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We’re hiring!

Oct. 28, 2016—We are seeking two PHP/MySQL-focused web developers in University Web Communications, which is the central web development office for Vanderbilt University. What does Web Communications do at Vanderbilt? Here are a few quick infographics with year end stats: 2016 with Web Communications and  2015 with Web Communications. View the full job descriptions and requirements (and apply)...

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How are we doing?

Oct. 24, 2016—We believe it’s important to check in with our clients from time to time to see how we’re doing, where we’re excelling and what areas need improvement. If you’re one of our current clients (i.e. you use OmniUpdate or WordPress, if you’ve opened a help ticket or stopped by office hours, or if we’ve helped you...

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We’ve Moved!

Feb. 3, 2016—On Feb. 3, we said farewell to the Baker Building, and hello to our new space in Loews! If you’re coming by for Office Hours, you’ll find us in the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza office complex on the 11th floor. Reminder: Office Hours are Mondays 10 a.m. to noon and Fridays 10 a.m. to noon. Guests...

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University Web Communications named greenest group on campus!

Nov. 24, 2015—University Web Communications was the winner of this year’s football sustainability competition and was named the “greenest group on campus” for the football season! We celebrated our win with a catered tailgate and on-field recognition during the Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky football game Nov. 14. Read more about the award »

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Web Communications Teams

Nov. 2, 2015—We’re excited to share with you some changes that are occurring within Web Communications. We have all seen our group come together into a team over the past two years (since the web merger); the knowledge sharing and synergies of having all of the web-focused staff together have been made evident time and again. We...

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Can’t Find People Finder? It’s Still On The Homepage!

Nov. 1, 2015—As part of the August 2015 redesign of the homepage and top levels, we took the advice that we frequently share with our clients: we did a content audit to determine what could be deleted or consolidated. While most of the content on the homepage and top levels stayed where it was, a few pages...

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Kudos to us!

Jan. 10, 2013—Pardon us while we take a moment to toot our own horn. Our weekly project, “Our Favorite Tweets of the Week” has been recognized in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s (CASE) district competition (along with some of our outstanding colleagues in Public Affairs). “Tweets” was recognized in the social media strategy and execution category. Each...

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Web Communications presents: Open office hours

Jan. 10, 2013—Beginning this month — each Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. — Web Communications will be offering in-person assistance with any questions/issues you may be having with your Web Communications supported website. You can drop by our offices in Baker Building and a member of our office will assist you with your questions. No appointments necessary —...

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2012 with Web Communications

Dec. 20, 2012—2012 has been a busy year in Web Communications! We’ve launched projects, trained users, answered hundreds of help desk tickets, tweeted, facebooked, flickr’d and youtube’d—and had a pretty good time through it all. Here’s our year in review—as an infographic, what else?!? :)

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