution they would like to submit applications to.

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What Robocop Can Teach Us About Alumni Engagement

On Tuesday morning I’m talking Robocop, and how the crime fighting cyborg cop of the future might be a sign of the future for engaging alumni and the larger community in our institutions’ missions.

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Carrying the Banner

Photo by John Wardell (Netinho), Flickr

Georgy Cohen from Tufts University talked about Tuft Now, an initiative to bring together two separate news presences that were running in parallel than did not begin to coordinate editorial until 2007.

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Hands of Twilight

Few hands in the world are as well known as Kimbra Hickey’s – the model whose delicate upturned palms can be seen on the cover of the best-selling twilight.

Peace and Plenty

Peace and Plenty

Peace and Plenty Antiques wanted a design that would match their Revolutionary War-era and early 19th century collectibles.

Project Grace

Project GRACE

As a pro-bono project, Union developed the website for the program to end homelessness in Alachua County, earning us a Business of the Year award in 2010.