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This website redesign is a massive project — and we need our web ambassadors' help. Here's how we're planning on tackling it all. Redesign Timeline We've already been working on the website redesign for a year. We have our designs in hand, and now we're working on content development and the...

Thanks to web ambassador Cheryl in the Office of Campus Diversity for suggesting this topic! We're so excited to see that our web ambassadors have really embraced the new calendar. Having an active calendar is an important tool for student recruitment and student involvement, and you all are doing...

After months of preparation, the new calendar is finally here! It is now available for the world to see at calendar.louisiana.edu. The new calendar is a comprehensive view of everything happening on campus. This calendar aggregates all events from: Departments and offices (that’s from you, web...

We're preparing to launch a new online calendar system that will replace the current way we enter events into the website. It will go live on Thursday, Sept. 5. Any events happening after that date should be entered into the new system. This new calendar is much more user-friendly and flexible than...

This summer, we surveyed our web ambassadors to see if they would take advantage of web team office hours if we offered them. The overwhelming response was YES! Most of you said you would take advantage of office hours and that’d you like to have it offered every other week. During office hours, we...

To illustrate the power of a social media campaign surrounding a national awareness week, let’s look at the Department of Nursing’s 2019 #NationalNursesWeek campaign. The Prep Work The Dean of Nursing contacted me (Amy Windsor, social media strategist) about five weeks before the event to discuss...

You know what they say about timing — it’s everything! And it’s no different on social media. People turn to social media to find out what’s happening and for information as much as for their friends’ status updates now — more so, even, on some platforms (hello, Twitter!) — and your office or...

Many departments and offices at ������ý��׿�ƽ�� Lafayette are using social media to reach students and alumni in ways that they don't traditionally use their websites. When was the last time you posted a photo gallery to your site? Or a news story that was only 240 characters long? What I would like to ask you...

Contributed web team blog from Doug Dugas, University Photographer in the Office of Communications & Marketing Compelling photos on a website are paramount. The fact that you started reading this shows you also think that better images equate to better websites. Notice I stated “better” images, not...

If you are planning an event for the summer or fall, use these tools to promote your event on campus. University Events Calendar The most important thing you can do is put your event on the calendar. Enter your event one time on your website’s calendar, and it will automatically be included in three...