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CNGR joins the Omni community

The Office of Community, Neighborhood and Government Relations has been redesigned and moved into Omni; the new site debuted April 9. This site launch is step one in a four-step process: eventually, the other CNGR sites – The Virtual School, Osher Lifelong Learning and Dyer Observatory – will all be redesigned and moved into one...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
April 10, 2012
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The Blair String Quartet’s new site is music to our ears

We launched the updated Blair String Quartet site on March 1, 2012. The previous string quartet site was maintained in Sitemason and had not been redesigned since 2002. The site needed to have an elegant look, a place for individual bios, downloadable hi-res photos and recordings of their performances – and be easy to maintain...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
March 5, 2012
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U.S.-Japan center moves into my.vanderbilt.edu

When the Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation approached us about a new site, we knew my.vanderbilt.edu would be a great fit for them: They’re a small site (fewer than 10 pages) and my.vanderbilt is perfect for smaller departments (such as the French Graduate Studies program). We designed a custom header for them and migrated...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
November 3, 2011
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New site for French and Italian: C’est magnifique!

When the Department of French and Italian contacted us to move their site from Sitemason to WordPress, we of course said oui! Their timeline was a little more pressing than our schedule allowed, so we set up the WordPress install for them and their webmaster, Veronique, took it from there – she even designed the...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
November 3, 2011
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Watch: Web usability design

Watch video of Carlos Hooper from VUMC Strategic Marketing speaking Oct. 31 at a DigitalVU month event. Hooper, who holds an MFA in interactive design and teaches at the Art Institute, discusses best practices of UI design. The event was part of DigitalVU month at Vanderbilt, co-coordinated by Medical Center Web and Creative Servicesand University Web Communications with support...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
November 1, 2011
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Watch: Blogging best practices

Watch video of popular blogger and social media expert Jessica Turner sharing some of the industry’s best blogging practices to create a space that is read, utilized and shared on a regular basis. Turner has much experience working with individuals and companies to create blogs that reflect their personalities, achieve their goals and generate traffic. The event was...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
October 31, 2011
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Watch: Using technology to engage students beyond the classroom walls

Watch video of an Oct. 20 presentation “Using technology to engage students beyond the classroom walls” with Corbette Doyle and Stephanie Milne. This session provides a hands-on look at Twitter as a tool to encourage students to think critically about course content — before, during and after class ends. To increase faculty comfort with the...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
October 21, 2011
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The Ingram Commons … powered by Omni

The website for The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons has been redesigned and is now powered by Omni. Front and center of the new site is a YouTube playlist featuring Commons-related videos produced by the fabulous video team at News & Communications. Also new to the site are pages for each of the 10 Houses, with...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
October 20, 2011
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Alliance for Community Engagement launches new program and new website

The Alliance for Community Engagement is a network of faculty and staff across Vanderbilt interested in and committed to collaborating with the community on research and learning. A relatively new group – founded in the fall of 2010 – the alliance was in need of a Web presence. We created site for them in Omni, and...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
September 16, 2011
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Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities

The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities has a launched a new site – their first design update since 1998! They wanted a fresh look, and wanted to reflect the official Vanderbilt Web presence. They also wanted to showcase their history and their programs, which we did in the header and the photo slideshow....... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
August 26, 2011
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A new era at Vanderbilt: The College Halls

Vanderbilt University is set to begin construction of the next phase of its residential college system – College Halls at Vanderbilt, and as part of that, a new website was needed. Using the architectural renderings of the new buildings as inspiration, we created a site that contains information about the new buildings, plans for the...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
August 22, 2011
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Oh say can you see? It’s the new American Studies site!

The website for the redesigned American Studies site went live June 21. The site also includes information about the American Studies Sustainability Project, a campus-wide program for the 2011-12 year featuring curriculum, speakers, exhibits etc.   They wanted a look that felt like Americana with a touch of Hatch Show Print (Hatch does all their Road...... KEEP READING »

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Posted by Beth Fox
June 28, 2011
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