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Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
Aug. 26, 2011—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....
A new era at Vanderbilt: The College Halls
Aug. 22, 2011—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...
Scholarships website moves to Omni
Aug. 18, 2011—The Merit Scholarship Opportunities website moved to Omni this week. Previously manually maintained via Dreamweaver, now the site is centrally managed within OmniUpdate and can be easily edited and managed by staff in Financial Aid and Admissions offices. This site migration was what we should refer to as a “lightning round migration” … we migrated...
Oh say can you see? It’s the new American Studies site!
Jun. 28, 2011—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...
New Services: Monthly Training and Help Desk
Jun. 7, 2011—Monthly Training Sessions University Web Communications now holds monthly training sessions on two university-supported content management systems, OmniUpdate and WordPress. New users will be trained at this time as well as users who need a refresher. Persons interested in learning more about OmniUpdate or WordPress may also attend. Registration is requested so that we can...
Career Center debuts new Omni site
May. 23, 2011—The Career Center recently launched a redesigned website using the OmniUpdate CMS. The goals of the redesign were threefold: Targeting the Career Center homepage toward students Beefing up content for employers Bringing the Career Center into the Vanderbilt family look The redesigned site meets the Career Center’s goal of simplifying and quickly providing relevant content...
VIEE Builds a Sustainable Website
Mar. 18, 2011—The Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment (VIEE) focuses on solving the problems of meeting energy demands while controlling and reversing environmental degradation. The Institute wanted an easily updatable website to explain its projects, and Omni was the perfect match. We worked with postdoc Amanda Carrico, administrative director Mike Powell and student Josh Altonji...
Psychological Sciences moves to Omni
Mar. 17, 2011—The Psychological Sciences website comprises information about both the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science and the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College. When we took on this migration into Omni, the previous site had been built on and expanded over the years until it was nearly bursting...
NCAA Certification – live with new Omni site
Mar. 16, 2011—The Division of Administration recently launched a new Omni website for the NCAA Division I certification process. The website includes a self-study document and a form for public comment. The certification program’s purpose is to help ensure integrity in the institution’s athletics operations. Members of the Vanderbilt community involved in the self-study process include coaches,...
University Staff Advisory Council motions for new site
Mar. 15, 2011—The University Staff Advisory Council represents Vanderbilt staff members in university central who are not in a union-eligible jobs. They came to us with the request for a fresh, new look for their website and an easy-to-maintain, centralized database to keep track of their members and committees. We moved them into Omni and created a muted color...
Strategic Initiatives and Assessment launches new Omni site
Feb. 10, 2011—The Office of Strategic Initiatives and Assessment will use its new Omni website to foster collaborative relationships with academic departments to enhance the student living and learning experience. Omni was the perfect CMS for the site because it gives staff members an easy, intuitive way to add content. The RSS sidebar includes news feeds from...
Division of Administration redesigns with Omni
Feb. 10, 2011—The Division of Administration recently switched their content management system from Sitemason to Omni. The new site is built using the Vanderbilt template and makes it easy for staff to update text and add images. Kudos to Anna Letcher in DOA for her hard work in making this happen.