20 January 2010
New wlc.edu goes live
Posted by Public Affairs under: Academics; Admissions; Alumni; Campus; Faculty; Fine Arts; Personnel; Students .
Wisconsin Lutheran College is pleased to announce its newly redesigned Web site, wlc.edu, a project that gives the college’s Web site a fresh and dynamic design.
The goal of the new look is to offer a vastly improved browsing experience for prospective students, as well as for current students, parents, alumni, friends, faculty, and staff. The site also reflects the vibrant visual appeal of the college’s print publications, and its improved streamlined navigation means users will always be just a click or two away from key information.
The project was completed entirely in-house by a collaboration of campus offices that headed by Vicki Hartig, associate vice president of marketing & communication, and included Chad Lindemann, professor of art, Olya Finnegan, web developer, and Eva McGillivray, web & marketing coordinator. During the redesign development, the site was pre-screened by an on-campus group of students, faculty, and staff, as well as by industry professionals.
“We wanted to create a more current and polished design created through clarity of proportional organization, typography, images, and colors,” says Lindemann. “From early reviews, it appears we’ve accomplished that to a large degree.”
The relaunch of wlc.edu comes within a year of other recent Web site launches for WLC including the my.wlc.edu portal and the admissions microsite, www.beawlcwarrior.com. The last redesign of the Web site was in 2005.
The entire conversion process will be accomplished by the end of February 2010. Visitors are welcome to post comments regarding the redesign here on the Beyond the Bricks blog.
3 Comments so far...
Eric Says:
29 January 2010 at 1:16 pm.
Kudos to you, Master Linja, and your team for creating such a pleasant looking site. I was surprised to see it this early morning (3:12am) when I linked back to it from the Charis site. I read your quote in the press release and it brought to mind the stale smell of Mac-room static and late night web design binges. I wish I could be auditing your web design 2 class.
Morgan Hayes Says:
14 February 2010 at 11:35 am.
I cannot see your site properly on my iPhone (I have the 3G, not 3GS). Anyway, I have put your RSS into my laptop, so thanks!
Public Affairs Says:
15 February 2010 at 8:50 am.
All the text and links work, however Apple doesn’t support Flash on the iPhone or new iPad.