Fastest Growing: Proud to be
Our Fastest Growing Public University in the State campaign has gotten some great media coverage and marketing mileage in April. Many print and social media buys highlighted a variety of reasons why UM-Flint is growing.
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UM-Flint Social Media Update | April 2010
Social Media Facts and Figures In University Relations, the quest continues to develop an ongoing dialogue with the university’s audiences through social media. Our Audience: The UM-Flint Twitter page (@umflint) had grown to 426 followers as of May 7. In April, UM-Flint’s Facebook fan page gained 398 fans (up to 3,492 from 3,094). As of […]
UM-Flint Seeking Feedback from Higher Ed Colleagues on “Fastest Growing” Website
eduStyle.net is an excellent example of the spirit of collaboration and push for collective advancement that are hallmarks of today’s open source ethos on the web. According to eduStyle, its mission “is for higher ed web professionals to learn from and be inspired by the work of their peers.” Given their size, complexity, and array […]
So you think you have a story idea?
Someone in your department has done something special, or an event has been planned that you want the media to cover. That brings up the first question in seeking media coverage: Where and how do you start?
The Art & Science of Evidence Based Design
This is a worthy read about why designing for the web is not just art and not just science. The two rather fall on a continuum, and evidence-based design is the happy medium. The result is a design that is backed by data, but at the same time is aesthetically pleasing. The Article The Art & Science […]
UM-Flint May 2010 Commencement – Behind the Scenes
The May 2010 Commencement Ceremony is now a memory. It is always a tradition for members of the Commencement Committee to spend the day after thinking of all the “woulda, coulda, shoulda” stuff that we will do differently for the next ceremony. We also spend a good portion of the day nursing very sore feet. […]
The Results: UM-Flint’s Viewbook Focus Groups with Area High School Students
University Relations received great feedback on marketing materials and clothing designs during the high school focus group sessions held February – March 2010. We received feedback from both high school students and a few parents. High school Focus Group results 2010
Website + Flash ≠ Awesome
The statement “if something is animated on the web then it is flash” is a widely spread myth. The truth is that a lot of animation and dynamic drawing can be done with open source technologies like HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript. I hope to inform and demonstrate the power of these technologies that are giving Adobe’s […]
UM-Flint Website Redesign Update
University Relations has been hard at work redesigning the university website. Earlier this year, we solicited feedback on an initial design. Many faculty, staff, and students responded to our request for input, and as a result, we have created a final design based on those suggestions and comments we received. The screen shot below shows […]
UM-Flint Recommended Tags & Keywords
As more University of Michigan-Flint students, faculty, staff, and departments venture into the blogosphere with their own university-related blog sites, it is worthwhile to get a handle on the important role quality meta keywords and tags play in the “findability” of your posts by search engines.
