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New web presence for the Graduate Department of Religion
Sep. 25, 2014—The Graduate Department of Religion launched a brand new web presence in mid-September (it was previously just a subsection of the Divinity School website — even though GDR is part of the Divinity School and the College of Arts and Science. Having a separate website hopefully helps them clear up some of the confusion about...
Health Professions Advisory Office moves to Omni, gets a new look
Sep. 20, 2014—The Health Professions Advisory Office is part of the College of Arts & Science, and had been maintained through Dreamweaver. We redesigned the site and moved it into Omni, allowing for easier maintenance of the site.
YouTube tips and tricks
Sep. 12, 2014—When having your videos uploaded to the university’s YouTube channel, it’s important to include descriptive titles, good tags and a helpful description. Remember, these will not only help your videos be found on YouTube, but everywhere else too: YouTube is the world’s second-largest search engine. So write with search engine optimization in mind: Title Keep...
Vanderbilt Women’s Club moves to Omni, gets an updated look
Aug. 22, 2014— The Vanderbilt Women’s Club consists of women who work at or have partners that work at the University or Medical Center, are alumni, or simply have an avid interest in Vanderbilt. Their former site was maintained in Dreamweaver. We moved them to OmniUpdate, allowing them to maintain the site themselves, and we assisted with a...
Peabody College infographic
Aug. 18, 2014—Our Anna Whinnery designed this infographic for Peabody College’s Graduate Student Orientation.
Academic Strategic Plan public-facing website
Aug. 10, 2014—We worked with the Chancellor’s office on creating the public-facing web presence for the Academic Strategic Plan. It’s a simple website that presents an executive summary of the plan, an organizational chart, and encourages visitors to download a PDF that includes the full text of the Academic Strategic Plan.
OmniUpdate being upgraded to Version 10
Jul. 25, 2014—Hello Omni users! All of our Vanderbilt OmniUpdate accounts are being updated to Version 10 in the coming weeks. What does this mean for you? The backend tool/interface that you use to update your website will have a different look (editing pages) — but your public-facing website will not change at all. Please note that...
CASPAR moves to Omni
Jul. 23, 2014—CASPAR is the College of Arts and Science’s Pre-major Academic Advising Resources office. We redesigned their site to be more in line with other university sites, and to help clarify navigation.
New provost, new website
Jul. 1, 2014—Susan Wente was named the new provost of the university in the spring, and took over from the previous provost, Richard McCarty, July 1. As part of the transition, we worked with her team on redesigning the provost’s web presence. It is still powered by WordPress, but the look has been updated and the content,...
We’ve won a major award
Jun. 16, 2014—No, it’s not a leg lamp, but it’s the next best thing: The Tennessee College Public Relations Association honored us with an award for one of our social media campaigns! More than 220 entries were submitted by universities and colleges across the state for the annual competition, which was judged by advertising, marketing and public relations...
Milestones
Apr. 28, 2014—One of the things our office does is track web and social media analytics: What were the top five most viewed Vanderbilt news stories of the week? Which Facebook post had the greatest reach? How many likes did we get on Instagram? That sort of thing. We report this information to a variety of people,...
Web Comm helps welcome Coach Mason
Mar. 20, 2014—The university announced Derek Mason would be its next head football coach Jan. 17, 2014. Web Communications worked closely with Athletics, Photography, Video and Creative Services in the days leading up to the announcement to produce a world-class online experience, not just on the website but also in social media. The Coach Mason site went...