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Stop by and visit the refreshed tutoring schedules. They're available now--complete with listing of outstanding peer tutors in each of three areas: quantitative analysis, subject and writing.

If you're a Wheaton web editor who creates content for your department website, read on... You'll learn how to craft a professional-looking post and more.

If you're organizing a great event this semester, get the word out while saving a tree. Use the Digital Poster Machine and your event poster will appear in the Library lobby's big screen and Wheaton's calendar page.

The current homepage design is now two years old... so we tuned it up. You'll find all the current features in familiar places, but with a new graphic look. Plus, we've added more large photo feature stories, a ticker with news from throughout the college, and a sitemap at the bottom of the page. Please send any bug reports to web@wheatoncollege.edu.

We think you'll be quite happy with the improvements.

'thinking about trying a few new things in 2012? We have some suggestions.

Web usability researcher Jakob Nielsen has excellent advice for Wheaton's web writers: Be succinct.

This "refresh" brings a more engaging Admission site closer to its print pieces.

We're running a new version of WordPress so you may notice that the editor looks a little bit different.

If you're creating content on Wheaton's site, you're invited to our next Web Salon (be prepared for a web-related gift exchange)...

Editors: December's Web Salon will be here before you know it so we're looking for your topic suggestions. Please drop us a note to let us know what do you want to learn. Thanks!

Editors are invited to attend on November 1st . Learn about Wheaton’s site, its traffic–and what you can do that’s likely to make a positive difference.

It's here! Come meet our beautiful new building.

Editors: "Window shading" can make long web pages easier to scan, while keeping details close by. Here's how to do it.

It's been a long summer... So, if you're having trouble remembering how to sign in to your Wheaton web editor account, here's some help.

Congratulations to the many departments that made the time to refresh their sites this summer. These simple ideas can help you keep your site healthy.

Welcome back! We cranked up the Digital Poster machine just in time for your arrival--and a fresh crop of posters awaits you. If organizing an event this year, please consider saving a tree by publishing its information digitally.

At Wheaton, you have many ways to major in English, and a beautifully refreshed site to learn about the English Department.

Stop by this site if you're looking for news about Wheaton students, faculty and alumnae/i in the sciences.

Times have changed. The Web Team can now offer you ways to produce print-outs you can be proud of.

Wheaton's faculty are constantly engaged in original research, and for years Wheaton students of many disciplines have contributed to this work. There's a new site to help you discover it.

This new online exhibit will give you a unique opportunity to view Evans’ photographs of Wheaton.

We were so touched to receive this delicious "thank you" from our friend Beth upon her return from an exotic vacation.

Wheaton employees will find information about benefits, compensation, professional development, college policies and work-related issues and concerns on this newly refreshed site.

New and returning students alike are invited to visit this site and learn about Wheaton's support services.

The music department has announced a beautiful new website. You'll find lots of news about people and the interesting things they're doing at Wheaton and beyond.

Wheaton students write all over the place! You're invited to visit this new site to learn about important writing resources for students.

Wheaton will host the New England Renaissance Conference in November thanks to conference organizers Touba Ghadessi and Gen Liang. See their beautiful new site for information.

Check out this phenomenal exhibit about the architectural history of the college.

A college education is one of the most important investments you will ever make. SFS can help you plan for it.

Student + Job + Work = Skills + Pay check! Come see what the fine people of the Student Employment Office do to help you.

Our students (and alumnae and alumni) are working to change the world. Find out more when you visit Political Science's new site.

Conference & Event Services has just unveiled a new tool for those planning Wheaton-based business meetings, conferences, camps or social events. Check it out... and help spread the word.

Editors, please register today for "The lazy way to webpage beauty…" (June’s Web Salon). Space is limited.

We're delighted to unveil a new faculty directory. You can view profiles by department or last name--or select your favorite professor's face from the people quilt that runs down the right side of the index.

Have you look at the Editor Help section lately? If you're an editor, you'll be interested in our tips for perking up pages and posts with news, photos, slideshows, videos and forms.

They came by to catch a special "sneak peek" at a new profile editor we've been cooking up.

Lucy Morse collected over 80 fascinating and rare pairs of shoes on her travels around the world. Now, you can explore the collection, too!

Visit today and find history news, courses offered for Fall 2011 and a vibrant community.

Wheaton has a new site for its new interdisciplinary program.

Wheaton's Academic Planning Guide has a new website, and it's the perfect place to start your journey.

Editors: We’ll look at changes to changes to your editing interface, and explore a new plugin or two. Registration's required due to limited seating.  

For twenty years, Wheaton's annual Academic Festival has celebrated student scholarship and creativity. Now, thanks to Jim Mancall and colleagues, it has a website, too.

The same good people who help you with transcripts, enrollments and course schedules, have designed a new guide to help you access their many other services. Stop by their new site and look for the "Registrar A-Z" directory.

If you edit official college webpages, you will notice some changes to your Wordpress interface.

Editors: We’ll look at changes to changes to your editing interface, and explore a new plugin or two. Registration's required due to limited seating.

Editors: We're all about making your web-editing life a breeze. Once you've signed in to Wheaton's site, type an "e" from one of your pages to go straight to that page's editing area, and type a "d" to go straight to get the editor Dashboard. Try today!

As part of the conversion of the College Archives and Special Collections a new site for Wheaton College history is available now. It's rich in detail and amazing photographs: browse by subject, browse by decade or search.

Note: The Web Salon scheduled for September 27 may be rescheduled. Please watch this page for confirmation and updates. The Web Team regularly gathers those who oversee Wheaton's web content for informal conversation about the college's site. Our Web Salons are a great place to learn more about the mechanics of publishing department news, explore great [...]

The next time you use Wheaton's search box, take a closer look at the results page. You can further refine your search, limiting it to college archives and history, course descriptions, faculty profiles or "all of Wheaton".

Behind-the-scenes teamwork takes on an artistic flare in this beautiful mosaic of new Wheaton sites launched...

This is one resource-rich site that will help you take care of business. Visit today to find support and timely news from the friendly folks at Business Services.

Find out about Library and Information Services (LIS) on their newly-refreshed site.

Wheaton students, staff, and faculty have been digitizing documents from the Wheaton Family Papers since spring 2005. Find out more by visiting The Wheaton College Digital History Project's new site.

Mobile devices will find the college's webpages even friendlier now. We've made many changes under the hood so that our website displays well on phones and other small-screen devices. Take a look the next time you're untethered, and let us know how we can make it more useful for you.

The magazine for the Wheaton community is has a new site. We think you'll like it!

BAC members encourage students, faculty and staff to use this new site to learn about and communicate with the committee.

Congratulations to Wheaton's Counseling Center! The staff there has refreshed their website and moved all the content into the college's new management system.

Visit Student Government Association's new site to learn about Wheaton's Student Senate, Executive Board, Executive Councils--and SGA's news, information and current priorities.

LIS has revamped this site to share news and information about accessing technology services and support at Wheaton.

The Center for Global Education has unveiled a beautiful map of Wheaton's "study abroad" experiences.

Wheaton College takes sexual assault very seriously, and has developed a comprehensive definition and policy related to sexual misconduct. This new site offers information, definitions, resources and links you can use to learn more about sexual assault.

The Center for Global Education has launched a beautiful new site! This site serves as a hub of resources for students, faculty and staff who wish to engage directly with the world. Stop by today.

Congratulations to the staff of Conference and Event Services department. They have unveiled a new site for Wheaton's event planners that offers 'round-the-clock access to useful information and convenient tools.

The Provost's web site has been thoroughly revamped thanks to the intensive efforts of Elita Pastra-Landis and Bernice Morrissey over the last year. Congratulations on a job well-done!

The Office of the Dean of Students has created a new site designed to support the partnership Wheaton has with families in support of student success.

The very capable crew over in the Office of Student Activities, Involvement & Leadership (SAIL) has hoisted sail on a sleek new website—and they're underway toward orientation.

The new Office of Residential Life has a created a fresh new website. Stop by and have a look around.

Looking for information about parking or identification cards? Visit Public Safety's new site.

Service, Spirituality, and Social Responsibility (SSSR) invites you to drop by their new site.

If you ever wonder about information security and confidentiality, visit the newly-updated site for Records and Information Management (RIM).

The Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning has a new site.

Visit the Library's inviting new site.

The Yellow Wood Commission launched their site this summer.

Staff Council's website has been reviewed, updated and moved to Wordpress.

After a summer of thoughtful and dedicated work, Career Services launched a beautiful new website.

There's a way to have a department web that's effective, beautiful and easy to manage...

Health & Wellness launched an attractive web resource for students and parents.

Physical Plant improved website includes information about the department's services, a phone directory, and more.

Finding out what's happening all over campus has never been easier.

The Web Team has been working with staff, faculty and students to review and improve nearly 100 departmental websites this summer. Many of them will be coming live in the next two weeks.

Today all 48 academic websites have moved into our new editor. Site visitors will find several immediate improvements, including a direct link to the course schedule from every course description.

Wheaton's web site welcomes many visitors each and every day. If you manage web pages, please block off a regular time in your calendar to review them.

We've found that visitors arrive in one of two modes: they're either seeking something in particular or they want to browse and see what we have.

Some of the college's most influential people are hidden in plain sight.

As we've been going through the renovation process, setting goals, reviewing design proposals, and building information architecture, we've depended for advice on the members of the Web Renovation Working Group, including representatives from all divisions of the college. They have been especially helpful in reworking the site navigation. White Whale has reviewed the organization of [...]

Another selection from White Whale's strategic recommendations for the renovated Wheaton web site: "What differentiates Wheaton, in the end, is not the beauty of its buildings or the pedigrees of its faculty (although both of those are impressive)— it’s the people of the Wheaton community. Again and again, when people at Wheaton talked about their [...]

Of course Wheaton's web renovation is more than just a new look. It's also about making our website work harder for us. Our consultant team visits a lot of college campuses. After spending time at Wheaton, they told us that they were struck by the strong sense of community here, and the genuine, friendly and [...]

In the past year we've heard over and over that Wheaton students, faculty, staff and alumnae/i are doing great quantities of wonderful things, but most of them never make it to the web site. You don't have to know much about fishbone diagrams to realize that there are many causes for this state of affairs. [...]

As we're rethinking the design of the Wheaton web site we're also rethinking its organization and navigation. White Whale's recommendations sometimes sound simple and obvious, but following them carefully will make a difference. Here are a few samples. If you manage a department web site, please consider the implications for your site. Navigation should not [...]

Increasingly we are asked about the appropriateness of links to commercial enterprises from Wheaton College web pages. Today we're announcing a policy guide to help web page editors understand both the desirability of useful external links and the unacceptability of advertising on our site. From the policy guide: Overview An external link is a link [...]

Another selection from White Whale's strategic recommendations for the renovated Wheaton web site: "Wheaton's campus evokes something different, and meaningful, in everyone who sees it. A prospective student in Texas sees the New England autumn that she’s only read about. A future faculty member browsing from the Boston suburbs will see a welcome respite in [...]

After taking some time to digest what they heard on campus, our consultants at White Whale have delivered a set of strategic recommendations for the renovated Wheaton web site. Their first recommendation really resonates with me--it's a nice twist on the Wheaton Way: "As we go through the process of designing and developing this site, [...]

Thank you to everyone who contributed to last week's web renovation conversations! The Web Team, with help from White Whale, gathered an enormous amount of community input in more than twenty meetings with more than 80 Wheaton students, faculty and staff.

We need your ideas and observations about the Wheaton web site. Please take time from your busy schedule to help shape the next Wheaton web. We're holding an open idea session for staff on Friday 4/24 from 11 am to noon in the May Room in Mary Lyon and a faculty open session on Wednesday [...]

We received many questions after our recent announcement. Here are a few...

The Web Strategy Team, in collaboration with our colleagues in Communications and the entire campus community, will soon begin a renovation of Wheaton College's website that we expect to complete by next fall. In a time of greatly constrained resources, we all must make thoughtful decisions about how to prioritize our time and energy in [...]

You can hide the big photo slideshow on Wheaton's homepage. This can be useful if you are viewing our homepage on a mobile device and wishing for a lighter-weight page. It's easy. Just click the "Hide slideshow" link in the page footer; you can always turn it back on by clicking the "Display slideshow" link.

insideWheaton's "Seniors" tab, a valuable new resource for Wheaton's Senior class, was introduced on November 12, 2008. Ana O'Brien, of the Office of the Registrar, was the mover-and-shaker behind this idea. Ana shared some practical advice for anyone who would like to do something similar in a recent conversation with Colleen Wheeler, of the Web [...]

The front door of Wheaton's online presence, the college's home page, will be getting a new and more exciting look for the new academic year. The new home page is designed to better represent the vitality of the college community by sharing stories about students' experiences and by placing more emphasis on images that convey [...]

Visit insideWheaton for convenient, one-stop access to the college's news, events and web-based services. This could be your new home page! Use your wID and email password to sign in whether you're on- or off-campus. While there, check your email, read campus news and group announcements, access self-service options through WINDOW and Banner, update your [...]

The Web Strategy Team's web site is sporting a new blog. Why? We expect to introduce several new services over the few months, and we wanted a good way to keep you in the loop. As new services become available, we will post information on our site using the blog. We hope you'll visit us [...]

Now and then we could all use a little help figuring out how to get things done at Wheaton. To make this more fun, your friendly Web Strategy Team has created a Wheaton Web Bingo (Webbingo) Card. Visit http://wheatoncollege.edu/web/bingo/bingoForm.html to find the webbingo card, rules and prize information. All entries must be received electronically by [...]

The fall just past was a busy time, with lots of web work going on behind the scenes. Many new and revised department sites made their appearances, including new sites for SSSR and Recreation, and greatly-improved navigation for the Human Resources site. Implementation of new content management tools now makes it possible to create an [...]

At the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, Wheaton's web site received an interim facelift. The web site now shows more of the "whos and whats of Wheaton" with a brighter, cleaner look that includes more photos, more people, and more stories. . .Though the site's appearance has changed, the way you move around the [...]