Within the last year we have seen a dramatic increase for the demand of HTML emails.  To keep up with the demand we have created some default templates for schools and colleges, as well as a very basic template to keep the Wayne State University brand uniform across campus.
There are two basic methods on sending [...]

This last week a lot of the higher education web workers were at the eduWeb conference in Chicago. Unfortunately we could not make it but were able to follow the whole conference on Twitter, Slideshare and Flickr.

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CHART OF THE DAY: How People Share Content On The Web
jHtmlArea – The [...]

Wanting to improve accessibility and promote transparent communication with the student body, the student council sought us out to create a site that would be easy to navigate, clean, and at the same time fun.
The homepage features a promotional section highlighting activities being promoted by the council, the Top Topics section showing new information of [...]

Another big week for talking about HTML5. The web is advancing the everyone is on board. Just wish IE6 would fade away, I posted a quick overview of wayne.edu statistics this week and still ~20% of all traffic is from IE6. Enjoy these links of the week.

IS HTML5 READY YET?
John Resig – HTML 5 Parsing
HTML [...]

I have not talked a lot about the number of visitors our homepage (wayne.edu) gets on a monthly basis because it really didn’t cross my mind. I won’t go too in depth but I will give you insight into some general statistics and trends.
Stats from June 15 – July 15, 2009
Top Pages

Of course the homepage [...]

The Educational Outreach Web sites consist of promoting classes and services we offer outside of main campus (downtown Detroit). The sites went through a name chance and an identity overhaul. The site is broken down into counties and extension centers. In total you can take Wayne State University classes in 4 counties at currently 7 [...]

The week flew by and a ton of stuff got done. You can see from our recently launched sites we have been putting up about 3 per week this month, we are very proud about this. Looks like the other web workers have also been very busy, checkout the links below to see what has [...]

Along side the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs Web site we also launched the newest giving campaign, Aim Higher for Students. The idea is simple, show how much a gift can help a student’s life. Even the smallest gift can make a big difference. Students who might have otherwise had to drop out or [...]

Giving back is what it’s all about. The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs goal is to facilitate these gifts. Their old homepage was not doing much as far as a call to action was concerned. A potential donor was confronted with a large photo, which was nice,  but then to the left was a [...]

One advantage of working at Wayne State University is the Wellness Warriors program. Its goal is the make healthier and happier employees by using the people and facilities we have to get them on a healthy lifestyle.
The program is a partnership between the Recreation and Fitness Center and Human Resources. Previously information about Wellness Warriors [...]